My Genealogy Hound

Prof. W. A. Tanner, a resident of Dancyville, was born August 7, 1827, in Virginia. His father, John O. Tanner, was born in same State in 1793; he was a successful farmer and died August 20, 1875, in Texas. His mother, Ann (Crawder) Tanner, was also born in Virginia in 1796, and died in Haywood County, in 1836. Prof. Tanner is of Scotch descent; he remained on the farm with his father until twenty-four; he was educated at Brownsville, Tenn., and taught near Brownsville and at Whiteville and Dancyville. September 17, 1851, he married Virginia Crawder, the daughter of William B. and Eliza Crawder, who were natives of Virginia. Prof. Tanner has five children: Beverly O., Jessie B. (the wife of S. J. Emby) Thomas Calvin, Jennie B. and Puss Douglas. He is an industrious man and a strictly honest one; he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South ever since 1849, and Mrs. Tanner is also a member. He was a lay delegate to the general conference in 1882, and has been steward in the church for many years; is also a Mason, and in politics he is a Democrat. Prof. Tanner is a true friend and a kind neighbor, and justly deserves the reputation he has acquired.