U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tenney, Addison Monroe (1856-1909) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 581-582 ADDISON MONROE TENNEY, born August 18, 1856, in Washington district. Son of Marshall, who was the son of Samuel, who was the son of James Tenney. On his mother's side he was a son of Elmira, who was a daughter of Samuel Tenney, who was the son of James Tenney, Sr. Samuel Tenney married Dorcas Rohrbough and James Tenney, Sr., married Abigial Packard, of New York. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and as a farmer, but spent his winter months in the schools near his home, where he acquired the rudiments of a practical education, which soon elevated him to a clerkship in the store of James Hanson, at Ten Mile. He held the same position with Smooth, Berthy & Co. at the same point, and billed out for James Hanson the first freight shipped from Ten Mile, W. Va. Mr. Tenney has always been a Republican, and has won many good positions by marching under this political banner. He was postmaster at Ten Mile under President Harrison; constable of Washington district four years; assessor of the First district of Upshur county four years, and sheriff four years. Since his term of office as sheriff expired he has followed the mercantile and lumbering business, having sold his farm of 180 acres prior to his going out of office. His first wife was Sarah Welch, a daughter of John and Amanda (Watson) (Duros) Welch, of Barbour county, and the granddaughter of Samuel and Martha (Ratliff) Welch, whom he married in 1878, and their children are: Okey Blaine, Ora Dell, wife of Stanley R. Snyder, of Oklahoma; Pearl, Sidney Harrison and Ira Glenn. His second wife was Lelia West fall, daughter of Lafayette and Anna (Rollins) Westfall and the granddaughter of Martin and Rebecca (Warner) Westfall and the great-granddaughter of George Westfall, whom he married in 1896, in the month of May, and their children are: Carl, Ralph, Cecil, Paul and Ruth. His residence is Buckhannon, W. Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Pages 360-361) FULL-NAME: A. M. Tenney AGE-AT-DEATH: 53 years DEATH-DATE: October 17, 1909 DEATH-PLACE: Ten Mile MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Septicemia There are tombstones in the Marshall Tenney Cemetery, Tallmansville, Upshur County, West Virginia Adison M. Tenney born Aug 18, 1856 died Oct. 17, 1909 Sarah, wife of A. M. Tenney, Jr. born June 5, 1861 died Mar. 31, 1892 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------