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Rh turn. He subsequently asserted that during his trance he had thought himself to be in heaven, and that afterward the recollection of the glories that he had witnessed and heard was so intense as to blot out for a long time all interest in earthly things. Mr. Tennent was ordained at Freehold, N. J., 25 Oct., 1733, as successor to his brother John, and was pastor there forty-four years. He Eublished several sermons. See a memoir of him y Elias Boudinot, with a detailed account of his trance (New York, 1847). — Another son, John, clergyman, b. in County Antrim, Ireland, 12 Nov., 1706; d. in Freehold, N. J., 23 April, 1732, also came to this country with his father, was educated at the Log college, and licensed to preach, 18 Sept., 1729, and from 1730 till his death was pastor at Freehold. A memoir of him was published by his brother Gilbert, with a discourse on " Regen- eration" (1735), which warrants the belief that, had he lived, he would have become as eminent as his brother. — The second William's son, William (1740-'77), was graduated at Princeton in 1758 with Jeremias Van Rensselaer, and from 1772 till his death was pastor of a church in Charleston, S. C., where he was elected to the Provincial congress.

TENNEY, Samuel, physician, b. in Byfieid, Mass., 27 Nov., 1748; d. in Exeter, N. H., 6 Feb., 1816. He was graduated at Harvard in 1772, taught one year at Andover, Mass., and then, after studying medicine, went to practise at Exeter, N. H., but on the day of the battle of Bunker Hill joined the patriot army as a surgeon. After serving one year with Massachusetts troops, he entered the Rhode Island forces. At the battle of Red Bank he dressed the wounds of Count von Donop, the Hessian commander. Dr. Tenney served through the war, and at its close returned to Exeter, where he married, but did not resume practice. He was a delegate to the State constitu- tional convention in 1788, and judge of probate from 1793 till 1800, when he was elected to con- gress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Gordon, and taking his seat on 8 Dec, served till 1807. Dr. Tenney wrote much for the press on political subjects, especially in 1788, in favor of the adoption of the constitution of the United States. To the " Memoirs " of the Ameri- can academy, of which he was a member, he con- tributed an account of the mineral waters of Sara- toga and a " Theory of Prismatic Colors " ; to the Massachusetts historical society a notice of the so-called " dark day," 19 May, 1780, and an account of Exeter ; and to the State agricultural society a treatise on orcharding, which was highly esteemed. He also wrote for the " New York Medical Reposi- tory " " An Explanation of Certain Curious Phe- nomena in the Heating of Water" (1811)., — His wife, Tabitha, author, b. in Exeter, N. H., in 1762 ;d. there, 2 May, 1837, was the daughter of Samuel Gilman, who died in her infancy. She was educated by her mother, early began to take pleasure in reading, and became known for her facility and grace in conversation. She married Mr. Tenny in 1788. Mrs. Tenney was the author of " Female Quixotism : exhibited in the Romantic Opinions and Extravagant Adventures of Dor- easina Sheldon " (2d ed., Newburyport, 1807 ; 2 vols., Boston, 1829; many other editions). She also compiled " The new Pleasing Instructor," a selection from the poets and other classical writ- ers, for the use of voung ladies.

TENNEY, Sanborn, naturalist, b. in Stoddard, N. H., 13 Jan., 1827 ; d. in Buchanan, Mich., 9 July, 1877. He was graduated at Amherst in a,, and then taught natural history in the New England normal institute in Lancaster, Mass., for two years. In 1855 he became lecturer before the Massachusetts state teachers' institute, meanwhile studying natural history under Louis Agassiz, in Cambridge, and delivering courses of lectures in various parts of the country. He was appointed professor of natural history in Vassar college in 1865, and continued there until 1868, when he ac- cepted a similar chair in Williams. In 1873 he delivered a course of lectures on " Physical Struc- ture and Natural Resources of the United States " before the Lowell institute in Boston, and two years later a course on " Geology " before the same insti- tute. At the time of his death, Prof. Tenney was on his way west to act as leader of the Williams Rocky mountain expedition. Besides contributions to " The Popular Science Monthly " and other simi- lar periodicals, he published " Geology for Teach- ers, Classes, and Private Students " (Philadelphia, 1859) ; " A Manual of Zoology " (New York. 1865) ; " Elements of Zoology " (1875) ; and, with Mrs. Tenney, " Natural History of Animals " (1866). — His wife, Abby Amy Gove, was the author of " Pictures and Stories of Animals for the Little Ones at Home " (6 vols., New York, 1868), and a " New Game of Natural History " (Philadelphia, 1870). She also contributed to scientific journals.

TENNEY, William Jewett, author, b. in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1814; d. in Newark, New Jersey, 20 Sept., 1883. He was graduated at Yale in 1832, and studied medicine in Boston, but abandoned it for law, which he studied in New Haven, Connecticut. After his admission to the bar he opened an office in New York city, but was connected with the "Journal of Commerce" in 1841 and with the &ldquo;Evening Post&rdquo; in 1842-'3 and 1847-'8. In 1853 he edited the &ldquo;Mining Magazine,&rdquo; and in the same year entered the employ of the firm of D. Appleton and Co., whose &ldquo;Annual Cyclopaedia&rdquo; he edited from its inception till his death (1861-'82). He resided for a long time in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he was several times chosen a freeholder, and was for fourteen years in the city council. He prepared the plan for organizing the public-school system there, was president of the school board, and during Buchanan's administration collector of the port. For two years he was presiding judge of one of the criminal courts in Brooklyn, New York, and he was usually known as Judge Tenney. He became a convert to Roman Catholicism. He added a sixteenth volume to Thomas H. Benton's &ldquo;Abridgment of the Debates of Congress,&rdquo; and indexed the work (16 vols., New York, 1857-'60), edited &ldquo;The Queens of England&rdquo; (1852), and was the author of a &ldquo;Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States&rdquo; (1865) and a work on &ldquo;Grammatical Analysis&rdquo; (1866). &mdash; His wife, Sarah Brownson, author, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, 7 June, 1839; died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, 30 October, 1876, was the only daughter of Dr. Orestes A. Brownson, and inherited much of her father's power of analysis. She was the author of &ldquo;Marian Elwood, or How GMs Live&rdquo; (New York, 1859); &ldquo;At Anchor&rdquo; (1865); and &ldquo;Life of Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, Prince and Priest&rdquo; (1873).

TENOCH, or TENOX (ten-oss'). Aztec priest, lived in the 14th century. When the Aztecs settled in Chapultepec and were subdued by the king of Culhuacan, Tenoch was the high-priest of his nation. Later the Culhuas were defeated in a war with their neighbors of Xochimilco and solicited the aid of their slaves, the Mexicans. By the advice of Tenoch the Mexicans consented, and under the former's leadership showed themselves so brave that the Culhuas, partly from gratitude, partly