Joseph Lee TENNISON

Male 1868 - 1945  (76 years)


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  • Name Joseph Lee TENNISON 
    Born 11 Sep 1868  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Apr 1945  Hart Co, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I604  Dennis/Tennison Families | John Sims, son of Henry Tennison
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2020 

    Father 1824 Joseph William TENNISON     (B: 1824    Green Co, KY)    (D: 1880    Hart Co, KY) 
    Mother Mary Ann TENNISON (Bowen)     (B: 22 Feb 1836    Kentucky)    (D: 11 Jul 1924    Unk) 
    Married 20 Dec 1858  Taylor Co, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Marriage license for Joseph's marriage to Mary Ann Bowen states marriage date as 20 Dec. 1858 in Taylor Co., KY. Joseph's residence was listed as Hart County and Mary Ann's as Taylor County. Some family trees on Ancestry show their marriage date as 1 SEPT 1858.
      Two years later the family is listed in the 1860 census of Hart County, KY.
      In the 1880 census Joseph age 62 and Mary Ann age 41 have 5 children ages 17 to age 2.
    Family ID F212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy Ann "Lucivan" WRIGHT (Tennison)     (B: 1875    Unk)    (D:     Unk) 
    Married ca. 1898  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children                
     1. Mary Bell MCCUBBINS (Tennison)B: Sept 1898Kentucky
     2. Jessie TENNISONB: 18 Mar1901Kentucky D: 12 Apr 1976Horse Cave, Hart Co, KY
     3. James L TENNISONB: 1903Kentucky
     4. William Robert TENNISONB: 29 Jan 1905Larue Co, KY
     5. Lesley TENNISONB: 12 Feb 1908Kentucky D: 1 Nov 1967Hart Co, KY
     6. Ervin (Irvin) TENNISONB: 1910Kentucky
     7. Lenna M TENNISONB: 3 Jun 1912Larue Co, KY
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • 1910 census for Joseph L Tennison
      Priceville, Hart Co., KY
      Father's Birthplace KY; Mother's KY; Family number 244; pg 12
      Joseph L Tennison M 42 yr
      spouse - Lucivan Tennison F 35
      child - Mary B Tennison. F 11
      child - Jessie Tennison. M 9y
      child - James Tennison. M 7y
      child - William R Tennison. M 5yr
      child - William R Tennison. M 2yr
      child - Ervin Tennison. M y3mo

      Researcher Ken Miller list another child b. after 1910 census: Lena M. b. 3 Jun. 1912 Larue Co., KY. I have not found her listed in other family sheets. The important detail is her birth place is in a different county.