LORENZO TANNER.
The subject of this sketch is a native of New York State, but has
been many years a resident of Washington county, Virginia, owning
and cultivating a fine estate in the vicinity of Abingdon. He was born
in Oneida county, New York, July 2, 1840, the son of Lorenzo Tanner,
of that county, the family of Scotch-Irish extraction. His mother was
Melissa, daughter of William Dunbar, of Oneida county, her mother a
daughter of Baron Steuben, of New York. The wife of Mr. Tanner was
born in Oneida county, New York, August 8, 1844, Fidelia, daughter of
Philander Munney, whose father was Joseph Munney, of Oneida county.
Her mother was Louisa, daughter of Robert Burk, of Oneida county,
who married Polly Carlisle, the latter, still living in Erie county, New
York, now over ninety years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Tanner were married
at Rome, New York, December 9, 1859, and have now ten children
Emma J., Louisa A., Robert B., Clara E., Frederick L., Jennie A.,
George P., Grace E., Pearl and Eula M.
