Tanner, Herbert Battles M.D.

1859 - 1933  (74 years)

• Name	Tanner, Herbert Battles
  Suffix	M.D.
  Birth	13 Feb 1859	Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Education - College/University	Abt 1878
  Indiana Medical College
  1880 Census	1880	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Ford Tanner 57 Mary A. Tanner 49 Herbert Tanner 21 Walter Tanner 16 Harry Tanner 14 Stella Tanner 11 Name: Herbert Tanner Home in 1880: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of Household: Son Father's Name: Ford Father's birthplace: New York Mother's Name: Mary A. Mother's birthplace: Massachusetts Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Salesman, Baskets Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male
  Moved	Abt Jul 1880	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	1894
  Outagamie County Pioneers Page 286
  Political Office	Between 1894 and 1896	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Mayor of Kaukauna
  News Mention	3 May 1895
  Kaukauna Times
  Dr. H.B. Tanner was reelected as mayor of Kaukauna on Tuesday, narrowly defeating challenger and former mayor Luther Lindauer. Tanner's margin of victory was 54 votes.
  Biography	1897  [2]
  TANNER, Herbert Battles, M. D., a resident of Kaukauna, was born in White-water, Wisconsin, February 13th, 1859, the son of Ford Tanner, now retired and living in Appleton. The first of the Tanners in this country came to Rhode Island from Wales, and thence their descendants spread throughout the country. Dr. Tanner's great-grandfather served as a private in the Revolutionary army, and his grandfather, Dr. Cuyler Tanner, was a surgeon in the war of 1812-14. The maiden name of Dr. Tanner's mother was Mary A. Battles, and her ancestors settled in Bridgewater, Mass., about 1725, and many of their descendants still remain in Massachusetts. Dr. Tanner's grandfather on his mother's side, Dr. J. D. Battles, was a merchant in Boston from 1821 to 1845, when he came west, settling in Griggsville, Illinois. After that he studied medicine and practiced there for over forty years, dying at the age of ninety. In 1864 H. B. Tanner's parents removed from Whitewater to La Fayette, Ind., where the boy received his elementary education in the common schools. In 1872 the family left La Fayette and came to Chicago, where young Tanner continued his education in the public schools, and in a business college. After leaving school he spent some time as a clerk, and, in 1876, went to Philadelphia to see the Centennial Exposition and as agent of a Chicago firm in which his father was interested. At about this time his father moved to Indianapolis, Ind., and, upon the advice of his grandfather, Dr. Battles, he entered the Indiana Medical College, and graduated in the class of 1878. He did post-graduate work in the hospitals of New York and Philadelphia. Returning to Chicago, he practiced there for a time, but in July, 1880, he became a resident of Kaukauna, his present home. He is a member of the American Medical association; the National Association of Railway Surgeons; the Wisconsin State Medical society, of which he was secretary of committee on laryngology in 1890, chairman of the committee on obstetrics in 1892, and materia medica in 1889, member of the committee on practice in 1893, and in 1895 secretary of the committee on obstetrics; served five terms as secretary and treasurer of the Fox River Valley society, and is now its president; member of the Medico-Legal society of New York; was city physician from 1886 to 1893. He has served three years as secretary of the south side school board; was elected in 1894 the first Republican mayor of Kaukauna, and re-elected for a second term. He was a member of the pension examining board in 1890-93. In 1895 Gov. Upham appointed him state supervisor of inspectors of illuminating oils for a term of two years. He was reappointed to the same office by Gov. Scofield. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter and commandery, and of the Congregational church. He is now serving his third year as treasurer of Kaukauna Lodge, I. O. O. F. Dr. Tanner was married September, 1st, 1881, to Miss Mary G. M., daughter of James M. and Maria M. (Lawe) Boyd; granddaughter of Col. George and Harriett (Johnson) Boyd; and great-granddaughter of Joshua Johnson, a pioneer of Maryland and first United States consul at London, England. Col. George Boyd was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams, and a life-long government official, and was a bearer of dispatches to Ghent at the time of the treaty in 1814. They have three sons and a daughter. In politics Dr. Tanner is an active Republican, having been secretary of the Kaukauna Republican club for eight years and its president nine years. The latter position he still holds. He is also a member of the county committee. From; Men of Progress. WISCONSIN. A SELECTED LIST OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF THE LEADERS IN BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICIAL LIFE. TOGETHER WITH SHORT NOTES ON THE HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF WISCONSIN. EDITED BY ANDREW JACKSON ALKENS AND LEWIS A. PROCTOR, MILWAUKEE: The Evening Wisconsin Company. 1897.
  	Tanner, Herbert Battles Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1900 Census	1900	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  H B Tanner 41 Mary Tanner 40 Kinneth Tanner 16 Blanch Tanner 15 Harold Tanner 12 Herbert Tanner 6 Minnie Bentrock 21 Edward Mier 24
  1905 State Census	1905	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Herbert Tanner 45 Mary Tanner 45 Harold Tanner 19 Herbert Tanner 10 Anna Vandensen 18
  1910 Census	1910	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Herbert B Tanner 51 Mary Tanner 50 Blanch Tanner 25 Herbert Tanner 16
  Biography	1931
  His own biography from the pages of his book The History of the Streets of Kaukauna
  	Tanner, Herbert Biography from his book
  Book	History of Kaukauna's Revolutionary War hero
  Book	Tanner, Herbert Battle FAMILY Papers
  Located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. MAD 1V/Mss Box 594-596; Call No. Micro 953; Format 16 reels of microfilm (35mm) Papers of Herbert Battles Tanner, a physician, businessman, and civic activist in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and Eastland, Texas, and papers by or about relatives of Tanner and his wife Mary. Papers on Mary's ancestors include letters of families prominent in early Wisconsin history such as the Boyd, Lawe, Rankin, and Grignon families, and letters between Mrs. John Quincy Adams and her sister, Harriet Johnson Boyd. The collection documents the many activities of Herbert Battles Tanner such as his participation in Kaukauna church and Masonic affairs, addresses to medical societies, local Republican political activities in both Kaukauna (1890s) and Eastland (1920s), and business ventures. Operation of the Rio Tamasopo Sugar Company in Mexico involved Tanner in the economic impact of the Mexican Revolution and U.S. relations with Mexico. Tanner's historical writings on Kaukauna are also represented in the collection as are travel observations including comments on the 1877 St. Louis railroad strike. The family papers consist primarily of genealogical data gathered by Tanner and two of his children, Herbert Johnson Tanner and Blanche Lawe Tanner, and of photographs and letters written by ancesters. This collection is available only on microfilm.
  Book	Tanner, Herbert Battle Papers
  Located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. MAD 4 /17/G1-3; Call No. Wis Mss DJ; Format 6.0 c.f. (26 archives boxes and 1 volume) Papers of Dr. Tanner of Kaukauna, Wis., consisting of local history materials, records of business affairs in Wisconsin and Mexico, correspondence while state supervisor of illuminating oils, 1894-1900, and monthly reports of subordinate district oil inspectors, 1895-1897. The latter correspondence concerns appointments of these inspectors, and the gubernatorial campaigns of 1894 through 1900, and throws light on the relations between Tanner's office and the Standard Oil Company. There is correspondence and printed material, 1901-1908, concerning the management of the Rio Tamasopo Sugar Company in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, a company in which Tanner and a brother were financially interested, and correspondence, bills, and receipts, 1899-1903, connected with Tanner's operation of a Kaukauna drug store. Correspondence and miscellaneous material tell of Tanner's activities as Kaukauna's first health officer; as secretary of the Fox River Valley Medical Association; as a physician, with emphasis on his services as local representative of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and other corporations; as mayor of Kaukauna, 1888-1896; as an investor in the Kaukauna Electric Light Company; as an active member of the South Kaukauna Congregational Church; of his candidacy for Congress in 1900; and of his work on local history, particularly the career of Captain Hendrick Aupaumut, his own genealogy, and the Stockbridge and Menominee Indians. Filed with the papers is a box containing documents from the office of a notary public near Mexico City dealing with lawsuits, 1739-1865; registers of electors in Kaukauna in 1896; and a ledger, 1894-1897, of a firm of Kaukauna druggists.
  Book	1931  [3]
  History of the Streets of Kaukauna
  	History of the Streets of Kaukauna Compiled by Dr. H. B. Tanner, 1931. Kaukauna Times Publishing Company, Kaukauna, Wisconsin
  Death	4 Dec 1933	Eastland, Eastland, Texas, USA
  Obituary	5 Dec 1933
  Kaukauna Times
  Tanner Rites Held At Eastland Dr. H. B. Tanner Kaukauna Times 12/12/1933 1 Obituary/News Dr. H. B. Tanner Dies At Texas Home Dr. H. B. Tanner Kaukauna Times 12/05/1933 1 Obituary
  Book	1985
  Glimpses of its Past
  OCLC Number:12900645 Notes:Cover title. Reprint of works originally published 1891-1952. Description:104, 108 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. Contents:The lion of the Fox River Valley -- History of the streets of Kaukauna / compiled by H.B. Tanner -- Early history of Kaukauna / Mel A. Raught -- History of Kaukauna's Revolutionary War hero / by H.B. Tanner.
  Person ID	I144661	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Tanner, Ford,   b. 19 Nov 1822, Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, USA d. 25 May 1906, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Battles, Mary A.,   b. 6 Jul 1831, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Apr 1913, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F49106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Boyd, Mary G. M.,   b. 19 Sep 1859, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 12 Oct 1938, Eastland, Eastland, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1881	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. Tanner, Kenneth,   b. 20 Jul 1883, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 5 Nov 1965, Eastland, Eastland, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)   2. Tanner, Blanche,   b. 25 Jan 1885, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 9 May 1948, Seattle, King, Washington, USA (Age 63 years)   3. Tanner, Harold,   b. 24 Nov 1887, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 22 Jan 1972, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 84 years)   4. Tanner, Herbert,   b. 17 Mar 1894, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 3 Jan 1966, Midland, Midland, Texas, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F49105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010

  
  

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  [S1474] Carol Mainville VanBoxtel, Book - 28 Mayors Past and Present leadership in Kaukauna, (28 Mayors Past and Present leadership in Kaukauna). [S960] Aikens & Proctor, eds., Men of Progress, Wisconsin: Selected List of Biographical Sketches, (1897). [S863] Dr. Herbert Battles Tanner, History of the Streets of Kaukauna, (Compiled by Dr. H. B. Tanner, 1931. Kaukauna Times Publishing Company, Kaukauna, Wisconsin).