Annie Clark Tanner (1864-1942) was born on September 24, 1864, in Farmington, Utah to Ezra T. and Susan Leggett Clark. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1873. At the age of 16, in 1880, she studied at the University of Utah, and attended the Bringham Young Academy high school between 1882 and 1883. There, she met Professor Joseph Marion Tanner. In 1883, she became the second plural wife of Tanner. Due to anti-polygamy laws, they kept their marriage secret. Annie and J.M. Tanner had ten children together, eight of whom survived to adulthood.
In 1913, Tanner dissolved the relationship, leaving Annie effectively a single parent of eight children; to support her family, she worked as nurse in Salt Lake City. In 1934, she wrote two books, both biographies of her parents:
The Annie Clark Tanner photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 2 photographs, one a reproduction of a painting and one a black-and-white photograph print of a portrait of Annie Clark Tanner dating from approximately the 1900s.
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Donated by the estate of Grace Adams Tanner in 2005, addition by Judy Jarrow in 2006.
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