William Tennyson

TENNYSON, SHIELDS

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Date: 5/25/2004 at 22:01:45

William Tennyson is a native of England, born in Yorkshire, December 3, 1829, and resided in his native country until twenty years of age. He then emigrated to the United States, and for six years traveled in various parts of the Republic. In 1855 he located at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and was therefore, one of the pioneers of Linn county.
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In 1865 he came to Butler county and settled on section 11, Jackson township, where he still resides. His land is good and his improvements are among the best in the county. He is a democrat in politics, and a Royal Arch member of the Masonic fraternity. At Centerville, St. Joseph county, Michigan, he married Miss Mary Shields. She died in 1877, leaving six children – Florence, Allen G., Robert S., Cora E., Jesse W., and Dan D.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 606