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Tobias Tenpenny

Birth: 1815
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Death: Mar 1898 (aged 82–83)
Cannon County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID: 212510262 View Source

Parents: Richard Tenpenny I, Barbara 'Barbary' Shuman

Married Mahala Gaither abt 1836 Cannon, TN

Brothers Tobias & Daniel Tenpenny married sisters Mahala & Mary Jane Gaither

1/27/1880 Tobias founds Auburn Academy in Cannon, TN

Probate Mar 7, 1898 Cannon, TN. The book, The Tenpenny's Of Cannon County Tennessee, by Lloyd Campbell, says death is 1895.

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1815–1889 (m. 1836)

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Tobias Tenpenny

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Richard Tenpenny I

Barbara Shuman Tenpenny

Mahala Gaither Tenpenny

Sarah "Sallie" Tenpenny Brandon

Mary J Tenpenny Peden

Katherine "Katie" Tenpenny Vance

Mumford Tenpenny

Joseph A Tenpenny

James Washington Tenpenny

Richard Tenpenny II

Daniel Tenpenny

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