Hello Janet and LARAPIDE listers, I'm sorry it took me so long to answer your message. I've fallen behind with my emails and am trying to catch up today. I'm sending this to the list also, in case there are others who are interested in these families. I'm not a direct descendant of the TANNERs. My link to them goes through four TANNER women who married four brothers of my gg grandmother, Ann Bynum PEARCE, but I would love to have more information on them, their children and their PEARCE husbands. I don't know if the TANNER women were sisters (to each other), or cousins, or both. They were: * Frances TANNER, m. William PEARCE m. 5 Mar. 1810 or 1812, Wilkinson Co., MS * Anne GRIMBALL TANNER, m. Stephen Samuel PEARCE (his 2nd wife) (1st wife: Sally GOODWIN BRAY) m. 30 Sep. 1830, Screven Co., GA * Rhoda TANNER, m. James PEARCE m. date & place unknown by me. * Esther TANNER, m. Joshua PEARCE (his 1st wife) (2nd wife: Sarah ROBERT) m. date & place unknown by me. I have the following info written in my family group sheet about some of the above, sent to me by Sharon BROWARD DAVIS: >>>Place of residence for Joshua & Sarah PEARCE: Bayou Boeuf, Cheneyville. >>>Sarah ROBERT PEARCE applied for pension. Sarah d. Jan. 15, 1884, >>>Cheneyville. Joshua PEARCE was a volunteer in the War of 1812 - private >>>in Capt. Martin's Co. - volunteer in Rapides Parish 12/5/1814 - >>>2/10/1815. Joshua also lived in New Orleans. Rhoda TANNER - dau. of Joseph TANNER & Elizabeth LANIER. Joseph was born about 1765 in GA and Elizabeth was born about 1770 in Burke Co., GA. Elizabeth was dau. of Lemuel LANIER & Joseph was possible son of Lodowick TANNER. Joseph's second wife was Betsey PEARCE. Rhoda was born about 1801. Esther TANNER was born 4 Aug. 1806 and died 2 Feb. 1858, Cheneyville, LA.<<< The above PEARCE sons who married the TANNERs were all sons of William PEARCE & Sarah BRAY. They were brothers of my gg grandmother, Ann Bynum PEARCE (see my other email I just sent to the LARAPIDE list today regarding her). The full list of children I have for William PEARCE & Sarah BRAY PEARCE are: 1. William PEARCE (m. Frances TANNER) 2. Stephen Samuel PEARCE (m. 1. Sally Goodwin BRAY, 2. Anne Grimball TANNER) 3. Delia PEARCE (m. John DUNWOODY) 4. Mary (Polly) PEARCE (m. Silas TALBERT) 5. James PEARCE (m. Rhoda TANNER) 6. Joshua PEARCE (m. Esther TANNER) 7. Ann Bynum PEARCE (m. 1. Henry William MUNSON, 2. James Peckham CALDWELL) I don't have any info on the TANNERs you mentioned, but they may be related later on. I have only just this week ordered "Three Pioneer Rapides Families". Maybe some of my questions will be answered in there. I hope this information helps you. Marianne Gilbert <[email protected]> Phoenix, AZ Original Message dated 18 June, 2000: >I saw your message on the Rapides list serve and saw you had the Tanner >family. My grandmother is a descendant of Tanners: > >Rena Mary Foote b. 1899 (my grandmother, m. Clifton Louis Cason) > Mary Annette Hart m. Thomas Clanton Foote > Fridonia Tanner (b. 5/23/1835) m. Robert Hart in Cheneyville, LA > Paul Jabez Tanner m. Esther Providence Betterson 1833 in >Cheneyville > >Are any of these the same Tanner's you have? I would appreciate any info you >can send. > >Janet Cason Langford >[email protected]