The following is in response to Ardella Cottrill's 7 Mar 1999 request for information. The source is listed first, with the information from that source underneath it. I hope that this helps Ardella and possibly others researching the Tenney family. If anyone else has more information on this family, I would be interested in it. The History of Upshur County West Virginia, W. B. Cutright, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD 1996, p. 422: Josiah Tenney & Lydia (Currence) Tenney are parents of John L. Tenney John L. Tenney's daughter, Sarah Jane Tenney, married Adam M. Currence, they had a son named Samuel Webster Currence, born 5 Oct 1871 Washington District Cemetery Readings, Upshur County Genealogical Society, Revised Edition 1995, distributed by Upshur County Historical Society, P.O. Box 2082, Buckhannon, WV 26201, p. 33: Elizabeth McCann was the wife of John L. Tenney, she was born 1821, died 1903 Elizabeth McCann Tenney and John L. Tenney are bured at Tenmile Baptist Cemetery, Upshur Co., WV John L. Tenney served in CO E WV Light Artillery Uphsur County West Virginia Births 1853-1897, Billie Faye Drost & Karon Janel King, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD 1993, p. 38: John L. & Elizabeth Tenney had the following children: John V. Tenney, born 18 Jan 1856 Lydia A. Tenney, born 14 Mar 1857 Lyster Tenney, born 30 Dec 1861 Samuel M. Tinney, born Apr 1859 Upshur County Death Records. An Alphabetical Listing of Deaths Recorded in the Upshur County Courthouse, Buckhannon, West Virgina, 1853-1928, Paul C. Hawkins & Judith Hawkins, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD 1993: Elizabeth Tenney died 29 Oct 1903, born 27 Feb 1821, she was the daughter of Wm. S. & Sarah McCann Vicki Smith kbruce@accesstoledo.com