History of Joseph Tanner (1844 – 1923) & Isabel Stookey (1854 – 1889) & Mary Jane Jordan (1851 – 1921)

1. Joseph Tanner (1844 – 1923) &
Isabel Stookey (1854 – 1889) &
Mary Jane Jordan (1851 – 1921)
Joseph Tanner
Born: 21 July 1844, Newbury, Berkshire, England, England
Died: 19 April 1923 Layton, Davis Co., Utah, United States
Burial: April 1923, Clover, Tooele Co., Utah
MARRIED: 16 SEP 1872, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., ,Utah
Isabel Stookey
Birth: 26 June 1854 Near Belleville, Saint Clair Co., Illinois
Died: 18 March 1889
Burial: March 1889, Stookey Cemetery, Clover, Tooele, Utah
Newbury, Berkshire, England Belleville to Atchinson 316 Miles

2. CHILDREN
Joseph Junius Tanner Birth 23 December 1874, Clover, Tooele, Utah
Isabelle Maud Tanner Birth 3 May 1877, Clover, Tooele, Utah
Jemima Rowena Tanner Birth 21 February 1880, Clover, Tooele, Utah
Alfonzo Z Tanner Birth 30 November 1881, Clover, Tooele, Utah
Vard Lauren Tanner Birth 9 April 1886, Clover, Tooele, Utah
Isabel Stookey
2nd child of Enos Stookey (1839 – 1889) & Jemima Elizabeth Child (1827 – 1914)
At the age of one (1) year old Isabel Stookey embarked on a westward journey with her parents and two
(2) year old sister, Corrine. Departing their home at Belleville, Illinois 10 April 1855, they traveled to
Mormon Grove (near Atchison), Kansas. There they joined the John Hindley Co. which departed
Mormon Grove, Kansas on 7 June 1855 and arrived at Salt Lake City, Utah on 3 September 1855.
John Hindley Co.
http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/trailExcerpt?lang=eng&companyId=147&sourceId=5050
The Stookey family were among the original settlers at Clover/Rush Valley, Tooele Co., Utah
Joseph Tanner
7th
child of 10 children of Thomas Tanner (1807 – 1879) & Mary Cruse ( 1812 – 1851)
Joseph’s Parents joined the LDS Church in England in 1843. During 1851, at the age of about seven (7)
his Parents and six (6) children made their way to Liverpool, England and embarked aboard the sailing
ship Olympus, along with 245 others. They arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana 27 Apr 1851 and made
their way by riverboat to St. Louis, Missouri.
The family stayed on in St. Louis area to earn funds for the remainder of their travel to Utah. During
October 1851 his Mother, Mary, died. His Father, Thomas Tanner, married Sarah Newman on 10
October 1852.
At the time, the Stookey & Child families lived in Belleville, Saint Clair Co., Illinois (across the Mississippi
River from St. Louis).It is possible the families were acquainted at that time.
1853 his Father acquire a wagon and ox team and, with other LDS members from the Newbury Branch
from England, made their way to Montrose, Iowa; opposite Nauvoo, where wagon train Captain
Claudius V. Spencer was camped. After organizing the group they stared across Iowa traveling onward
toward Salt Lake City, Utah where they arrived mid September 1853. His family settled at Tooele, Tooele
Co., Utah
When Joseph Tanner was about eleven or twelve (1855-56), a gentleman stopped him and asked him if he
knew a boy who could help drive some cattle, and Joseph said that he could. This gentleman was Enos
Stookey. Joseph worked for Enos for many years; he lived with the Stookey Family and later lived with
Christian Christensem & Robert Young in Clover

3. September 16, 1872, he married Isabel Stookey in the
Endowment House.
They were parents of five children:
Joseph Junius,
Isabelle Maude,
Jemima Rowena,
Alfonzo Z,
Vard Loren.
In 1882, Joseph Tanner built a nice log house near
his orchard. "It was plastered and white washed
outside and inside painted, stained, and grained
which was unusual out there.
The house had a veranda, also a porch running full
length of the front of the house.
In 1897 this house burned down and [ Joseph
Tanner] rebuilt the same year.
He then built another house across the street
(on Stookey Lane). He homesteaded a place at
Clover, where he built a large reservoir for
storing water.
Isabel died of pneumonia March 18, 1889. She was buried in the Stookey Family Cemetery.
Joseph married Mary Jane Jordan on December 11, 1889 in the Logan Temple.
Mary Jane was the daughter James Francis and Sarah Cannon Jordan, born in Gosport, England,
January 8, 1851. With her parents and sister she emigrated from England to Utah during 1855.
Joseph and Mary Jane had two boys: Asael Cato, and Cleo Clement.
Mary was a fine looking woman, who was loved and respected. She came to Rush Valley with her parents
and was some of the early settlers. She had a very colorful life; she was the only person in Clover who
learned to make gloves for any who wanted them. She cured deer shives which she had bought from the
Indians. She also gave up the man she loved for her religion, and never married till she was near 40 years
old.

4. Joseph ran the mail for about 8 years in the 1880's into the 1890s from Stockton to Vernon and back. In
the early 1890's he hauled freight and men for Angus M. Cannon to his mine at Dugway (West of Cover
through Johnson’s Pass) over very bad roads.
Joseph Tanner had an orchard which still bears fruit and is excellent condition today. The Tanner family
was the first family in Clover to grow lilacs.
Joseph Tanner and Foster Gordon played accordions for dances at the Stookey barn.
Mary Jane died February 2, 1921.
Mary Jane are buried in the Stookey Family Cemetery.
Joseph died in Layton in April 19, 1923. Joseph, buried in the Stookey Family Cemetery.
Western side of Clover, Utah along Hwy 199

5. Stookey, Child & Tanner Farms at Clover, Utah

6. Clover, Utah going west on Hwy 199

7. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMRR-3FY
1900 Joseph Tanner, "United States Census"
name: Joseph Tanner event place: ED 144 Clover, Sunshine, Vernon, Precincts, Tooele, Utah
birth date: Jul 1844 birthplace: England relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: England mother's birthplace: England
race or color (standardized): White gender: Male marital status: Married
years married: 10 estimated marriage year: 1890
immigration year: 1851 immigration year Mary Jane Jordan Tanner 1855
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Joseph Tanner M 56 England
Wife Mary J Tanner F 49 England
Son Alfonzo G Tanner M 16 Utah
Son Vordglaren Tanner M 14 Utah
Son Asel C Tanner M 10 Utah
Son Clio C Tanner M 8 Utah
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8. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M5X8-VPZ
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1910 Joseph E Tanner, "United States Census"
name: Joseph E Tanner birthplace: England relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Clover, Tooel
immigration year: 1850
father's birthplace: England mother's birthplace: England
Household Gender Age Birthplac
Self Joseph E Tanner M 65y England
Wife Mary J Tanner F 59y England
Son Asael Tanner M 19y Utah
Son Cleo C Tanner M 17y Utah
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1920 Joseph Tanner, "United States Cen
name: Joseph Tanner residence: , Tooele, Utah
estimated birth year: 1845 age: 75 birthp
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male race: White marital status: Married
Household Gen Age Birthplac
Self Joseph Tanner M 75y England
Wife Mary J Tanner F 68y England
Son Asael Tanner M 39y Utah
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38398347
: Clover Cemetery
Joseph Tanner
Birth: Jul. 21, 1844, England
Death: Apr. 19, 1923, Layton, Davis County, Utah
Burial , Rush Valley, Tooele County,
tah, USAU
Family links: Parents:
Thomas S Tanner (1807 - 1879)
Mary Cruse Tanner (1812 - 1851)
Belleville,
ois
okey Cemetery,
Clover, Tooele, Utah
Isabel Stookey
Birth: 26 June 1854 Near
Saint Clair Co., Illin
Died: 18 March 1889
Burial: March 1889, Sto

9. Your tombstone stands neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out on polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care. It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist. You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our heart contracts and beats a pulse entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled one hundred years ago.
Spreads out among the ones you left who would have loved you so.
I wonder as you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot and come to visit you.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38398682
Find A Grave Memorial# 38398682
Joseph Tanner
Birth: Jul. 21, 1844, England
Death: Apr. 19, 1923, Layton, Davis County, Utah
Burial: Clover Cemetery , Rush Valley, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Spouse: Mary Jane Jordan Tanner (1850 - 1921)
Mary Jane Jordan Tanner
Birth: Jan. 8, 1850 Abbots Bromley, England
Death: Feb. 2, 1921 Clover, Tooele County Utah
Burial: 2 FEB 1921 Clover City Cemetery, Clover, Tooele Co., Utah
Children
Asael Cato TANNER Born:: 31 OCT 1890 in Utah
Cleo Clement TANNER Born: 15 NOV 1892 in Clover, Tooele, Utah
Although death certificate shows birth as 8 Jan 1850, family census as of night of 29 Mar 1851 in St. John
-Alverstoke, Hampshire, England indicates she is only 3 months old
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SGB3-SRQ
Spouse: Joseph Tanner (1844 - 1923)*
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Mary Jane Jordan Tanner Family links: PARENTS:
James Francis Jordan (1824 - 1900) FATHER
Birth: Feb. 7, 1824, Hampshire, England
Death: Aug., 1900, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Burial: Clover Cemetery Rush Valley, Tooele County, Utah, USA

10. Sarah Cannon Jordan (1820 - 1890) MOTHER
Birth: Oct. 15, 1820, Hampshire, England
Death: May 4, 1890, Saint John, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Burial: Clover Cemetery , Rush Valley, Tooele County, Utah
“James Francis Jordan was a cooper by trade. Married Sarah Cannon 30 Apr 1846 and Set Sail from Liverpool,
England on the Ship Siddons Bound for America on Monday 5 March 1855”
ACCOUNT OF VOYAGE AND PASSENGER LIST
http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/Search/showDetails/db:MM_MII/t:voyage/id:333/keywords:1855
Listed under the name GORDON vs JORDON
Liverpool to Philadelphia on the Siddons (27 Feb 1855 - 20 Apr 1855)
Ship Name Siddons
Departure 27 Feb 1855 from Liverpool
Arrival 20 Apr 1855 at Philadelphia
PASSENGER LIST
• Gordon, James Francis
• n, SariahGordo
• n, LenoraGordo
• n, Mary JaneGordo
• n, FannyGordo
PASSENGER LIST
Last Name GORDON First Name James Francis
Age 21 (31) Origin Gosport
Occupation Cooper
Last Name GORDON First Name Sariah
Age 32 Origin Gosport
Occupation Wife
Last Name GORDON First Name Lenora
Age 5 Origin Gosport
Last Name GORDON First Name Mary Jane
Age 4 Origin Gosport
Last Name GORDON First Name Fanny
Age 2 Origin Gosport
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11. http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=16295
James Francis Jordan
Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)
Pioneer Search: Noah T. Guymon Company
368 individuals and 58 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at
Mormon Grove, Kansas (Near Atchison). Jacob F. Secrist died on July 2 and Noah T. Guymon became captain
of the company.
Departure 13 June 1855 Mormon Grove, Kansas
Arrival 7 September 1855 Salt Lake City, utah
NAME AGE BIRTHDATE
Jordan, James Francis 31 7 Feb. 1824
Jordan, Sarah 31 15 Oct. 1823
Jordan, Leonard James 6 12 Aug .1849
Jordan, Mary Jane 4 8 Jan. 1851
Jordan, Fanny 2 8 Oct. 1852
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PRIMARY SOURCE:
Excerpts from:
The History of Rush Valley
By Lacey Russell Burrows