Walter TENNANT

Pvt Walter Tennant

Birth: Jun. 25, 1846, New Milford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Death: Nov. 30, 1940 (94y,6m,5d)

Tennant, Walter, Company E, One-hundred-seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry

Enlisted in Company E, One-hundred-seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, November 10, 1862. Mustered November 10, 1862. Absent, sick at Muster Out. No further record.

Enlisted in Company B, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry March 24, 1864. Mustered March 24, 1864. Transferred to Company B, Second Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry. No further record.

Enlistment Rank: Private (both units). Pension: Pension Request filed by veteran 5/15/1879, Application 286529 Veteran filed from Michigan.

Researchers Note: According to a special veteran census conducted in 1890, this veteran suffered from a gun shot wound through the fingers of the left hand as a result of service in the Civil War.

Spouse: Elizabeth Wilson

Children:

• Mary Blanche "Mamnie" Harvey (born Tennant)
• Ella B. Tennant
• Dallas Percival Tennant
• Emeline L Tennant
• Walter Tennant
• Lizzie Maud Tennant
• Minnie Pearl Russell (born Tennant)

Burial: Willow Grove Cemetery, Armada, Macomb County, Michigan, USA

Sources:

http://www.macombmicw.com/tmil.html#anchor1055072

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