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Bennett Tann

Bennett Tann was born about 1800. It is not known if he was born in Pennsylvania or another state.  Bennett Tann married Mary Lowe and lived in Montgomery County, and Lycoming County, Pennsylvania from 1830 through 1860. 

  • George A. Tann was born 1832 was born in Lycoming Pennsylvania. 

  • Morris Tann was born 1834

  • Elizabeth Tann was born 1836

  • Martha E. Tann was born 1838

  • Washington Tann was born in 1840

  • Louisa Tann

  • William H. Tann

In 1860, the Tann family household included Bennett Tann age 60, Dinah Tann age 50, Mary J. Tann age 21, John Tann 19, Charles Tann age 17 and David Watson, 12 and David Brown, It is not known if David Brown and David Watson are related. 

The Tann family lived in Washington, Lycoming Pennslyvania. 

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William Gilbert Tann

William Gilbert Tann, born October 1859 in, Pennsylvania, son of George and Catherine (Thompson) Tann.  He married Mary A. Long, daughter of John Long on October 23, 1890, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 

 

On March 18, 1918, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, William Tann married Martha Charlotte Briscoe, daughter of John and Marie (Bowie) Briscoe. William was a widower when he married Martha (Mattie). 

 

Martha C Briscoe was married to William H. Bond, and they had one child, Henry Clay Bond.

 

In 1919, Henry Bond married Cleone Vanetta Skeaton, of Columbus, Ohio. She was the daughter of Van Skeaton and Armelia Johnson. Then, on November 9, 1920, Henry C. Bond married Fannie M. Carter in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His third marriage to Cora Harvey Walker, in Dauphin County, Pennslyvania. 

 

William Gilbert Tann died in 1924. He is buried at Lincon Cemetery in Pennsylvania. 

Emily Tann

Emily Tann was born May 1896 in Dorchester County, South Carolina, the daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Perkins) Tann. She married John H. Vanderhorst, son of Wiliam and Mary Jane (Staley) Vanderhorst on June 18, 1918, in Summerville, South Carolina. During the early 1930's, the family migrated to Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. 

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John & Emily (Tann) Vanderhorst's children:

  • John H. Vanderhorst Jr. born on March 22, 1920, in Summerville, S.C. 

  • Blondell Elizabeth Vanderhorst born April 7, 1922, in S.C

  • Anthony Vanderhorst born 1924-1924

  • Harold Garland Vanderhorst born 1926 in S.C

  • Clarence Arthur Vanderhorst

  • Mary Emily Vanderhorst born 1927 in S.C

  • Verdel Frances Vanderhorst born 1929

  • Pearl Lavania Vanderhorst born 1933 in PA

  • Robert Erbar Vanderhorst born 1935 (twin) in PA

  • Edward Mildez Vanderhorst born 1935 (twin) in PA

  • Ruth Amelia Vanderhorst born 1939 in PA

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John & Emily Tann Vanderhorst

John & Emily (Tann) Vanderhorst. 1955 in Freeport, New York

First Row:  Left: Mary Vanderhorst, Verdel Vanderhorst, Emily, John Pearl Vanderhorst

Standing: Blondell Vanderhorst, Clarence Vanderhorst, Ruth Vanderhorst, Robert Vanderhorst, and Edward Vanderhorst. 

2021@Tann Family History              Designed by Dr. Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez, Family Historian
                           

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