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1809 John Washington TENNISON
1809 - 1898 (88 years)-
Name John Washington TENNISON Title 1809 Born 15 Jun 1809 North Carolina 
Gender Male Died 1898 Choctaw Co, Mississippi Person ID I145 Dennis/Tennison Families | Ignatius Nevitte Tennison, son John Tennison Last Modified 19 Nov 2020
Father John B. TENNISON (B: 8 Dec 1774 Prince George Co, MD) (D: 11 Nov 1857 ) Mother Nancy TENNISON (Mnu) (B: ca 1775 Maryland) (D: aft 1860 Unk) Married ca 1798 North Carolina (probably) Notes - Moved to Green Co., KY in 1817. John H. and sons moved on to Lauderdale Co., AL. Several of female children and families also relocated there.
Family ID F3405 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ann Malinda TENNISON (Biggers) (B: 12 Sept 1821 South Carolina) (D: ca 1899 Unk) Married bet. 1835-1841 Lauderdale Co, Alabama (probably) Notes Children 1. Cynthia A HOGAN (Tennison) D: Mar 1942 Unknown 2. 1843 James S. TENNISON B: 1843 Lauderdale Co, Al 3. 1843 William J. H. TENNISON B: 1843 Alabama 4. 1859 Henry TENNISON Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 Family ID F59 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Washington Tennyson married after the family moved from Green Co., Ky to Lauderdale Co., AL. (1833) He was listed in the 1850 census as a Physician at the Lauderdale Factory. In 1860 census finds him in Pontotoc Co., MS. His last two children were listed as born in MS indicates a move between 1853 and 1856. John's older sister Nancy M Tennison had never married and was living with the family in the 1860 census.
John W served with the Company F 17 Mississippi INF Confederacy as a Pvt.
In 1882 John W applied for a medical license in the state of Mississippi . He stated that he had practice medicine for 41 years.
Some researchers claim Kenneth L. Tennison b. 14 Jan 1862 Pontotoc Co., MS; and d. 1954 as a son of the doctor John Tennison. Kenneth was buried in Choctaw Co. MS at the Providence Baptist Church. He married 29 Feb 1882 Choctow Co., MS to Georgia Ann TRUSSELL b. 17 Apr. 1863-64; d. 10 Sept 1905. 9 children. males William John b 1887. m Juanita Miller; James b. 1891; Curry L. b. 1893; Walsey b. 1895; Edwin b. 1890
- John Washington Tennyson married after the family moved from Green Co., Ky to Lauderdale Co., AL. (1833) He was listed in the 1850 census as a Physician at the Lauderdale Factory. In 1860 census finds him in Pontotoc Co., MS. His last two children were listed as born in MS indicates a move between 1853 and 1856. John's older sister Nancy M Tennison had never married and was living with the family in the 1860 census.