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 w TENNEV. TEXNEY. until the year 1879, when he entered the business of real estate agent and general auctioneer. In September, 1886, he accepted from the board of health the appointment of undertaker, which is his present occupa- tion. Mr. Temple was married in Winchester, 1 1 1 1 - 31, 1838, to Florence, daughter of George and Harriet M. (Leathe) Richard- son. Of this union are three children : Ida M., Nellie C, and Annie J. Temple. He served as collector of taxes for the town of Reading from 1880 to '84 inclu- sive. He was chairman of the board of selectmen of Reading in 1885, '86 and '87, and was re-elected on the board in 1888 and '89. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Reading Co-op- erative Bank from the date of its incorpo- ration. He has always been a Republican in politics ; is a member of the Congrega- tional church, and is ever active in promot- ing the interests of his native town, as well as prominent in every effort calculated to advance the morals of the community. TENNEY, Samuel Parcher, son of Samuel Newell and Sarah (Parcher) Ten- nev, was born in Barre, Worcester county, December 6, 1838. He is a lineal descend- ant in the eighth generation of Thomas Tenney, who, with his wife Ann, came from Rowley, Yorkshire, England, and set- tled in Rowley, Mass., in 1638. He was the first American ancestor of all in the United States bearing this name. His early educational training was re- ceived in the public schools, finishing with the Eliot school, Boston. He began his commercial career in 1853, with Henry Rice, stock, note, and real estate broker, Boston, with whom he remained until 1855, when he entered the employ of Edmund Munroe, stock and real estate broker. Oc- tober 1, 1856, he accepted a position with Lawrence, Stone & Co., selling agents for several manufacturing companies, includ- ing the New England Worsted Company, afterwards succeeded by the present Saxon- ville Mills and Roxbury Carpet Company, with which he is at present connected in the capacity of book-keeper. Mr. Tenney was married in Chelsea, July 23, 1S02, to Hannah Jane, daughter of Edward B. and Hannah J. Stickney, of Vndover. Of this union are two children : Florence Dean and Gertrude Miller Ten- ney. Mr. Tenney has always been active in civic interests, and has been repeatedly called by his fellow-citizens to positions of honor and trust. He has always enjoyed their confidence, as one upon whom they could safely rely. He has been a member of the Chelsea common council five years ; alderman, four years ; mayor of Chelsea in 1881 and '82, and ex-officio chairman of the Chelsea school board ; a member of the board of water commissioners from 1882 to '85, and re-elected in 1888 for another term of three years. He has been an efficient member of the working committees of the city in fire, sewage, and other departments. As a public-spirited man, always ready to co-operate in any work for the improve- ment and prosperity of the city, he has SAMUEL P. TENNEY always stood in the front, never allowing himself to be confined by the bounds of any narrow policy. His church affiliations are with the soci- ety of the Central Congregational church, of which he has been clerk, and both chair- man and treasurer of its prudential com- mittee. He is a justice of the peace and notary public, having received his first commission from Governor Washburn. Mr. Tenney is prominent in many of the secret orders. He is a member of Star of Bethlehem Lodge, F. & A. M., Shekinah Chapter, Naphthali Council, and Palestine Commandery ; Crescent Council No. 71,