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Ammon Meshach Tenney

Born 16 Nov 1844 in Rand, Lee, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Son of Nathan Cram Tenney and Olive (Strong) Tenney

Brother of Olive Eliza (Tenney) McFate, Samuel Benjamin Tenney and William Arthur Tenney [half]

Husband of Anna Sariah (Eagar) Tenney — married 9 Nov 1867 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Husband of Eliza Ann (Udall) Tenney — married about 1873 [location unknown]

Husband of Hettie Millicent (Adams) Tenney — married 24 Mar 1890 in Colonia Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico

Descendants

Father of Ammon Meshach Tenney Jr., Anna Sariah (Tenney) Williams, Nathan Tenney, Levi Stewart Tenney, Olive Eliza (Tenney) Curtis, Phoebe Relief (Tenney) Gardner, Abbey Celestia Tenney, Lois Jeanette (Tenney) Lemmon, Luella Maude Tenney, Rosalia (Tenney) Payne, John Eagar Tenney and Lurlene (Tenney) Whiting

Died 28 Oct 1925 at age 80 in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States

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Ammon Tenney was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Convicted of polygamy 1884; pardoned by President Grover Cleveland after serving 2 years of 3 1/2 year sentence.
Moved to Mexico to avoid additional prosecution when he took a third wife 1890
Second wife separated from him due to domestic violence in 1892

Sources

"Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVR-CD8 : 6 April 2020), Ammmon M. Tenney, 1925; citing Dist. Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, reference , Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,563.

"Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPW7-13B8 : 19 February 2021), Ammon Meshach Tenney, 1844.

NAMED IN BIRTH OF CHILD. "DAUGHTER: "México, Chihuahua, Registro Civil, 1861-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGCY-5MP2 : 2 March 2021), Ammon Fenney in entry for Ezra Strory Fenney, 1903." WENT TO MEXICO AFTER CONVICTION FOR POLYGAMY.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ammon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ammon:

~6.25% Joshua Weed : 23andMe, GEDmatch A265003 [compare]
~1.56% Jim Prociw : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TW9054664 [compare], Ancestry member jim_prociw
~0.78% J A. Tenney : MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% Mandy (Apeland) Gagnon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A452146 [compare], Ancestry member gagnon92

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Ammon Meshach Tenney (1844 - 1925)

Biography

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