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Otis Seth Tenney (Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier - Major 2nd Battalion Mtd. Rifles (C.S.A.) )

b. 1822-12-04 d. 1916-03-31

Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Son of Seth Tenney and EstherTenney. New Hampshire native. Married to Junia Warner Tenney in New Castle County, Delaware, on May 18, 1848. Father of Lilly Tenney, Anna Tenney, and Harriet Tenney. Attorney in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles as a major from March 12, 1862 to March 6, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 322.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 309A.

Delaware, U. S. Marriage Records, 1744-1912Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, RG 1325.003.004. New Castle County Marriages, Vol. 44, p. 22.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994049, Montgomery County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 7398.

New Hampshire, U. S. Birth Records, 1631-1919Birth Certificates, New Hampshire Department of State, Concord New Hampshire.

"Otis Seth Tenney (1822-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial 171691887, accessed January 12, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171691887.

“Tenney, O. S.,” Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0021.

Citation

Tenney, Otis Seth. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281426 (November 12, 2026).

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