Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Tennent, S. J. 1818 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

S. J. TENNENT, M. D.—The subject of this brief sketch is one of the prominent,
as he is one of the earliest settlers of Contra Costa county, and is eminently
entitled to a position in our work. He was born in Liverpool, England, January
5, 1818; removed to London, where he received his early education; attended the
Louth Grammar School in Lincolnshire, where he passed some time as a pupil with
his uncle, Dr. John Johnson, finishing his medical education, as surgeon and
general practioner, at the London University. He then shipped on board a whaling
vessel, as surgeon, and in the course of time arrived at the Sandwich Islands,
when, there being a disagreement between himself and the Captain, he left the
vessel and took up his quarters on shore. There he practiced his profession for
some time, and subsequently became Collector of the port of Lahoina Main, and
received the appointment of Physician to the King of the Sandwich Islands, as
well as being otherwise especially honored by the Government. During the
excitement consequent upon the discovery of gold in California, our subject
visited the Pacific Coast, then having the intention of returning, but in his
journeyings through the country, he suffered the fate of man, became a
Benedict—married Septembers, 1849, Rafaela, daughter of Don Ignacio Martinez, a
former Commandante of the Presidio of San Francisco, and who likewise filled the
office of Alcalde there for a short time. By the above union there was a family
of ten children, five of whom are now living. Mrs. Tennent died August 5, 1868.
The Doctor has not practiced his profession since 1849, but has given his
attention since to fanning and stock-raising on the Pinole ranch. A portrait of
this worthy gentleman will be found in this History.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.



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