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: 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: 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. For more information on the TENNISON's or Julie, please contact marykell@aol.com