Obituary: published in The McLeansboro Times, October 12, 1911
(Abstract)
James B. Tennison was born July 6, 1841 and died October 4, 1911 at his home north of
Dahlgren. He married Sarah E. Bridges, January 12, 1860; two children.
He married Nancy Standerfer April 27, 1865; ten children; eight survive.
He married Manda Fields October 4, 1900.
He is interred at Blooming Grove Cemetery, Dahlgren, Hamilton County, Illinois.
Descendants of Nancy J. Standerfer
Generation No. 1
1. NANCY J.3 STANDERFER (JOBE2, ARCHIBALD1) was born August 29, 1848, and died April 23, 1898 in B. Blooming Grove Cemetery, Illinois. She married JAMES B. TENNISON April 27, 1865 in Hamilton Co., Illinois, son of JOHN G. TENNISON.
Children of NANCY STANDERFER and JAMES TENNISON are:
i. CALVIN WALKER4 TENNISON, b. December 24, 1869, Dahlgren, Hamilton Co., Illinois; d. May 18, 1940, Belle Prairie, Illinois; m. RACHEL ANN GRIFFIN.
Notes of CALVIN WALKER TENNISON:
Obit: Pub. Times-Leader, McLeansboro, IL May 23, 1940. {Extract}
Calvin Walker Tennison was born December 24, 1868 near Dahlgren; died May 18, 1940 at his home in Belle Prairie; oldest son of James B. and Nancy Standerfer Tennison. Eight siblings, six survive: Mrs. Mary Williams of Santa Ana, CA; Frank Tennison and Mrs. Hattie Trotter both of Dahlgren; Emanuel Tennison of Seminole, OK; Mrs. Bertha Hart of Delafield and Mrs. Ethel Trotter of Essex, MO. He married Rachel Griffith about 1886. Eight children: Henry died in France in 1918; John died in 1928; Six children survive: Robert, Charles, Gilmer, William and Roy Tennison all of Belle Prairie and Mrs. Della Trotter of Arcola. He is interred at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.ii. MARY E. TENNISON, b. 1870; m. LEWIS P. WILLIAMS.
iii. LOUVICA JANE TENNISON, b. 1872; m. EDWARD SHERIDAN PALMER.
iv. FRANK BENTON TENNISON, b. December 1876, Illinois; m. EDITH M. GARRISON, January 05, 1889, Hamilton Co., Illinois.
v. HATTIE EMILY TENNISON, b. June 26, 1878, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. March 31, 1961, Dahlgren, Hamilton Co., Illinois; m. HENRY PARKHURST TROTTER, November 14, 1895, Hamilton Co., Illinois.
Notes for HENRY PARKHURST TROTTER:
Henry Parkhurst Trotter's obit: (Pub. Times-Leader, July 14, 1955)
{Abstract info.: b. December 18, 1870 in AR.; d. May 23, 1955 at his home south of McLeansboro, IL. He was the son of Isham and Mary Tedford Trotter. Four children; one dead. Leaves widow; two sons: Earl & Paul Trotter both of McLeansboro; one daughter, Opal Cross of Dahlgren; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Compton and Mrs. Joseph Williams both of Dahlgren. He is interred at Blooming Grove cemetery.}Henry Parkhurst Trotter, age 79, died at his home in Dahlgren of a heart attack on Sunday, July 10. Trotter, a retired railroader, was born in Hamilton County on February 16, 1876 and married Hattie E. Tennison in 1895. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Earl and Paul of McLeansboro, and one daughter, Mrs. Opal Cross of Dahlgren. Two sisters, Mrs. Ella Compton and Mrs. Joseph Williams of Dahlgren also survive. Services were held, Wednesday, July 12 at the First Baptist chruch of Dahlgren with the Rev. John B. Maulding in charge. Burial was in Blooming Grove Cemetery. The Gholson Grigg Funeral home was in charge.
vi. BERTHA ANN TENNISON, b. October 25, 1884, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. February 25, 1971, McLeansboro, Illinois; m. JOHN HENRY HART February 10, 1902 in Hamilton Co., IL.
Notes of BERTHA ANN TENNISON HART:
Obit: Pub. Times-Leader - McLeansboro, IL March 4, 1971{Extract}
Bertha Ann Tennyson Hart was born October 25, 1884 in Hamilton Co. and died February 25, 1971 in hospital in McLeansboro. She was the daughter of James B. and Nancy Standerfer Tennyson. She married John H. Hart, February 10, 1903. She leaves four sons: Omar and Edgar Hart of Chicago, James O. and Flord Virgil Hart both of McLeansboro; two daughters: Mrs. Wilma Ingram and Mrs. Velma Allen both of McLeansboro. She is interred at Blooming Grove cemetery in Hamilton Co., IL.Notes of JOHN HENRY HART:
Obit: Pub. Times-Leader - McLeansboro, IL. January 13, 1949. {Extract} b. May 23, 1883, Dahlgren Twp; died December 22, 1948; son of Gabriel and Quintilla Bond Hart. Married Bertha Tennison February 10, 1902. Leaves wife; six children: Otha of Delafield, Omar and Vergil both of Chicago, Wilma Ingram of McLeansboro; Edgar of Schiller Park and Velma Hart of McLeansboro. Interred at Blooming Grove.
vii. JONES L. TENNISON, b. October 1887, Illinois.
viii. NORA ETHEL TENNISON, b. September 1890, Illinois; m. UNKNOWN TROTTER.
ix. EMANUEL TENNISON.
