SUBMITTED BY: Mary Miller 
e-mail: marykell@aol.com 
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HUSBAND: TENNISON, Mathias (Matthew) 
date and place of birth: circa 1790, SC     
date and place of marriage: circa 1828, GA. 
other marriages: 
military service: 
date and place of death: circa 1850, Benton County, AL. 
father: TENNISON, Zachariah   
mother: COOK, Unknown (?)    
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WIFE: McDANIEL, Sarah (Susan)    
date and place of birth: circa 1805, GA.    
other marriages: 
date and place of marriage: 
date and place of death: Aft. 1880, Cleburne County, AL. 
father: McDANIEL, Archibald 
mother: PINSON, Ruth Editha (Edee) 
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CHILD 1: TENNISON, (son) 
date and place of birth: 1825, Gwinnett County, GA.   
married: 
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: Bef. 1840, GA.   
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CHILD 2: TENNISON, Presley Rias (Reverand) 
date and place of birth: Oct 23, 1828, GA.   
married: McDANIEL, Nancy C.   
date and place of marriage: Nov 27, 1845, Benton County, AL. 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: Nov 15, 1903, Cullman, AL.   
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CHILD 3: TENNISON, Elizabeth       
date and place of birth: circa 1831, GA.     
married: WEBB, James    
date and place of marriage: Jan 29, 1850 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 
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CHILD 4: TENNISON, William James      
date and place of birth: Mar 25, 1835, Godsen, Benton, AL. 
married: BURCH, Eliza Ann       
date and place of marriage: Apr 05, 1854, Calhoun County, AL.   
other marriages: 
date and place of death: Sep 06, 1879, Gainesville, Cook County, TX.    
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CHILD 5: TENNISON, Lydia L.     
date and place of birth: 1836, Benton County, AL.   
married: TURNER, Littleberry    
date and place of marriage: Nov 21, 1852, Calhoun County, AL.    
other marriages: 
date and place of death: May 31, 1911, Heflin, Cleburne County, AL 
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CHILD 6: TENNISON, Cook M.     
date and place of birth: Dec 17, 1838, Benton County, AL.     
married: TURNER, Sarah Malinda   
date and place of marriage: Nov 08, 1857, Benton County, AL. 
other marriages: 
date and place of death:   
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CHILD 7: TENNISON, Rachel       
date and place of birth: circa 1839, Benton County, AL.     
married: HORTON, Fletcher       
date and place of marriage: Jan 11, 1853 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 
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CHILD 8: TENNISON, Robert C. 
date and place of birth: circa 1840, Benton County, AL.   
married:   
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other marriages: 
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CHILD 9: TURNER, Sythia           
date and place of birth: circa 1845, Benton County, AL. 
married: THROWER, John Thomas 
date and place of marriage: Jul 26, 1863 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 
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SOURCES: 1830 Gwinnett County, Census,1850 Census Benton Co., Alabama, 28th District, G.C. Ellis, enumerator, October 29, 1850. 1860 Calhoun County, Alabama, 1870 AL, Cleburne County Census, 1880 Cleburne County, AL, Land Records, Carroll County Land Lottery,   
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NOTES: Benton County was changed to Calhoun county in 1858. Later Cleburne Co., was formed in 1866 from Calhoun, Randolph and Talladega Counties. The family may not have even moved to be in Benton co., in 1850, Calhoun in 1860 and Cleburne in 1870. According to the Cleburne Co., Heritage Book, Sarah ELLIS was the mother of Sitha/Sithy TENNISON, who married John Thrower. Which lends credence to the fact that Sarah/Susan remarried to Benjamin Ellis in 1858. It also states that Sitha's father was Mathias Tennison. 
Thanks to my "cousins" Julie and Earlene for the sources and the notes on the TENNISON's. For more information, please contact marykell@aol.com.