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Sarah B RUARK (Tennison)

Female 1813 - Aft 1900  (87 years)


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  • Name Sarah B RUARK (Tennison) 
    Born Mar 1813  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1900  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I664  Dennis/Tennison Families | Ignatius Nevitte Tennison, son John Tennison
    Last Modified 25 Aug 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) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 John B. RUARK     (B: 1811    North Carolina)    (D:     Unk) 
    Married 28 Jan 1833  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2018 
    Family ID F232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Roark / Ruark family lived close to the Tennison in Caswell Co., NC.
      Both moved to KY about the same time frame.
      Sarah Tennison Ruark lists in the 1900 census, her birthplace as March 1813 NC. Her father John B Tennison may have left the family in Caswell Co., NC while he went with his father up to find land in Green Co., KY.
      In 1850, Sarah and husband, John B Roark lived in Hart Co., KY
      7 children; 5 boys and 2 girls.
      John B Ruark’s son John Wesley Roark (b. 1865) moved Van Buren, County, IA


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