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John Wellington Tennant 1835–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 June 1835

Birth Location: New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Death Date: 2 May 1917

Death Location: Otho, Webster County, Iowa, United States of America

Father: William Tennant

Mother: Phoebe Lewis

Spouse(s): Helen Miller

Children(s): Volney Tennant, Nora Woodard, Anna Douglas, Gertrude Bridgman, Lena Goodrich

John Wellington Tennant was born in 1835 in New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, the child of William Warner Tennant And Phoebe L Lewis. John Wellington Tennant married Helen Jane Miller, and had children including Anna Pauline Douglas, Gertrude Bridgman, Lena Maud Goodrich, Nora Bell Woodard, Volney Bliss Tennant. John Wellington Tennant passed away in 1917 in Otho, Webster County, Iowa, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Wellington Tennant was born in 1835 in New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, the child of William Warner Tennant And Phoebe L Lewis.
  • John Wellington Tennant married Helen Jane Miller, and had children including Anna Pauline Douglas, Gertrude Bridgman, Lena Maud Goodrich, Nora Bell Woodard, Volney Bliss Tennant.
  • John Wellington Tennant passed away in 1917 in Otho, Webster County, Iowa, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Tennant's Ancestors

Self
John Tennant
1835–1917
Birth Place: New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Parents
William Warner Tennant
1804–1879
Fishers Island, Suffolk, New York, United States
Phoebe (L.) Lewis
1808–1884
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Grandparents
Captain (Robinson) Lewis
1766–1813
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America
Mary (Polly) Havens
1771–1830
Colony of Rhode Island, British America
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Tennant's Descendants

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John (Wellington) Tennant (29 June 1835–2 May 1917) m. Helen (Jane) Miller (29 May 1839–20 Feb 1915)
  1. 1. Volney (Bliss) Tennant 1873–1942 m. Ethel (Greene) Tennant 1877–1957
    1. 1. Ronald (Rosecrans) Tennant 1909–1986
    2. 2. Carlton (Wilbur) Tennant 1902–1975
  2. 2. Nora (Bell) Woodard 1880–1962
  3. 3. Anna (Pauline) Douglas 1869–1936
  4. 4. Gertrude Bridgman 1871–1943
  5. 5. Lena (Maud) Goodrich 1867–1942

John Tennant's Timeline

2 Records

1835
29 June 1835
Birth of John Wellington Tennant in New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
1917
2 May 1917
Age 82
Death of John Wellington Tennant in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, United States of America
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 June 1835
    Event Place: New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Iowa, Death Records, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1917
    Event Place: Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Iowa, Death Records, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Otho, Webster County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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