Meshach Tenney
Meshach Tenney (1793-1870) was born 22 Jul. 1793 in Hancock, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. He was the son of Daniel Tenney and Lucy Shattuck. He married Phebe Cram on 8 Oct. 1816 in New Hampshire; separated. He married Eliza Bush on 3 Oct. 1826 in Stamford, Bennington Co., Vermont. He died 15 Apr. 1870 in Lura, Faribault Co., Minnesota. He was sealed to Wilford Woodruff through an adoption sealing ordinance on 7 Jul. 1887.
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