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SUBMITTED BY: Mary Miller
e-mail: marykell@aol.com
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HUSBAND: TENNISON, John W.
date and place of birth: Jun 07, 1866, (possibly Gainesville,) Cooke
County, TX.
date and place of marriage: May 02, 1886, Chickasaw Nation, Indian
Territory (Oklahoma)
other marriages:
military service:
date and place of death: Jul 20, 1943,
father: TENNISON, William James (Born in Alabama)
mother: BURCH, Eliza Ann (Born in Alabama)
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WIFE: MELER, Minerva Jane
date and place of birth: Dec 17, 1870, Crawford County, AK.
other marriages:
date and place of marriage: May 02, 1886, Chickasaw Nation, Indian
Territory (Oklahoma)
date and place of death: Feb 19, 1953, Custer, Custer County, OK.
father: MELER, William L.
mother: BEST, Minerva
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CHILD 1: TENNISON, William Monroe
date and place of birth: Sep 02, 1887, Naples, McClain Co., Indian
Territory, (now Oklahoma.)
married: PARIS, Sallie
date and place of marriage: Dec 21, 1913, Custer County, OK.
other marriages:
date and place of death: March 1964, Clayton NM.
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CHILD 2: TENNISON, Eliza Ella
date and place of birth: Nov 20, 1889, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
(now Oklahoma)
married: FOSNIGHT, Charles
date and place of marriage: Jan 12, 1910, Custer County, OK.
other marriages:
date and place of death: Nov 07, 1976, Denver, CO.
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CHILD 3: TENNISON, Henry Morgan
date and place of birth: Oct 03, 1892, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
(now Oklahoma)
married: SLIGER, Elsie Cleora
date and place of marriage: Oct 08, 1911, Custer County, OK.
other marriages:
date and place of death: Feb 01, 1955, Marysville, Yuba County, CA.
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CHILD 4: TENNISON, Thomas David
date and place of birth: May 27, 1895, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
(Oklahoma)
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death: Aug 13, 1914, Custer City, Custer County, OKs
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CHILD 5: TENNISON, Calvin J.
date and place of birth: Jul 29, 1899, Custer County, OK.
married: MOSBURG, Ruby Anna
date and place of marriage: Sep 03, 1921, Custer County, OK.
other marriages:
date and place of death: Mar 31, 1967, Sylvan Corners, Placer County, CA.
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CHILD 6: TENNISON, Opal Nellie
date and place of birth: Feb 09, 1903, Thomas, Custer Co., OK.
married: THOMAS, Arvel (Orvel) Hugh
date and place of marriage: Jul 26, 1926, Yuba City, CA.
other marriages:
date and place of death: Oct 06, 1982, Thomas, Custer Co., OK.
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SOURCES:
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1910 Custer, Co., OK Census, 1920 Custer Co., OK, Names From
Publications of Homestead Proofs, Estray Notices, and Contest Notices
1892-1905, Arapahoe Arrow 1892 , Arapahoe Bee 1893-1906 , Arapahoe
Argus 1893-1896, Land Records, Birth, Marriage, Death Certificates, Mt.
Hope Cemetery Records, Albuquerque Journal March 18, 1964, Clayton
Cemetery Records Clayton, NM, Springfield Cemetery Records Springfield,
CO. and other sources too many to mention here.
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NOTES:
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Most information and verification comes from a gg-grand-daughter
of John W. TENNISON's, Julie Stroud. I want to thank her for helping me
to know my "lost" family, that I never knew about until I was 43 years
old.