Alpheus Tennant Cemetery
Monogalia County, WV


Directions:This cemetery is located on Rt. #25, Days Run Road.  It is 2.6 
miles from the intersection of Rt. 7 and Rt. 25, at Pentress.  
It can be seen from the road, on the right, on top of the hill, fenced with 
large pines.
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Name            	Born		    Died		     Inscription
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Eddy,  James P.*		            1885	             aged 7 months
Tennant, Adam Sr.* 		            March 1, 1878            94 years	  
							             "These marble blocks shall mark the spot, 
								      Where father and mother lies, By friends 
								      and kindred ne'er forgot, Though in these 
								      graves are laid."
Tennant, Brown *                            January 2, 1934           51 year, 4 month and 10 days
Tennant, Catharine 			    June 30, 1870             about 79 years
Tennant, David E.* 			    April 12, 1869            1 year, 7 month and 3 days
Tennant, Edna E.*   			    February 12, 1893         6 year, 5 month and 21 days
Tennant, Jacob W. *     December 22, 1848   June 4, 1910
Tennant, John M.*       1882 		    1910
Tennant, Lula H.*       January 16, 1877    November 29, 1897
Tennant, Rebecca*      			    February 12, 1874         5 month and 13 days
Tennant, Simon Peter    May 8, 1847         May 1, 1895
Tennant, William C.                         September 20, 1880        7 month and 16 days
Tennant, W.C.           March 22, 1910      October 15, 1911
Willard, Fred*          February 8, 1900    November 5, 1918          "Just as the morning of his life, was opening into day,
		                                                      His young and lovely spirit passed, From earth and grief away."
Willard, Infant* 			    December 23, 1916
Willard, Sarah E.*      February 3, 1898    June 28, 1900
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Family members say also here is:
Tennant, Augusta Ann *  July, 1883  	     1917
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WPA Records also have listed here:
Tennant, John Adam*     September 18, 1869   April 2, 1870
Tennant, Martha* 		             December 9, 1873         22 years
Tennant, Martha E.*		             December 24, 1880	      2 year, 4 month and 2 days
Tennant, Minerva* 			     March 15, 1866	      22 years
Tennant, Mirtle O.*     May 4, 1900          February 14, 1907

NOTE:	James P. Eddy was the son of L.A. and P.C. Eddy.
	Adam Tennant was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Haught Tennant.
	Brown Tennant died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  He was the husband of Indabelle
	Tennant, daughter of Jacob W. Tennant.
	Catherine Tennant was the wife of Adam Sr., and the daughter of Michael and Eve Moore.
	David E. Tennant was the son of Simon Peter and Martha Bradford Tennant.
	Edna E. Tennant was the daughter of Alpheus and Sarah E. Tennant.  She died of burns.
	Jacob W. Tennant was the son of Emrod and Anna B. Moore Tennant, and the husband
	of  E. Delpha Wilson.  He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
	John M. Tennant was the son of Jasper and Martha Catherine Willard Tennant.
	Lula H. Tennant was the daughter of Jacob W. and E. Delpha Wilson Tennant.  She died
	of consumption.
	Rebecca Tennant was the daughter of Simon Peter and Martha Bradford Tennant.
	Simon Peter Tennant was the son of Emrod and Anna B. Moore.  He died of dyspepsia.
	William C. Tennant was the son of Alpheus and Sarah E. Tennant.
	Fred Willard was the son of George and Cora A. Tennant Willard.  He died of typhoid.
	Infant Willard was the son of Charles and Evie A. Willard.
	Sarah Willard was the daughter of G.W. and C.A. Tennant Willard.  She drown in a spring
	not far from the cemetery.
	Augusta Ann Tennant was the wife of Peter E., who was the son of Simon P. and Charlotte
	Tennant.   She was the daughter of Jasper and Martha Willard Tennant.
	John Adam Tennant was the son of Simon Peter and Martha Bradford Tennant.
	Martha Tennant was the first wife of Simon Peter Tennant and the daughter of J. Zimmerman
	and R. Bradford.  She died of "childbirth fever".
	Martha E. Tennant was the daughter of Jacob W. and E. Delpha Wilson Tennant.  She died
	of the croup.
	Minerva Tennant was the daughter of Michael and Margaret Tennant.  She died of consumption.
	Mirtle O. Tennant was the daughter of Jacob Wesley and Savannah Tennant.  Her sister, Gladys
	Wells, had her removed from the cemetery to St. Luke Cemetery at Mooresville.  Also moved
	were her parents, and another sister, Grace.
	Alpheus Tennant, who this cemetery was named after, is not in this cemetery.  He and his wife,
	Sarah Park Tennant, are in the Lemley Cemetery at Daybrook.  Alpheus was a brother of
	Simon Peter and Jacob.

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