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 TANNER

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ferior that he had no rights which the white man was bound to respect, and that therefore the negro miglit be reduced to slavery for the benefit of ilie white men. This decision produced in- tense excitement and probably did more toward widening the gulf between the North and the South than any act of the administration. The honorary degree of LL.D, was conferred on him by Dickinson college in 1831. In selecting names for a place in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York vmiversity, October, 1900, his in class J, Judges and Lawyers, received six- teen votes and stood sixth in the class of eleven presented. He began his autobiography in 1854, which he brought down to 1801 and which forms the introduction to Samuel Tyler's memoir (1872). He died in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 1864. TANNER, Benjamin Tucker, M.E. bishop, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 25, 1835; son of Hugh Scott and Isabel (Howard) Tanner. He attended the public schools and Avery college, Allegheny, Pa., 1851-54, and continued his studies at the Western Theological seminary, Allegheny city, 1856-59. He was the pioneer in founding a school for freedmen in the U.S. Navy yard, Washington, D.C., 1860, and served as pastor of the 15th Street Presbyterian church, Washington, D.C., 1861-62. He was married, Aug. 19, 1858, to Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Jefferson and Louisa Miller, originally of Winchester, Va. He joined the Baltimore confei-ence of the African Methodist Episcopal church in April, 1862; established a church in Alexandria, Va., and offi- ciated at Georgetown, D.C., 1863; at Frederick, Md., 1864, and at Bethel church, Baltimore. 1866, resigning to assume the supervision of Freedmen's schools in Frederick county, Md. He was editor of the Christian Recorder, 1868-84, and of the African Methodist Quarterly Revieio, 1884-88. He was ordained bishop, May 19, 1888. and assi«gned to the District Dominion of Canada and the East Indies, and in May, 1892, was appointed by the general conference at Philadelphia, Pa., presiding bishop of the first district of the church, including New England, New York, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. In 1896 he was sent to the fifth district. Mo., and the states east of the Rocky Mountains, and in 1900 to the 9th district, Kentucky' and Tennessee. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Avery college in 1870; that of D.D. (1878) and LL.D. from Wilberforce university. He is the author of: Paul versus Pius Ninth (1865); Apology for African Methodism (1867); The Negro's Origin, and 7s the Negro Cursed? (1869); Outline of the History and Government of the A.M.E. Church (1883); The Negro, African and American (MSS.); The Color of Solomon: What? (1894); The Dispensations in the History

of the Church (1899); The Negro in Holy Writ (1900); A Hint to Ministers (1902), and contri- butions in both prose and poetry to various peri- odicals.

TANNER, Edward Allen, educator, was born in Waverly, 111., Nov. 29, 1837? son of Joseph Allan and Orva (Swift) Tanner, who removed from Warren county. Conn., to Waverly, 111., about 1832; grandson of Ephraim and Huldah (Munson) Tanner and of Elisha and Betsey (Sackett) Swift, and a descendant of Thomas Tanner, born in Rhode Island about 1705-10. He was left an orphan in 1843; worked on a farm until 1850, when he removed to Jacksonville, living at the home of his cousin and guardian, Julian M. Sturtevant. He was graduated from Illinois college, A.B., 1857; taught school in " Mud Prairie," near Franklin, 1837; was in- structor and subsequently principal of Waverly academy, 1858-59; taught in Jacksonville, 1860, and was professor of Latin in Oregon university. Forest Grove, 1861-65. He was married, June 27, 1861, to Marion Lucy, daughter of Dr. Isaac Hayden and Mary (Woodford) Brown of Waver- ly, and they had two sons and three daughters. He was professor of Latin language and literature in Illinois college, 186.5-85; financial agent of the college, 1881-82, and president, 1882-92. He ac- quired a reputation as a pulpit orator and at one time served as chaplain of the Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Illinois college. He died in Jacksonville, 111., Feb. 8, 1892.

TAPPAN, Arthur, educationist, was born in Northampton, Mass., May 22, 1786; son of Ben- jamin (1747-1831) and Sarah (Homes) 1748-1826) Tappan; grandson of the Rev. Benjamin (1720- 1790) and Elizabeth (Marsh) Tappan. and of the Rev. William Homes,

of Martha's Vineyard, .^...^^^^^

Mass., whose father, ,>%?=s^~^

Robert, married

Mary, sister of Dr. Benjamin Franklin; great-grandson of Samuel and Abigail (Wigglesworth) Tap- pan, and great-- grandson of Abra- ham and Susanna (Taylor) Toppan, who immigrated to Amer- ica from Yarmouth, England, May 10, 1637, and settle din Es- sex county, Mass. His father was a gold and silver- smith in Northampton for twenty years, when he relinquished it to engage in the dry goods business. Arthur Tappan had four brothers: Benjamin

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