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				JOSHUA TENNANT, M.D.
			MRS. JANE (TAYLOR) TENNANT

	Dr. Joshua Tennant was born in the county of Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 25, 1838.  He 
is of Irish descent, his parents, John and Jane Tennant, having first seen the light of day in 
the Emerald Isle, in the county of Kilkenny, from when they immigrated to Canada about the year 
1812.  They bought a tract of wild land in Lanark County, on which they passed the remained of 
their days, and which Mr. Tennant cleared and improved, and where he built fine buildings.  Dr. 
Tennant grew to manhood on the home-farm, working summers as soon as old enough and attending the
district schools winters, making such good use of his opportunities that in his eighteenth year 
he commenced to teach, which he followed twelve years.  He then entered the office of Dr. William
Sloan, in Blyth, Ontario, Canada, and commenced the study of Medicine.  He remained with Dr.  
Sloan two years, and then went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and entered the State University, taking the 
medical course and graduating in the spring of 1872.  The doctor then went to De Witt, in Clinton
Co., Mich., and opened an office, remaining there eight months.  Carson City was then in its 
infancy, with good prospects of being a railroad town, and, believing it to be a good opening, 
we find him in the fall of 1872 hanging out his shingle in that village, where he has since 
remained, and where he now has an extensive and increasing practice.  Dr. Tennant came to Carson
City in very limited circumstances, but close attention to business and economy have had their 
reward, and he is now the owner of one of the fine homes of Montcalm County, a view of which 
appears on another page of this work.  In politics an ardent Republican, but not a politician.  
Mr. Tennant and wife are both members of the First Congregational Church of Carson City. On the 
28th day of October, 1873, he was married to Miss Jane Taylor, who was born in  Northeast Hop, 
Canada, April 10, 1851.  She is the daughter of Rev. J. B. and Christina (Bain) Taylor.  Mr. 
Taylor was born in the lowlands of Scotland, Mrs. Taylor in Nova Scotia.  There have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Tennant two children,--viz., John S., born June 27, 1877, and William O., June 12, 
1880.



This biography is taken from "HISTORY OF IONIA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES, MICHIGAN" 
by John S. Schenck. Philadelphia:  D. W. Ensign & Co., 1881.  Page 425-426.  Bloomer.