Otis Tennant

Brief Life History of Otis

When Otis Tennant was born on 18 April 1885, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, his father, John Calvin Tennant, was 24 and his mother, Martha Jane Emery, was 23. He married Delphia Katherine Shane about 1904, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Harrison, Clay, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Clay District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 24 September 1928, in Daybrook, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Daybrook, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otis Tennant
1885–1928
Delphia Katherine Shane
1885–1969
Marriage: about 1904
Wendell Earl Tennant
1905–1979
Gerald Lester Tennant
1909–1983
Cecil Calvin Tennant
1913–1980
Ralph Wilford Tennant
1918–1942
John Chester Tennant
1923–2002

Sources (12)

  • Otis Tennant in household of John C Tennant, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Odna Tennant, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Otis Tennant, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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1886

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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: status name for a farmer who held his land from an overlord by obligations of rent or service, from Middle English tena(u)nt ‘tenant’ (Old French tenant). This was the normal situation for landholders in the Middle Ages, since in the feudal system all land belonged ultimately to the king and use of it was granted in return for financial or military support.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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