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Warren Moroni TENNEY
HUSBAND:
[F28]. Warren Moroni TENNEY. [PC C1], [CHART A1].
Born 4 JAN 1861 at Payson, Utah County, Utah; son of Warren Reed TENNEY [F56] and Julia Amanda PHELPS [F57].
Warren Moroni Tenney moved with his father's family to Arizona. His father cut the heavy timber for the St. George Temple. In 1876 they were at Tenney's Springs or Sawmill Springs east of Mormon Lake near Flagstaff, Arizona. They homesteaded at Forrestdale, south and west of Show Low, Arizona until the Apache Indian Reservation lines were redrawn and included his property. They then settled in Water Canyon in the Round Valley area near Amity, Arizona.
He married Ella Ann HAMBLIN [F29] on 14 MAR 1884 at Amity, Apache County, Arizona. They then moved to Flagstaff area and had a sawmill at Pinetop. About 1890 they homesteaded 160 acres in the northwest part of the Nutrioso Valley. They began building a freight business in Magdalena, New Mexico. In the Fall of 1900 they moved to the Blue for the winter. In 1901 he was at Alpine, Arizona. In MAY 1901 he had a contract [for timber or freighting ?] at Magdalena. About 1908 he moved into Alpine.
He died 22 JUN 1935 at Alpine, Apache County, Arizona, and was buried that same day.
WIFE:
[F29]. Ella Ann HAMBLIN.
Born 11 JUNE (1861-S1)(1867 S2, S3) at Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah; daughter of Jacob Vernon HAMBLIN [F58] and Sarah Priscilla LEAVITT [F59]. It was said that "one bright June morning in 1867, an old cowbell was shook long and loud in front of the "New Rock House in Santa Clara". It hung on a clothesline post near the Hamblin home, and was announcing the arrival of a new baby girl to the household of Jacob and Priscilla Hamblin. It was the fifth child for Priscilla, and the fourteenth for Jacob, he having children from two previous wives. (S3).
She married Warren Moroni TENNEY [F28] on 14 MAR 1884 at Amity, Apache County, Arizona.
In 1927 her mother died while living in their home in Alpine, Apache County, Arizona.
She died 31 MAR 1947 at Alpine, Apache County, Arizona.
CHILDREN of Warren Moroni TENNEY [F28] and Ella Ann HAMBLIN [F29]:
- Warren Moroni TENNEY, Jr. (Warney). Born 24 MAY 1885 at Amity, Apache County, Arizona. He married 22 NOV 1907 Almeda NOBLE. He died 24 (6) OCT 1964.
- Wilford Angus TENNEY. (Angus). Born 7 MAY 1887 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He died 14 SEP 1889.
- Orrawell TENNEY. (Orrie). Born 2 APR 1889 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He married 7 SEP 1922 Irene RICHES. He died 1 DEC 1969.
- Jacob Hamblin TENNEY. (Blin). Born 4 AUG 1891 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He married (1) on 16 MAY 1924 Florence Brodus QUESNBERRY. He married (2) on 2 MAR 1946 Rosilla Allen ROWLEY. He died 29 JAN 1976.
- Benjamin Reed TENNEY. (Ben). Born 21 APR 1893 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He married (1) on 2 SEP 1915 Fay Edith MILLER. They were divorced. He married (2) on 2 JAN 1926 Pearl Lulu ALLEN. He died 12 JUN 1972.
- [F14]. Clive Vernon TENNEY. Born 2 AUG 1895 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He married 30 JAN 1918 Minnie WILLIAMS. He died 2 AUG 1960.
- Brian Clair TENNEY (S1). Clair Bryan TENNEY (S2). Born 29 SEP 1897 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He did not marry. He died 30 JAN 1918 (1920-S?).
- Thomas Rowell TENNEY. (Rowell). Born 3 (23) JUL 1900 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He married 2 JAN 1940 Mary Elizabeth HARRIS. He died 31 DEC 1949.
- Edward Beeler TENNEY. (Ed). Born 5 JAN 1903 at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. He married 4 MAR 1932 Marjore SMITH. He died 1 APR 1975.
- Priscilla Beeler TENNEY. (Pat). Born 29 JAN 1905 at Alpine (Nutrioso), Apache County, Arizona. She married (1) on 11 AUG 1923 Rene Gabriel MESTRON (MISTRON). She married (2) on 14 DEC 1935 Joe M. FUENTES. She died 3 JAN 1972.
- William TENNEY. Born in MAR 1907 at Alpine, Apache County, Arizona. He died during the same month of MAR 1907.
- Myrl TENNEY. Born 30 MAR 1909 at Alpine, Apache County, Arizona. She married (1) on 17 JAN 1922 Robert Walton ARROT. She married (2) (WYATT?). She married (3) Raymond SULLIVAN.
- Bee TENNEY. Born 11 OCT 1911 at Alpine, Apache County, Arizona. She married 4 JUL 1933 Lunford Dillard Harper (who changed his name to Lowell Douglas after he married Bee—not sure why). She died on March 29, 1986 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California. He died April 2, 1993 in Santa Paula. They had four children—Lowell Douglas Harper b: August 1, 1934; Margaret Ann Harper b: August 3, 1936; Michael George Harper b: September 3, 1947; Sherry Jeanine Harper b: February 17, 1953.
SOURCES:
- [S1]. A Brief Biography of Betsy Jane Tenney Loose Simons, written when she was President of the Relief Society in the Payson Ward in Utah County, Utah. This history was deposited in the cornerstone of the church building in Payson, Utah at the time that it was written. When the building was demolished it was delivered into the hands of the family. {G189}.
- [S2]. A Tribute to Warren Moroni Tenney Sr. and Ella Ann Hamblin Tenney. 1974-1975. With corrections for June 1976 Tenney Reunion.
- [S3]. Email correspondence from Nathan&Tammy Hicks. ntehicks@attbi.com. 1 MAY 2003.
- [S4]. A Short History of Ella Ann Hamblin Tenney, daughterof Jacob and Priscilla Leavitt Hamblin. Taken from the book, "Jacob Hamblin" by Pearson H. Corbett.
- [S5]. Alpine Cemetery List. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Orchard/6586/page1.html