The youngest child of Lydia Stewart Tanner, Albert was raised by his step-mother, and it seems there was always a rivalry between him and his half-brother Myron, who was only 14 months younger. Albert remained in California after he was discharged from the Mormon Battalion. In California Albert "was drawn by the gold excitement to the Sacramento and Feather rivers. He was engaged in the mines and teaming on Mormon Island until late in 1850." He joined the settlement at San Bernardino for a while when the other Tanners came to California, and he helped them build the fort and the first houses, but he didn't return to Utah when the mission was closed in 1858.
He married Lovina Bickmore in 1855 in California, and they had nine children. He was appointed the first sheriff of Sacramento, and conducted the first famous trial, held at Sutter's Fort, with his associates Capt. Sutter and Sam Brannon. He also opened the first hotel in Sacramento, and operated a freight line from Sacramento to the mines. He moved to Santa Paula, California in 1873 to again resume farming and stock raising, and ran a private stage from Santa Paula to Ventura. He also moved his family to Oregon for a short time. His children were born in the towns of San Juan and Carolitos (California), Jackson County (Oregon), and then again in California -- Salinas and Santa Paula. Albert Miles Standish Tanner died 16 July 1879 at Santa Paula, California at age 54, "of tetanus superinduced by the amputation of his leg."
He married Lovina Bickmore in 1855 in California, and they had nine children. He was appointed the first sheriff of Sacramento, and conducted the first famous trial, held at Sutter's Fort, with his associates Capt. Sutter and Sam Brannon. He also opened the first hotel in Sacramento, and operated a freight line from Sacramento to the mines. He moved to Santa Paula, California in 1873 to again resume farming and stock raising, and ran a private stage from Santa Paula to Ventura. He also moved his family to Oregon for a short time. His children were born in the towns of San Juan and Carolitos (California), Jackson County (Oregon), and then again in California -- Salinas and Santa Paula. Albert Miles Standish Tanner died 16 July 1879 at Santa Paula, California at age 54, "of tetanus superinduced by the amputation of his leg."
The youngest child of Lydia Stewart Tanner, Albert was raised by his step-mother, and it seems there was always a rivalry between him and his half-brother Myron, who was only 14 months younger. Albert remained in California after he was discharged from the Mormon Battalion. In California Albert "was drawn by the gold excitement to the Sacramento and Feather rivers. He was engaged in the mines and teaming on Mormon Island until late in 1850." He joined the settlement at San Bernardino for a while when the other Tanners came to California, and he helped them build the fort and the first houses, but he didn't return to Utah when the mission was closed in 1858.
He married Lovina Bickmore in 1855 in California, and they had nine children. He was appointed the first sheriff of Sacramento, and conducted the first famous trial, held at Sutter's Fort, with his associates Capt. Sutter and Sam Brannon. He also opened the first hotel in Sacramento, and operated a freight line from Sacramento to the mines. He moved to Santa Paula, California in 1873 to again resume farming and stock raising, and ran a private stage from Santa Paula to Ventura. He also moved his family to Oregon for a short time. His children were born in the towns of San Juan and Carolitos (California), Jackson County (Oregon), and then again in California -- Salinas and Santa Paula. Albert Miles Standish Tanner died 16 July 1879 at Santa Paula, California at age 54, "of tetanus superinduced by the amputation of his leg."
He married Lovina Bickmore in 1855 in California, and they had nine children. He was appointed the first sheriff of Sacramento, and conducted the first famous trial, held at Sutter's Fort, with his associates Capt. Sutter and Sam Brannon. He also opened the first hotel in Sacramento, and operated a freight line from Sacramento to the mines. He moved to Santa Paula, California in 1873 to again resume farming and stock raising, and ran a private stage from Santa Paula to Ventura. He also moved his family to Oregon for a short time. His children were born in the towns of San Juan and Carolitos (California), Jackson County (Oregon), and then again in California -- Salinas and Santa Paula. Albert Miles Standish Tanner died 16 July 1879 at Santa Paula, California at age 54, "of tetanus superinduced by the amputation of his leg."
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