10/17/2026
JOHN TENNY (06/1840 - 11/1910)
Everyone has a story to tell. Most get lost over time. This is certainly true of John Tenny. We found his CSA stone on the ground in an open area with no other graves nearby. We reset his stone in the ground on a bed of rock and sand.
John was born in Ireland June 1840. He immigrated to the US in 1845.
According to Find A Grave, "on July 23, 1862, Austin's Battery, including Private JOHN TENNY transferred to the Clark County Artillery (Wiggins' Battery) 2nd Arkansas Light Artillery. Later it was placed in Wheelers Calvalry Corps, Army of Tennessee. The unit fought in Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, then saw action in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Only 11 remained at the time of surrender on April 19, 1865, the rest having been killed, wounded or captured ".
He returned to Mississippi, married Margaret Kennedy. She had been married to E. M. Lewis and had one son, John Lewis. E. M. Lewis died in 1875 and she married John Tenny. The 1880 Census shows he was 40 years old living in Beat 2, Tate, Mississippi USA, married to Mag Tenney, age 32 with son Ed Tenny, age 2, daughter Mary, age 6 months and son John Lewis, age 6.
Margaret Mag died in 1880. Mississippi Marriages, 1880-1911, Volumes 4-5, shows he married Jennie Flanagan 6 Sep 1885.
When John died in Nov 1910, Find A Grave said he was survived by a daughter, Mary Ann Wood. She married John Columbus Wood, Jr. She died in Bexar County, Texas and is buried in North Fairview Cemetery, Memphis, Hall County, Texas. Her tombstone lists her date of birth Aug 13, 1890 and date of death June 28, 1963. Her death certificate lists her father as John Tennie and her mother "unknown".
