Tennyson/Tennison Family Tennyson/Tennison Family
Children of Abraham Tennisson and Mary Stevens (moved to Rowan County, NC in 1765)
Abraham Tennisson, Jr. (abt 1760-abt 1825) m. Jane Adams (1760 - abt 1831)
d/o Hopewell Adams and Elizabeth Smith
Joseph Tennisson (abt. 1764-aft. 1827) m. Sybella Brandon (sued his brother, Reuben, in 1827, Edgecombe Co, NC)
Thomas Tennisson (1765-?) m. Elizabeth Walker, d/o Solomon and Lydia Walker
Mary Tennisson (abt 1765-bef. 1810) m. Richard Kent (bef. 1765-aft. 1820) (lived in Iredell Co., NC)
Jacob Tennisson (bef. 1770-bef. 1820) m. Lavinnia (bef. 1770-bef. 1840) (Livinnia living in Buncombe Co., NC, 1820)
Benjamin Tennissson (1772-1847) m. Phoebe Cooper (abt 1772-?) (mentioned in the 1827 lawsuit againist his brother.)
Matthew Tennisson (abt 1777-1850) m. 2) Sarah Hill Reaves (no children) (died in Williamson Co., TN)
Samuel Tennisson (abt 1778-aft.1840) (in Rowan Co, NC, 1800)
Reuben Tennisson (abt 1780-bef.1840) m. Nancy Scott (abt 1790-bef.1850), d/o Thomas and Nancy Carothers Scott of Burke, NC
2 other daughters (names unknown)
Children of Abraham Tennison, Jr. and Jane Adams
Levisa "Lucy" Tennison (abt 1783-aft. 1860) m. Samuel Fulks (1772-1860)
Margaret(?) Elizabeth Tennison (1783-1851) m. Hugh Carnahan (1784-1824), s/o Andrew Carnahan and Elizabeth Billingsley
Mary Pheobe Tennison (1787-bef 1866) m. Cornelius Brandon (1783-1853)
Solomon Tennison (1791-1882) m. 1) Catherine (1796-1856) m. 2) Elizabeth Carson (1810-?)
Edmund Tennisson (abt 1793-1876, Rutherford Co, TN) (never married)
Sarah (?) Tennison (abt 1794-?) m. James Helton (resided in Rutherford Co, TN)
Rebecca Tennison (abt 1795-?) m. Britton Pace (is she the Rebecca Pace living in Sumner, TN in 1830
Nancy Adams Tennison (abt 1798-aft 1850) m. James King (abt. 1794-bef. 1850) (moved to MO after 1832)
Archibald Tennison (1802-1883) m. Ruth Jones (1806-1890)
Hiram (Olney or Abraham?) Tennison (1805-1863) m. Sarah Winfred Vawter (1815-1870), d/o Richard and Cynthia McGuire Vawter
(Henry, W. M., Thomas, and Hiram Tennisson served in the Twenty Sixth Mississippi Regiment
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Children of Benjamin Tennison and Phoebe Cooper (lived in Mississippi)
James Robert Tennison (abt. 1808-aft 1850) m. Catherine Mock (abt. 1813-?)
Isaac Tennison (abt 1802-aft 1857) m. 1) Susanna Smith (abt. 1808-bef. 1844) m. 2) Rebecca A. Reynolds
Children of Levisa "Lucy" Tennisson and Samuel Fulks
Betsy (Elizabeth) Fulks (1815/1820-?) m. Bragg
Nancy Fulk m. ? Parker
Eleanor Fulk m. ? McMahan
Carolina Fulk (1817-?) m. Thomas Allen Jameson (1811-1873)
John Fulk
Samuel Fulks (1810/1815-?) m. Sarah (Rebecca?) Bell (married in Warren Co., KY)
Jane Adeline Fulks (abt 1819-1864) m. Evan Evins Nelson (1833-1865), s/o James Madison & Elizabeth Evins Nelson
Samuel and Lucy Fulks living in McCrankins, Rutherford Co., TN in 1850
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Children of Solomon Tennisson and Catherine
John H. Tennisson (1821-1908) m. Nancy Maxwell (1823-1892)
Permelia Anne Tennison m. John P. Ramsey
Catherine J. Tennison (abt 1826-aft. 1850) m. Phillip F. Bryan
Nancy S. Tennison (abt 1828-aft. 1850) m. Francis M. Ramsey
Mary Tennison (abt 1833-aft. 1850)
Rufus Solomon Tennison (abt 1840-aft 1850)
Martha Tennison (1842-1854)
This family living in Bellview, Washington Co., MO in 1850
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Children of Nancy Adams Tennison and James King
Solomon King (abt. 1830)
Rebecca King (abt. 1832-aft. 1850)
Samuel King (abt. 1834-aft. 1850)
Elizabeth King (abt. 1834-aft. 1850)
Martha King (abt. 1836-aft. 1850)
Nancy King and her children are living in Madison Co., MO in 1850. Solomon and Rebecca were born in Tennessee
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Children of Archibald Tennison and Ruth Jones
Edmond Tennisson (1828-?) m. Elizabeth McMurtry
Jones Tennisson (abt 1830-?)
daughter Tennisson born by 1830
Rebecca Tennisson (abt 1832-?) m. John Hutchings
Jonathan Johnson Tennisson (abt 1835-?) m. Mary F. Maxwell
William Harrison Tennyson (1840-1914) m. Mary Jane Bressie (1840-1897)
Ann Eliza Tennyson (1844-1936) m. Pleasant Theodore Ramsey
This family living in Bellview, Washington Co., MO in 1850
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Children of Hiram Abraham Tennisson and Sarah Vawter
James Henry Tennisson (1834-1872) m. Amanda Martin (1838-?)
Lucinda Jane Tennisson (abt 1836-1868) m. Charles Pinkney Malone (1835-1912)
Nancy Lee Tennisson (1838-1920) m. George Milford
Cynthia Elizabeth Tennisson (1840-1925) m. Marshall Henry Jernigan (1834-1922), s/o Arthur and Sarah Ann Howell Jernigan of TN
Hiram Franklin Tennyson (1842-1910) m. Julia Ann Deaton (1846-1887)
Children of William Harrison Tennyson and Mary Jane Bressie
William Yancy Tennyson (1864-1948) m. Octavia Beall (1879-1950, OK)
Malina Jane Tennyson (1866, MO-?) m. T. Keith Neely
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Children of Caroline Fulks and Thomas Allen Jamison
John W. Jamison (b. 1837) m. 1) Sarah Coleman, 2) Betty Jones
William Robert (1837-1923) m. 1) Martha Arnette, 2) Mary J. Shelton
Martha J. Jamison (abt 1840-?) m. Shelton
Nancy L. Jamison (1847-?) m. Andrew Peter Helton (1845-1910)
Joseph Jamison (abt 1847-bef. 1860)
Andrew Jamison m. Esther Brandon (1851-1905)
Edmund Howard Jamison m. Phoebe Elixabeth Bowling
Sarah E. Jamison m. I. S. Parker
Calvin Jamison (abt 1855-?)
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Children of James Henry Tennisson and Amanda Martin
Lugenia Tennisson (abt 1856-bef 1870)
William R. Tennisson (abt 1858-bef 1870)
Cynthia Tennisson (abt 1860-bef 1870)
Josephina Tennisson (abt 1861-?)
Henry D. Tennisson (abt 1863-?)
William A. Tennisson (1865-?)
John Horton Tennisson (1865-?)
Fannie Belle Tennisson (abt 1867-1935)
Ella Tennisson (abt 1870-?)
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Children of Hiram Franklin Tennyson and Julia Ann Deaton
Charles Preston C. Tennisson (1866-1923, TN) m. Frances Wood (1868-1905)
d/o Sampson and Elizabeth Graham Wood
Robert Lee A. Tennisson (1868-1934) m. Kezziah Rushing (1881-1941) no known children
Thomas W. B. Tennisson (b. 1871) died in infancy
Ujean E. F. Tennisson (b. 1873) died in infancy
John Wesley Edgar Tennisson (1874-1963) m. Parmelia Cornelia Crum (d. 1960, MS)
Jobe Bell Tennyson (1879-1950) m. Martha Jane Burrow (1886-1968),
d/o Joseph Eli & Cordelia Matthews Burrow
Margaret Cora Bell Tennyson (1879-1953) m. Joseph Washington Coleman (1875-1949)
Children of Charles Preston C. Tennisson and Frances Wood
Laura Essie Tennisson (1895-1976) m. Robert Taylor Talley (1885-1923)
Flora Tennisson (1891-1964) m. John Wilson (no known children)
Charles Hugh Tennisson (1896-1972) m. 1) Edna Moor (1922-?), 2) Ruth Mitchell (1895-?)
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Children of William Yancy Tennyson and Octavia Beall
Isla Beall Tennyson (1889-1951) m. Albert Lachwegs
Elsie May Tennyson (1892-?) m. Neil Lydick
Harry Langley Tennyson (1898-1962) m. Mary Waldine Perkins
Chronological List of Tennison Documents and Events
Tennis - Tennisson - Tennyson Genealogy, by Faye Tennyson Davidson
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