Sidney C Tanner

Death:

"...Wed 26th July 1848.

S. Wind, very cool & chilly. 9 A. M. starting[.] while passing R & R 244½ saw a small post stuck in the ground. written on it. “Willard Richards. Amassa Lyman, 27 June 1848. alls well. T[homas]. B[ullock]. Gave it to Franklin who took it to Dr R. & got a letter continuation of Camp Journal No 1. cool & cloudy. good Prairie road. 2 a breast. Plenty Buffalo grass and short Prairie grass. Watered at Willow Lake. dusty. herds Buffalo seen <all> over the Prairie. one killed out of a herd crossing our track

forming carrell at sundown [.] Travelled 16 miles
Sidney Tanner aged 6 son of Sidney Tanner killed when driving team. wheels ran over his body lived about half hour after accident..."

SOURCE: Campbell, Robert L., [Journal extracts, 30 June-19 Oct. 1848], in Historian's Office, Journal 1844-1997. Retrieved from http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976-4485,00.html