Scrapbook Page for Henry Clay Tavenner (Sr.)


Register of Births Book, Wood County, West Virginia

Pages 291, Line 195 (left side) - Date of return: 2 Jul 1888; Name of child: (not filled in); Sex: Male; Number of child of this mother: 4; Date of Birth: 29 Jun 1888; Place of Birth: Tavennersville

Register of Births Book, Wood County, West Virginia

Pages 291, Line 195 (right side) - Age of mother: 31; Full name of mother: Farrell; Maiden name of mother: Farrell; Residence: Tavennersville; Full name of father: Harry Tavenner; Occupation: Farmer; Name of medical attendant: C. L. Muhleman

Marriage Certificate Henry Tavener (Sr.) + Emma Ferguson

Certified copy obtained from New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.

World War I - Military Registration Card

Draft Card for Henry C. Tavener.

Family Picture at U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 12 Aug 1936

Clockwise from left: Emma Truscott (Ferguson) Tavener, son Henry Tavener (Jr.), daughter Christina (Ferguson) Burns, Henry Tavener (Sr.), center front Jean Ellsworth Burns.

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 12 Aug 1936

Henry Clay Tavenner Sr. having lunch.

Social Security Application Form

Copy of the original application, signed by Henry Clay Tavener (Sr.) on 25 Nov 1936.

Minnie (Tavenner) Barnett and Oscar Barnett's farm in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, Aug. 1941

Written on back by Eva Tavener: "Grandpa Tavener + his brother Ben + his wife." Left to right: Henry Clay Tavener, Mabel (Hardy) Tavenner (wife of Ben) and Curtis (Ben) Benjamin Tavenner.

Minnie (Tavenner) Barnett and Oscar Barnett's farm in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, Aug. 1941

Left to right: Eva (Carsey) Tavener, Henry Tavener Jr., Henry Tavener 3rd (child), Henry Tavener Sr., Jean (Buddy) Burns, Christina (Ferguson) Burns and Minnie (Tavenner) Barnett.

World War II - Military Registration Card

Draft Card for Henry C. Tavener – from 1942.

Henry Clay Tavener (Sr.)

Grandpa Tavener - Probably taken in Florida.

Death Certificate

Certified copy obtained from Office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics, Township of Irvington, Essex Co., New Jersey.

Record of Death

Copy obtained from Office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics, Township of Irvington, Essex Co., New Jersey.

Interment Form

Copy obtained from Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey.

The Cranford Citizen and Chronicle Newspaper

Newspaper obituary notice for Henry Clay Tavenner, dated 18 September 1958.

Plot in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex Co., N.J.

Members of the following families are interred in the plot: Ferguson, Myer (headstone), Horvath and Tavener. (See front of Interment Card for full names and dates.) This picture shows the approximate size of the plot.

Interment Card (front)

Copy obtained from Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey.

Interment Card (back)

Copy obtained from Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey.

Plot sketch

Taken from back of Interment Card, rotated and modified, to show plot from road as it's actually landscaped today.