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Methany Jane TENNEY

Methany Jane TENNEY

Female 1851 - 1930  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name Methany Jane TENNEY
    Birth CA 1851  Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1844. But age 19 in her January 1871 marriage record puts her birth in about 1851 or 1852. Findagrave reports her birth date as Apr 13 1852, conflicting with the January 1852 birth date of her brother Rufus. Name on headstone: Bathana J. Reed.
    Gender Female
    Residence 1871  Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 19 Dec 1930  [2, 3] 
    Burial Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I46945  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2020

    Father Peter TENNEY,   b. 1799, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1871, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Mother Labana A. ROWAN,   b. 1813, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888, Washington District, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F31806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nelson REED,   b. 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916 (Age 68 years)  [4]
    Marriage 5 Jan 1871  Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Asbury Harper REED,   b. 18 Sep 1871, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1954, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    >2. Martha REED,   b. 21 May 1872, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1948, Olney, Richland Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >3. Melvina "Vina" REED,   b. 11 Nov 1878, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1949 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F19178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1894] Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, MR p. 27, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11232089&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.

    5. [S1894] Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, MR p. 27, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11232089&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Nelson Reed, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Upshur Co, son of Alexander & Nancy J. (or I.) Reed; and Methany J. Tenney, 19, b. & res. in Upshur Co, dau of Peter & Labana Tenney. Married Jan 5 1871 in Upshur County.