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, George Washington (1866-1949) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Page 584 G. W. TENNEY, born April 6, 1866, at Tallmansville. Is a farmer and merchant. Owns 94 acres of land in Washington district, and is the son of Anthony, the son of Samuel, the son of James. He was married November 18, 1886, to Sarah J. Osborne, the daughter of Elmore Osborne, the son of Wilson Osborne. Her mother was Eliza E. Wingfield, and her grandmother was Eliza C. Elsom. Children: Freeman J., born April 15, 1888; Marellus C., born September 11, 1889; Susan Malinda, born October 7, 1891; James A., born September 13, 1893; Cora V., born September 7, 1895; Albert Law, born October 29, 1897; Odis Dewey, born April 17, 1900; Dolly B., born August 10, 1902; Rosa M., born June 26, 1905. He is a Methodist in religion and a Republican in politics. The subject of this sketch can trace his ancestry back to James Tenney, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, who came to Upshur and raised a large family, who were the ancestors of all the Tenneys in Washington district and Upshur county. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage License, Upshur County, WV (Page 373) George W. Tenney son of A. R. & Rebecca Tenney age 20 years born in Upshur County, WV residence is Upshur County, WV Miss Sarah J. Osborne daughter of Elmore & Eliza Osborne age 17 years born in Upshur County, WV residence is Upshur County, WV were married November 18, 1886 at the residence of E. Osborne by Jacob Read, a minister of the M. P. Church (2nd marriage of George W. Tenney) Marriage License, Upshur County, WV (Page 153) George W. Tenney son of Anthony Tenney and Rebecca Tenney age 70 years, widower born in Upshur County, WV residence is Sand Run, Upshur County, West Virginia R#2 Mary Pearl Tallman daughter of William Tallman and Maude Tallman age 25 years, single born in Upshur County, WV residence is Sand Run, Upshur County, West Virginia R#2 were married May 2, 1936, Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Adrian, WV by Albert L. Tenney, a Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #13888 FULL-NAME: George Washington Tenney BIRTH-DATE: April 5, 1866 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: October 3, 1949 (at age 83y-5m-28d) DEATH-PLACE: Spring St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Spring St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Retired Farmer FATHER: Robert Anthony Tenney MOTHER: Rebecca Strader CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage INFORMANT: Arthur Tenney (son) BURIAL: Mt. Union Cemetery (1st wife of George W. Tenney) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10299 FULL-NAME: Sarrah J. Tenney BIRTH-DATE: February 17, 1859 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: July 31, 1926 (at age 67y-5m-14d) DEATH-PLACE: Sand Run, Washington District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: house wife FATHER: Elmore Osborn (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Eliza Wingfield (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Tuberculosis INFORMANT: Geo. Tenney (of Sandrun) BURIAL: Mt. Union Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------