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11. ABRAHAM J.4 TENNANT (RICHARD3, RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born December 19, 1786 in Clay District, Monongalia County, WV, and died December 19, 1875 in Monongalia County, WV. He married FRANCES MINOR, daughter of SAMUEL MINOR and SUSAN CLEGG. She was born 1800 in VA, and died Bef. 1860 in Monongalia County, WV.
     
Children of ABRAHAM TENNANT and FRANCES MINOR are:
  i.   DADE5 TENNANT, d. Unknown.
71. ii.   SAMUEL TENNANT, b. 1817, Monongalia County, WV; d. December 15, 1883, Jackson County, OH.
72. iii.   WILLIAM M. TENNANT, b. September 09, 1819, VA; d. March 17, 1879.
73. iv.   MARGARET TENNANT, b. November 04, 1819, WV; d. January 03, 1901.
74. v.   CASSANDRA TENNANT, b. January 27, 1821, WV; d. January 24, 1901.
75. vi.   ALEXANDER TENNANT, b. March 01, 1822, WV; d. August 20, 1892, Monongalia County, WV.
76. vii.   SUSANNA TENNANT, b. 1825, VA; d. March 31, 1888, Clay District, Monongalia County, WV.
  viii.   MARY ARA TENNANT, b. 1828, WV; d. Unknown.
  ix.   OTHO TENNANT, b. April 23, 1828, WV; d. November 28, 1894, Amos, Marion County, WV; m. LOUAMY TENNANT, May 08, 1856, Monongalia County, WV; b. 1828, Statler Run, Clay District, Monongalia County, WV; d. 1920, Monongalia County, WV.
  x.   AMANDA TENNANT, b. 1832, WV; d. 1911.
77. xi.   MINOR TENNANT, b. July 07, 1834, WV; d. October 27, 1922.
  xii.   ANNIE ELIZABETH TENNANT, b. 1835, WV; d. February 11, 1874, Clay District, Monongalia County, WV.
  xiii.   REBECCA TENNANT, b. 1838; d. Unknown.
78. xiv.   SARAH A. TENNANT, b. 1840, Monongalia County, WV; d. May 10, 1874, Monongalia County, WV.
  xv.   MARY MANERVA TENNANT, b. 1841, WV; d. August 28, 1857, Monongalia County, WV.


12. MARGARET4 TENNANT (RICHARD3, RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born 1788 in VA, and died July 24, 1857 in VA. She married JOSEPH VARNER Bef. 1806, son of JOHN VARNER. He was born 1785 in PA, and died November 13, 1863.
     
Children of MARGARET TENNANT and JOSEPH VARNER are:
  i.   MARTINA5 VARNER, d. Unknown.
79. ii.   REBECCA VARNER, b. July 09, 1810, Monongalia County, WV; d. 1900.
80. iii.   JACOB A. VARNER, b. January 19, 1814, VA; d. October 13, 1869, Monongalia County, WV.
81. iv.   ABRAHAM VARNER, b. August 15, 1817, WV; d. April 01, 1897.
82. v.   CASSANDRA VARNER, b. May 24, 1819, WV; d. July 22, 1897.
83. vi.   ELSIE VARNER, b. Abt. 1820, WV; d. Unknown.
  vii.   SARAH VARNER, b. 1820, VA; d. Unknown.
84. viii.   DAVID VARNER, b. May 17, 1823, VA; d. December 19, 1898, Marion County, WV.
  ix.   MARGARET VARNER, b. 1827, VA; d. Unknown.
85. x.   JOSEPH VARNER, b. 1828, WV; d. August 01, 1896, Marion County, WV.
86. xi.   MARY VARNER, b. Abt. 1834, WV; d. Unknown.
87. xii.   ANNA VARNER, b. 1813, VA; d. Unknown.


13. CATHERINE4 TENNANT (RICHARD3, RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born 1790 in Monongalia County, WV, and died 1863 in Greene County, PA. She married (1) GEORGE SHINN in Greene County, PA, son of NICHOLAS SHINN and CATHERINE. He was born 1775 in Greene County, PA, and died April 10, 1816 in Greene County, PA. She married (2) ISAAC MORRIS, son of JAMES MORRIS and MARGARET MOORE. He was born 1796, and died Unknown.
     
Children of CATHERINE TENNANT and GEORGE SHINN are:
88. i.   MARY5 SHANE, b. 1805, Greene County, PA; d. Unknown, Greene County, PA.
89. ii.   ELIZABETH SHINN, b. Abt. 1809, Monongalia County, WV; d. Unknown, Greene County, PA.
90. iii.   MARGARET SHANE, b. 1811, PA; d. August 23, 1889, Monongalia County, WV.
  iv.   NANCY SHANE, b. 1811, Greene County, PA; d. Unknown; m. DAVID STARKEY, 1840; d. Unknown.
91. v.   CATHERINE SHANE, b. January 26, 1815, Greene County, PA; d. February 18, 1894, Monongalia County, WV.
92. vi.   NICHOLAS SHANE, b. February 29, 1816, Greene County, PA; d. December 10, 1855, Brave, Greene County, PA.
     
Children of CATHERINE TENNANT and ISAAC MORRIS are:
  vii.   FANNY5 MORRIS, d. Unknown.
  viii.   DE MORRIS, d. Unknown.
93. ix.   LOUISA MORRIS, b. December 02, 1821, Brave, Greene County, PA; d. February 25, 1907, Littleton, Clay District, Wetzel County, WV.


14. JACOB AARON4 TENNANT (RICHARD3, RICHARD2, ROBERT1) was born 1792 in Monongalia County, WV, and died November 07, 1874 in Clay District, Monongalia County, WV. He married ELIZABETH LANCASTER February 20, 1814 in Greene County, PA, daughter of WILLIAM LANCASTER and ELIZABETH. She was born 1796, and died March 14, 1854 in Monongalia County, WV.

Notes for JACOB AARON TENNANT:
_Monongalia Story, Vol. II_, pp. 388, 389, "Three Monongalia County companies were included in a militia regiment of western Virginians commanded by Colonel Dudley Evans in the campaign of General William Henry Harrison in the northwest in 1812-13. Commanders of the three companies were Captain Jesse Ice, Captain James Morgan, and Captain Samuel Wilson, 'Great hardships were often experienced in their marches. At times the men had to cut bushes to lie on at night, to keep themselves out of the water.'" Quoted from Samuel T. Wiley, _History of Monongalia County_ (1883), p. 488.

     
Children of JACOB TENNANT and ELIZABETH LANCASTER are:
  i.   PERRY5 TENNANT, d. Unknown.
94. ii.   JOANNA TENNANT, b. April 26, 1817, Statler Run, Clay District, Monongalia County, WV; d. April 22, 1887, Pike County, MO.
95. iii.   WASHINGTON TENNANT, b. October 18, 1818, WV; d. Unknown.
96. iv.   ISABEL TENNANT, b. Abt. 1822, Monongalia County, WV; d. May 26, 1882, Marion County, WV.
97. v.   LUCINA TENNANT, b. December 14, 1822, VA; d. August 22, 1884, Wirt County, WV.

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