Nason Moses Tenney was the youngest son of Amos Tenney & Hannah Cass. Nason was reared on his father's farm, and had fair school advantages. Nason Moses Tenney's paternal grandparents were Moses Tenney and Sarah "Sally" Garland, and maternal grandparents were Capt. Nason Cass II and Sarah Hoyt.
Nason married Mary Elizabeth Tolman on Dec. 22, 1869 at Plano, Kendall County, Illinois. Mary was the daughter of Alonzo G. Tolman and Almira Hart.
Nason and Mary's known children:
Isabell A. Tenney
Alonzo Cass Tenney
Clarence Ernest Tenney
Mattie M. Tenney (adopted)
Nason Earl Tenney
Nason Moses Tenney died at Cedar twp.
MN Death Cert ID# 1914-MN-007657
Source: Genealogical and Biographical Record of KENDALL County, Illinois, 1900,
pages 861 and 862
In 1872 Nason Moses Tenney's occupation was dairy farming, general farming, and stock raising on his 300 acres of rich and beautiful farm land. Nason lived one and a half miles north of the town and had owned the Tenney Homestead Dairy.
In 1886 worked in the real estate business, dealing in lands in Minnesota and Nebraska.
Nason had a natural mechanical ingenuity and was an inventor. Two examples below:
Nason Moses Tenney and Orville M. BUNNELL-inventors of an attachment to a Stock Pump which is a machine used for pumping water into railroad tank cars.
# US227728 Patented May 18, 1880.
Nason Moses Tenney and George W. Harrison-inventors of improvements in corn-harvesters.
# US 521058 A Patented June 5, 1894.
(Source: Chicago Tribune, 6 Jun 1894, page 3)
Nason married Mary Elizabeth Tolman on Dec. 22, 1869 at Plano, Kendall County, Illinois. Mary was the daughter of Alonzo G. Tolman and Almira Hart.
Nason and Mary's known children:
Isabell A. Tenney
Alonzo Cass Tenney
Clarence Ernest Tenney
Mattie M. Tenney (adopted)
Nason Earl Tenney
Nason Moses Tenney died at Cedar twp.
MN Death Cert ID# 1914-MN-007657
Source: Genealogical and Biographical Record of KENDALL County, Illinois, 1900,
pages 861 and 862
In 1872 Nason Moses Tenney's occupation was dairy farming, general farming, and stock raising on his 300 acres of rich and beautiful farm land. Nason lived one and a half miles north of the town and had owned the Tenney Homestead Dairy.
In 1886 worked in the real estate business, dealing in lands in Minnesota and Nebraska.
Nason had a natural mechanical ingenuity and was an inventor. Two examples below:
Nason Moses Tenney and Orville M. BUNNELL-inventors of an attachment to a Stock Pump which is a machine used for pumping water into railroad tank cars.
# US227728 Patented May 18, 1880.
Nason Moses Tenney and George W. Harrison-inventors of improvements in corn-harvesters.
# US 521058 A Patented June 5, 1894.
(Source: Chicago Tribune, 6 Jun 1894, page 3)
Nason Moses Tenney was the youngest son of Amos Tenney & Hannah Cass. Nason was reared on his father's farm, and had fair school advantages. Nason Moses Tenney's paternal grandparents were Moses Tenney and Sarah "Sally" Garland, and maternal grandparents were Capt. Nason Cass II and Sarah Hoyt.
Nason married Mary Elizabeth Tolman on Dec. 22, 1869 at Plano, Kendall County, Illinois. Mary was the daughter of Alonzo G. Tolman and Almira Hart.
Nason and Mary's known children:
Isabell A. Tenney
Alonzo Cass Tenney
Clarence Ernest Tenney
Mattie M. Tenney (adopted)
Nason Earl Tenney
Nason Moses Tenney died at Cedar twp.
MN Death Cert ID# 1914-MN-007657
Source: Genealogical and Biographical Record of KENDALL County, Illinois, 1900,
pages 861 and 862
In 1872 Nason Moses Tenney's occupation was dairy farming, general farming, and stock raising on his 300 acres of rich and beautiful farm land. Nason lived one and a half miles north of the town and had owned the Tenney Homestead Dairy.
In 1886 worked in the real estate business, dealing in lands in Minnesota and Nebraska.
Nason had a natural mechanical ingenuity and was an inventor. Two examples below:
Nason Moses Tenney and Orville M. BUNNELL-inventors of an attachment to a Stock Pump which is a machine used for pumping water into railroad tank cars.
# US227728 Patented May 18, 1880.
Nason Moses Tenney and George W. Harrison-inventors of improvements in corn-harvesters.
# US 521058 A Patented June 5, 1894.
(Source: Chicago Tribune, 6 Jun 1894, page 3)
Nason married Mary Elizabeth Tolman on Dec. 22, 1869 at Plano, Kendall County, Illinois. Mary was the daughter of Alonzo G. Tolman and Almira Hart.
Nason and Mary's known children:
Isabell A. Tenney
Alonzo Cass Tenney
Clarence Ernest Tenney
Mattie M. Tenney (adopted)
Nason Earl Tenney
Nason Moses Tenney died at Cedar twp.
MN Death Cert ID# 1914-MN-007657
Source: Genealogical and Biographical Record of KENDALL County, Illinois, 1900,
pages 861 and 862
In 1872 Nason Moses Tenney's occupation was dairy farming, general farming, and stock raising on his 300 acres of rich and beautiful farm land. Nason lived one and a half miles north of the town and had owned the Tenney Homestead Dairy.
In 1886 worked in the real estate business, dealing in lands in Minnesota and Nebraska.
Nason had a natural mechanical ingenuity and was an inventor. Two examples below:
Nason Moses Tenney and Orville M. BUNNELL-inventors of an attachment to a Stock Pump which is a machine used for pumping water into railroad tank cars.
# US227728 Patented May 18, 1880.
Nason Moses Tenney and George W. Harrison-inventors of improvements in corn-harvesters.
# US 521058 A Patented June 5, 1894.
(Source: Chicago Tribune, 6 Jun 1894, page 3)
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Nason M.
March 9, 1845
May 2, 1914
Mary E.
Sept. 1, 1851
Oct 6, 1915
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