John Lafayette TENNEY

Birth:
5 Jan 1822
Upshur, Virginia
Death:
1861
Grafton, Taylor, Virginia
Marriage:
5 Jul 1845
Randolph, Virginia
Sources:
Pedigree Resource File
Marriage Records of Randolph Co.,Virginia, (FHL#250147)
1850 Census Lewis County,Virginia
1860 Federal Census, Upshur County, Virginia
1870 Census Washington,Upshur,West Virginia
Our Tenney Family of Upshur County,West Virginia
Births of Upshur Co.,West Virginia, (FHL#816,152)
Widow's Civil War Pension Application
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Ancestry World Tree Project
Internet IGI, Oct 2008
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Randolph County, Virginia Marriage Records (FHL#250147)
    2. 1850 Census Dist #30, Lewis, Virginia p48 (GL#444964)
    3. 1860 Census Upshur County, West Virginia p136 (GL#805382)
    4. 1870 Census Washington Twp. Upshur, West Virginia p449B (GL#553199)
    5. Our Tenney Family of Upshur County, West Virginia
    6. Upshur County, West Virginia Birth Records (GL#816150)
    7. Widow's Civil War Pension Application

NOTES:
    Burial at National Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor, West Virginia
Elizabeth MCCANN
Birth:
1821
Randolph, Virginia
Death:
7 Apr 1863
Mechanicksburg, Virginia
Burial:
Tenmile, Upshur, West Virginia
Children
Marriage
1
William TENNEY
Birth:
1847
Lewis, Virginia
Death:
19 Mar 1859
 
Marr:
 
2
Cecelia TENNEY
Birth:
28 Feb 1848
Lewis, Virginia
Death:
Addison Adam CURRENCE 
Marr:
23 Jan 1866
Upshur, West Virginia 
3
Adam Webster TENNEY
Birth:
27 Dec 1852
Upshur, West Virginia
Death:
Narcis BEAN 
Marr:
9 Oct 1871
 
4
Lydia Ann TENNEY
Birth:
1857
Upshur, West Virginia
Death:
2 Jan 1862
 
Marr:
 
5
John V. TENNEY
Birth:
18 Jan 1857
Upshur, West Virginia
Death:
6 Aug 1945
Madison, Wisconsin
6
Samuel McCann TENNEY
Birth:
11 Apr 1859
Beans Mill, Upshur, Virginia
Death:
28 Jul 1919
Upshur, Virginia
Sarah Jane VAN CAMP 
Marr:
22 Mar 1882
Upshur, West Virginia 
7
Jacob Lester TENNEY
Birth:
30 Dec 1861
Upshur, West Virginia
Death:
19 Dec 1925
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John Lafayette Tenney - Elizabeth McCann

John Lafayette Tenney was born at Upshur, Virginia 5 Jan 1822. His parents were Josiah Tenney and Lydia Currence.

He married Elizabeth McCann 5 Jul 1845 at Randolph, Virginia . Elizabeth McCann was born at Randolph, Virginia 1821 daughter of William McCann and Sarah Ann Lanham .

They were the parents of 7 children:
William Tenney born 1847.
Cecelia Tenney born 28 Feb 1848.
Adam Webster Tenney born 27 Dec 1852.
Lydia Ann Tenney born 1857.
John V. Tenney born 18 Jan 1857.
Samuel McCann Tenney born 11 Apr 1859.
Jacob Lester Tenney born 30 Dec 1861.

John Lafayette Tenney died 1861 at Grafton, Taylor, Virginia .

Elizabeth McCann died 7 Apr 1863 at Mechanicksburg, Virginia .