GREEN(E) Family Lineages
Personal family records and pedigrees related to the family
of Hazel Kathleen (GREENE) TINNEY and her posterity.

Hazel Kathleen Greene was born 13 June 1900, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA;
died 31 Aug 1977, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; married, as her
second husband: Prentice "Thomas" Tinney.  He was born 26th Aug 1905, Berry,
Harrison, Kentucky, USA; died 22 Aug 1995, Sacramento County, California, USA.
They were married on 14 Mar 1928, Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, USA.
Hazel Kathleen Greene is the daughter of Jacob Hoover Greene, born 17 Nov 1860,
at Troy, Miami County, Ohio, USA; died 17 Mar 1917, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio,
USA.  Jacob was married 14 Aug 1883, to Mary Elizabeth Thompson.  Mary was
born 02 Dec 1867, at Camden, Miami County, Ohio, USA; she died 10 Aug 1956,
at Bowersville [Nursing Home], Greene County, Ohio, USA.

Jacob Hoover Greene and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Greene are
buried in the Woodland Cemetery, located at Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA.
Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Greene and her daughter Hazel Kathleen Greene,
were baptized at the same time and place, on 14 June 1908, in a creek at Xenia,
Greene, Ohio, USA.  They were the first ancestors of Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr.
to become baptized members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
commonly called Mormons.

Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Greene was the daughter of:
William Alexander Thompson and
Susan/Susann Elisabeth/Elizabeth Redinger/Reidinger.
William was born 08 Feb 1840 in Warren County, Ohio; died 09 Mar 1890;
buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Miami County, Ohio.
His wife Susan/Susann Elisabeth/Elizabeth was born in 1843,
[U.S. 1880 Census - aged 37 years] in Columbiana County, Ohio.
She died on 21 Sep 1917, and was buried the same day at the County
Infirmary at Eaton, Preble County, Ohio.
Susan/Susann Elisabeth/ Elizabeth Redinger/Reidinger,
was the daughter of:
George Redinger/Reidinger, Sr., (born 1812 in GERMANY),
and his American wife, Elizabeth Cover.
Elizabeth Cover was the daughter of:
Benjamin Cover/Kover, (born 07 Feb 1782 in Frederick County,
Maryland, USA), and his wife: Eva or Eve Hahn.
[Will Record of Benjamin Cover, dated __ Dec 1850, will probated
11 Feb 1851, Court of Common Pleas for the County of Mahoning, Ohio,
(Springfield Twp.), from LDS FHC film # 904, 497, pages 251 through 253.
See: Mahoning County, Ohio Wills and Administrations: Abstracts,
A.D. 1846 - 1856, Vol. I.: # 271. COVER, Benjamin
(Deceased owned land.)     (Tombstone erected.)
Wit: Jacob Martin, Jacob Leedy.
Exec: Jacob Elser.
Bond: $8,000.
Sur: Joshua Hahn, George Brungart.
App: James Justice, David Johnston, Jacob Martin.
Heirs:
*Joshua Cover (son);
*Catherine Cover (daughter or wife of Joshua);
*Susannah wife of David Crumbaker (daughter);
*John Cover (son);
*Elizabeth wife of George Reidinger (daughter) and her children . . .
                                                           Ease Ann,
                                                           Jeremiah &
                                                           George Reidinger
                                                            (all in the Mahoning Co. Infirmary in 1856),
                                                           Israel Reidinger and
                                                           **Susann Elisabeth (Reidinger) Thompson;
*Edy wife of Peter Myers (daughter) and her children . . . Seelestia wife of 
George Billig,
                                                           Susan Throop wife of W. B. Throop,
                                                           Lydia wife of Lynus Billig,
                                                           Mariah wife of Joseph Premore,
                                                           Joseph Myers,
                                                            (a pauper in Portage Co. Infirmary in 1883) &
                                                           B. F. Myers
              (Peter & Edy Myers lived in Mercer Co., Pa. in 1865, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
              in 1874, Mantua Station, Ohio in 1880 and the Portage Co. Infirmary in 1883);
*Jesse Cover (son);
*Jeremiah Cover (son);
*Benjamin Franklin Cover (son);
*H. W., James H. & Mary Hall (grandchildren).]

Benjamin Cover/Kover, was the son of:
John/Johannes/Hanns COVER/COOVER/KOBER/KOVER and his wife:
Catherine/Catharina ----------.  John died 26 Feb 1832, aged 76; will probated on
01 Mar 1832; buried in Frederick (NOW: Carroll County), Maryland, USA.  His wife,
Catherine/Catharina ----------, died 25 July 1808; also buried in Frederick (NOW:
Carroll County), Maryland, USA. 

Hazel Kathleen Greene was born 13 June 1900 at Xenia, Greene County,
Ohio, USA.  Mom says she was born on Main Street, at home.  A family
picture exists showing baby Hazel Kathleen Green, sitting on the front
porch with ivy growing down around them, in the lap of her mother,
Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Greene, wife of her father:
Jacob Hoover Greene.  Also in the picture is mom's brother:
Herman Carlton Greene, sitting on the porch floor.  The little girl
standing is mom's sister: Mamie Rosetta Greene.  The little boy standing
on the porch is mom's brother: William Harrison [Harry] Greene.
The Lady sitting at the left, in the picture, is:
Minnie Matilda (Thompson) Green[e], wife of Andrew Green[e]
and the mother of Jacob Hoover Greene.

"I [Hazel] remember as a child that we moved from Main Street to
East Second Street in Xenia, Ohio, and clearly when we moved from
East Second Street to West Second Street.  At 514 West Second Street
we opened the front door right into a hallway and could go right straight
up the steps to the upstairs from the front door.  I slept upstairs as a child.
There was no bathroom indoors and we had an outdoor outhouse.

My mother [Mary] cooked on a coal stove.  The first day we moved in,
it was a horrible day because my mother didn't know this ahead of time,
but the house was full of bedbugs and my mother cried and worked day
and night until she got rid of every bed-bug and had the whole house cleaned,
and the whole house, every room, was repapered.  I can see her pulling
wallpaper off the walls of the house and getting all new paper-  she didn't
paper on top of the old wallpaper.  The house we lived in at last remembrance
was a two story frame house with a front porch that ran clean across the front-
don't know how long we lived there as I was still very small and hadn't
started school.

Mother [Mary] liked the house next door, at 512 West Second Street, Xenia, Ohio,
and when the people next door moved out, mother worked to get the house and we
moved next door.  The home at 512 West Second Street was a one story house
with no basement.  It had an outside cellar back of the home which was of frame
construction.  It was a pretty good sized yard with an outhouse in the back of the
lot and it was cold in the wintertime-  I remember the cold winters.  We also had
a great big red barn.  The house set right on the sidewalk with no porch.  The people
before, named Mr. Feight Gegner, had a butcher shop right along the front of the
sidewalk.  My parents liked this family very much.

My [Hazel's] first memory of my mother [Mary], was what a worker she was.
My first memory of Dad [Jacob] is the same.  Mother loved to kiss the back of Dad's
neck and say: 'Oh, it's soo sweet!'  I don't remember Dad rejecting the kisses, but he
didn't respond in kind.  Dad [Jacob] was a stone mason.  I followed him around like
a little puppy dog in the yard, such as I could, at home.  He helped to build the
foundation of the [Greene County Court House located at] Xenia, Ohio; also, a
Presbyterian Church foundation.  He had a name for being such a very excellent stone
mason in Xenia, Ohio.  Then, he progressed, as I remember, in that he got a contract
for a brick Catholic School and one for a Reformed Church.

I remember how I loved to take lunch to my daddy.  The reason was my mother was so
considerate of my daddy so that he could have a hot lunch.  I loved the trip of going out
and carrying the metal lunch box.  I remember she fixed sometimes hot boiled cabbage.
I remember another person going with me.  I could, as a child, go clear up Second Street
out on Detroit Street-  go to different homes, and buildings.  This was a very great
opportunity for me as my mother did not allow me to go into other yards to play and no
other children were allowed to come in my yard and play with me.  My mother was
very kind but that was the way she believed.  She was raised on a farm as was my
daddy.  I wish there had not been so much sadness in their lives.

I had no privileges-  so few!  All my parents believed in was work-  all the time.  My
father was Methodist and grandfather [Andrew Green(e)] was a Methodist Preacher."
[Andrew Green(e) was also a disabled Civil War Soldier, born A.D. 1824, in Mifflin
County, Pennsylvania, USA, died 01 Jan 1895, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky,
USA; married in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, to Matilda Thompson, she born 1832
in Pennsylvania, she died 01 Mar 1904, also in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
NOTES: The United States 1850 Census for Brown Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania,
sheets 201A and 201B, enumerated on 14 Aug 1850, lines 39-40 and line 1 respectively;
dwelling 124, family 129, shows: Andrew Green, aged 25, M (male), occupation: Laborer,
Birthplace: PA (Pennsylvania); Matilda Green, aged 20, F (female), Birthplace: PA (Pennsylvania);
Mary J. Green, aged 5/12 (five months), F (female), Birthplace: PA (Pennsylvania).  Andrew Green
married Matilda Thompson, 21 June 1849.  (SL Temple Family File Entry, sealing cleared, Ref #
8517704 01 S/N 00002-6 052 44).  {Comment: Nine months of pregnancy, from 21 June 1849,
would be approximately 21 Mar 1850; also, 21 Mar 1850 to enumeration date of 14 Aug 1850,
would be approximately a period of five months [less approximately 7 calendar days, noting
the female child was listed as aged 5/12}.  Brown Township was also the residence, in 1850,
enumerated 12 Aug 1850, sheet 196B, of George A. Green, aged 38, M, Blacksmith, Real: 600,
B:. PA; Ann E. Green, aged 32, F, B: PA; Jane E. Green, 12, F: Elizabeth F. Green, 10, F;
Sarah A. Green, 7, F; Alpheus C. Green, 5, M, Mary Strode Green, 3, F; all birthplace PA.
George Green married Ann Eliza Wherry, 16 Mar 1837.  Listed in IGI as George Andrew Green,
who later moved to the State of Ohio and died at Atwater, Portage, Ohio, USA.
Review: Marriages of Mifflin County, 1822-1885, FHL US/CAN Book: 974.846 V2m -
McClenahen, Dan. Marriages of Mifflin County, 1822 -1885 Reedsville, Pa.: Mifflin
County Historical Society, 1981. Includes indexes. (FHL US/CAN Film 1320673 Item 9)
There is also an Abner Thompson, sheet 192A, dated 9 Aug 1850, Brown Township,
37, M, Farmer, Real 6000, B: NY; Fancy A. Thompson, 27, F, PA; Mary Thompson 3, F, PA;
John Thompson, 1, M, PA; ]
"He [Andrew Green(e)] would not accept one cent for preaching.  He received one
dollar during his life-time for preaching, when someone sneaked a dollar into his coat
pocket without him knowing about it.  He tried to earn his living by farming.  I, [Hazel],
have no actual memory of my grandparents but my mother loved my father's side of
the family more than her own- used to talk about how wonderful my grandparents were
and I thought [un]til I was almost fifty [50] years old she was talking about her own
parents, [William Alexander Thompson and Susan/Susann Elisabeth/Elizabeth
Redinger/Reidinger], when in reality she was talking about my dad's parents."

[Research Note:  William Alexander Thompson was the son of Jesse Thompson
and his wife Joanna Birdcell.  Jesse Thompson, born 21 Mar 1813, in Warren
County, Ohio, USA, was the son of William Thompson and Elizabeth Blackford.
Jesse's wife, Joanna Birdcell, was the daughter of Warren Birdcell (Burdsell),
born 01 Mar 1792, in the State of Delaware; he died 10 Feb 1824 in Arkansas, USA.
Warren Birdcell's wife was Anna Compton; she born 30 May 1794 in what is now
Mason County, Kentucky.  Anna Compton's father was Jacob R. Compton, who
left Hunterdon County, New Jersey, about A.D. 1793 and traveled down through the
Cumberland Gap and through parts of Tennessee (family tradition), finding themselves
in Mason County, Kentucky, in time for the birth of their daughter Anna.  Unfortunately,
scarlet fever was rampant and four of Jacob's children died in October of A.D. 1794.
From page 70 of Comptonology, mention is made that there were two hundred in this
caravan from Hunterdon County, New Jersey and some of the families were: Runyans,
Hawkins, Zutphens, etc. Jacob R. Compton was married to Orriminah Hyde (Hide),
daughter of John Hide of Hopewell, New Jersey.  The Jersey John Hide Association
was later formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, to recover Orriminah's  father's Estate,
claimed to be in the Bank of England, deposited by relatives, but lost due to the
Revolutionary War conflict.  It was formed by those descending from:
Jacob R. Compton and Orriminah Hide his wife;
Benijah Stout and Elizabeth Hide;
Eunice (Hide) Van Zandt; also,
Charity (Hide) Centney.

The Jersey John Hide Association records validated the connection to:
William Alexander Thompson.  Family tradition was kept in the Thompson family
about the "Hiji" Estate.  There is some confusion in official records concerning the
underage marriage surname given to Joanna Birdcell.  On page 261 of the History
of Hamilton County, Ohio, mention is made that A. L. (Alexander L.) Compton,
of Mount Pleasant, was Secretary of this Association and the Estate believed to be
worth sixty or seventy millions of dollars, at that time-period.  A. L. Compton also
had extensive tracts of land in Tennessee.  The lineage of John Hide of New Jersey
is found in the connecting family records of Col. Calvin I. Kephart, deceased,
former President of the National Genealogical Society of Washington, D.C.]

William Alexander Thompson, father of Mary Elizabeth Thompson, 
(the beloved wife of Jacob Hoover Greene), was supposed to be better 
off than the Green(e) side of the family.  There is a family tradition that 
his stomach ended up on display at Columbus, Ohio, after he died.  
However, Susan Elizabeth Rediger/Reidinger/Redding, the wife 
of William Alexander Thompson, died in the county infirmary.  
She died on 21 Sep 1917, and was buried the same day at the County 
Infirmary at Eaton, Preble County, Ohio.  Hazel mentioned to her son 
Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr., that her mother, [Mary], didn't even know 
where she was, and didn't find out she died, until later, which made
her very unhappy.

"My [Hazel's] parents believed in God and in doing what was right.  
My father [Jacob] believed in always having lots of good food provided 
for the family.  My favorite garden food is lettuce and tomatoes.  My dad 
had a garden- and how!  He was called a 'jack-of-all-trades'.  He won turkeys 
[and geese] at a shooting gallery in Xenia, Ohio.  He used to go hunting 
and was a crack shot.  I never shot guns myself.  My dad used to try to teach 
me how strong I was by holding an iron out and up with my arms.  I loved 
my father because he loved me.  I don't remember him ever slapping me.  
I hated his drinking and liquor.  He also smoked and chewed tobacco which 
I hated.  Yet, he was one of the sweetest and dearest men ever.  I loved the 
times he would come home because usually when he came in the door to 
come into the house, as soon as he would catch a glimpse of me, he'd say: 
'That's my baby!'  He did that until I was seventeen [17] years old, when
he died.  I was broken up at his funeral and mourned so much at the grave 
that other people pulled me back from the open grave for fear I would fall 
in or jump into the grave.  Mother mourned terribly also, as did my 
brothers and sisters.

My [Hazel's] grandfather [Andrew] Green[e] was so strict with my father 
Jacob that he didn't want any official religion."   He was so strict that he 
wouldn't have a picture taken of him lest he should be making a graven image.  
Jacob's son, John Greene, [Hazel's] brother, stated that the only way 
he would ever have a picture taken is if he fell in the snow and had an image 
made that way.  He would not even allow the children to play, dance or even 
whistle on Sunday, thinking it a sin.  "When the Mormon missionaries came 
he just stayed away so Mom had them come when Dad wasn't at home.  
She used to feed them in the parlor-living room when Dad wasn't there.  
I don't remember my father ever criticizing the Mormons.  He never went to 
a Mormon meeting and was not present at my baptism.  Mother entertained 
the missionaries constantly.  My dad Jacob was disinterested, more than 
anything else, in the Mormon Church.  My father was good but I don't 
remember him ever going to Church.  The testimony I [Hazel] wish to
leave my posterity is that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints has the true and only gospel."

[Research Note: Hazel had a picture taken in 1908, at Xenia, Greene, Ohio.  
The little girl is Hazel.  The LDS Church at that time met over LDS Brother 
James L. Good(e) store.  The second from left, standing, was Mary, 
mom's mother.  In picture, 3rd from left:  Mrs. Elizabeth Floesier (LDS); 
4th from left: Mrs. Heste (Shultz) Lane, (Hazel's LDS Sunday School teacher).  
The men were LDS missionaries; one sitting was Elder Bills who baptized 
Hazel.  Mom sometimes played childish pranks on the Mormon missionaries.]  
"Once we, (the Greene family), had some preachers over from two other
churches, who came in the house and had a debate with two Mormon 
missionaries.  I, [Hazel], felt the Mormon missionaries got the best of the 
debate and my mother [Mary] laughed in her usual good natured way.  
Dad didn't know enough about religion to understand."  [The Mormon Church 
moved out of Xenia, Ohio, as various LDS Church members left the area.  
Mom lost all contact with the LDS Church until years later, in Dayton, Ohio, 
USA.]

"I [Hazel] never had toys- a few so rare.  The only time I remember presents 
was one Christmas my sister got presents for me- a Christmas Presentation 
at the Salvation Army, with Santa Claus there, etc.  I got both boys and girls 
toys but I did not enjoy them because I felt embarrassed.  My sister took 
every cent she could get and bought presents for me and they kept calling out: 
Hazel Greene - Hazel Greene - Hazel Greene.  Other times at Christmas 
I always got presents of oranges and bananas and some clothes.

A lot of times my older brothers and sisters would bring friends over to 
the house and I was permitted to be there.  They were usually friends of the 
whole family.  Once I remember was a person who I think later played at 
the local Bijou Theater, in Xenia, a friend of the family who picked up by 
natural talent how to play tunes on the piano.  He would come over and play 
night after night on our piano.  My daddy could play a little old hand guitar 
for fun.  We used to have family home evenings, but they were not called 
that, at that time.  Mom would sit back and laugh. "  Since she didn't like 
dad's drinking, she would dilute his liquor for him and he wouldn't notice it.  
"I, [Hazel], learned to play the piano by teaching myself, mainly Hymns 
such as: 'Oh, My Father' and tunes like: 'Smile, Smile, Why Don't You
Smile?'

The name of the school I, [Hazel], went to was McKinley for eight years.  
I had to come home immediately when school was out- I had to run home 
and I ran home to do all the chores at home.  I remember being the smallest 
child in school and was put in front to lead in the school processionals for 
honor assemblies.  We were supposed to wear white dresses, but I didn't 
have one and mom [Mary] didn't have money to buy and couldn't make it.
I once remember I had on a little red checked dress- the only one in school.  
Because of it, I was taken from the beginning of the parade and put second 
in line.  It broke my heart.  My school life was quite miserable because I had 
no nice clothes to wear.  Clothes were not important to my parents, especially 
dad.  My mother had a stiff finger and couldn't sew, so when I got a hole in 
my black stockings, I had to wear the stockings with the hole, which terribly 
embarrassed me.  I remember once I was chosen to play Hope in the play: 
Penelope & Hope, at which time I had a blue silk dress.  [Hazel was asked 
to have lead parts in plays, like Martha Washington, Goldie Locks, 
Little Angel of Hope, Ephephius, etc.]  I led music sometimes in class when 
the teacher was absent.

I went to school for nine years altogether, one year of High School at Xenia 
High School.  My dad was interested in education and expressed the wish: 
'Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if my children could go to high school,' but my 
mother didn't feel the same way.  I was always among the top in high school 
and grade school and I learned very fast and I seemed to be very good in 
literature and plays.  I was at the top in spelling and in reading and I did all right 
and was close to top in all the other studies."  [Hazel did not graduate from 
High School and pleaded with her mother Mary to go to work because 
of embarrassment.]

I, [Hazel], remember I first worked at a Fuse Factory that made fuses for 
firecrackers.  I got fired immediately because I wasn't old enough [18 years].  
It was a lucky thing because the factory, in Xenia, Ohio, in the next few weeks, 
had an explosion and the place blew up, injuring and I think killing some.  Next, 
I remember working at a Shoe Factory in Xenia, Ohio, on Detroit Street- 
I worked 10 hours a day and 5 1/2 days a week for I think 10 cents an hour- 
made ladies dress shoes.  I also did piece work and made sometimes $ 7.50 
a week, where most of the girls made only $ 3.00 to $ 4.00 per week.  I used 
to put shoe blackening on the shoes by the hundred pair.  I would put my 
hand in a shoe and then sponge it with shoe blackening, with no need 
to shine it thereafter.  I also put shoe laces in the shoes.  I made some girl 
friends at the factory, but cannot remember any of their names.  I worked 
also for Day Fan and  made fans in Dayton- made winding armature 
for the motors.  I also worked at Springfield, Ohio on washing machine 
parts.  I built the wire fields for the motors to run the machines.  
[Then] I was working at NCR [National Cash Register] making the 
numbers wheels- the numbers that you punch on the cash registers.

At that time, I [Hazel] did not live at home, but in an apartment on the 
corner of Brown Street, in Dayton, Ohio, at the Daffler residence, which 
was a big home and had Mrs. Daffler, her husband, her daughter and her 
husband, etc.  It was room and boarding.  [Hazel's mother, Mary, had 
remarried 26 Feb 1925 to William Rector; no issue.] I met Prim  
[Prentice "Thomas" Tinney] at a dance hall in Dayton, Ohio, called 
Botts Dancing Academy, which was a very nice establishment.  He had 
his boyfriend introduce me to him.  I remember him as a very handsome 
young man and I became very romantically inclined towards him.  After 
I once met him at the dance I danced just about every night at Botts  
Dancing Academy with him.  I remember the exact date I met him was 
02 December 1927, because it was my mother's birthday.  We got 
married 3 1/2 months later when we eloped and went to [the State of] 
Kentucky.  When we went to Kentucky it was by car, an old model 
'T' Ford, as I remember.  I took off from work and we were married 
there by a Justice of the Peace."  [Hazel Kathleen Greene, married 
14 Mar 1928, Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, USA, Prentice Tinney  
(later called:  Prentice "Thomas" Tinney).  These are the parents of
Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr.]

"We didn't tell anyone at first that we were married and never in my married 
life did I get or give a ring.  We stayed in separate apartments for a week and 
then Prim came and got me and we went up to a furnished hotel or motel
in Dayton, Ohio.  During that first week, we went down to Rossiter and 
Jarrett as we wanted to buy some furniture on time and it was very lovely.  
The reason we didn't give rings was because of lack of money and we felt
it was more important to have furniture in the house.  The furniture was enough 
to furnish a cute little house out in Fairfield, Ohio.  Our first son Prentice was 
born there, at home.  We did not buy the home in Fairfield, but were just renting 
it.  It was a frame, one story home with a basement and yard and garden.  I started 
and planted a garden.  It had a furnace that was coal and a gas stove in the kitchen.  
The only car we had was an old Model T Ford."

Hazel did not work during the time of the marriage, after she had children, 
until later in life, to make ends meet.  In 1928, Prentice was in Civil Service, 
Signal Corp, as Radio Operator, Fairfield Air Depot, near Dayton, Ohio.  
Prentice Elliott Tinney, son of Prentice "Thomas" Tinney and 
Hazel Kathleen Greene, was born 01 Jan 1929, at Fairfield, Greene County, 
Ohio, USA; died unmarried 30 Dec 1943.  He loved birds. 
Prentice Elliott Tinney was the newest baby for that year in the area.  
The family received many gifts from local merchants and this occasion was 
noted in the local newspaper.  This included about three months of coal and 
about $300 worth of goods.  [He was LDS baptized after his death on 
08 Dec 1945; LDS endowed 09 Oct 1951.  My mother greatly loved her 
first child Prentice Elliott and was never to forget his untimely death.  
She always prayed to God that she would die before she would ever see 
any of her other children pass away.  I remember my mother Hazel telling 
me he died from over- exposure and pneumonia.  He was in an old 
fashioned oxygen tent and Mom remembered his terror of the noise of the 
machine as he died.  She saw his feet become cold and blue and the death 
process working up his legs.  My mother always felt her first born son 
Prentice Elliott Tinney would have led a good life and would not have 
died if he could have been administered penicillin.  It was not available 
because of World War II.  The doctor could not obtain it because it was 
being given first to the troops on the front lines of battle.  So, our family 
gave a life for the war effort.]

Prentice "Thomas" Tinney remembered that when he was in the Signal 
Corp he worked the airship "Hindenburg" in the early 1930's.  Things 
were different then.  As planes or airships traveled across the country, 
the communication was from airport to airport, or region to region.  
[The German zeppelin "Hindenburg" burst into flames while preparing
to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on 06 May 1937.  It fell to the ground 
killing all thirty-five passengers and crew aboard and one additional crew 
member on the ground.] At this time, Prentice and Hazel were living on 
Darst Avenue.  Dad worked at Wright Field as Radio Operator - remote 
operator keyed to Fairfield.  Homes: next lived at Livingston Avenue in
Dayton, Ohio, a short street between Lindon and Huffman Avenue; renting 
a little house.  Radio operator - military air flights and weather reports 
conveyed to pilots.  From Livingston, the family moved to Edgar Avenue, 
with Hazel now pregnant with Marilyn. The family was living at this time 
in a duplex rental unit.

Tinney, Marilyn Jean, was born at Miami Valley Hospital, 11 May 1930, 
Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA;
Daughter of Prentice "Thomas" Tinney and Hazel Kathleen Greene;
[Marilyn Jean Tinney married 27 Jan 1951, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio,
Spouse of Douglas Grant Purdon, the son of Ralph Douglas Purdon
and Hazel Violet Tipton.
Douglas and Marilyn were the parents of two children:
Karen Jean Purdon,
born 03 Mar 1959, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio.
(Karen married 11 Aug 1978, Idaho Falls LDS Temple, Idaho, USA;
Spouse of Thomas D. Kershaw, Jr..)
Douglas Ralph Purdon,
born 02 July 1960, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; (Died as a child, 05 July 1960).]

Norman Keene Tinney, was born in a Catholic Hospital, 24 Sep 1931, Dayton,
Montgomery, Ohio, USA; died 02 May 1981 in San Diego County, California
and was buried 06 May 1981; Services Greenwood Mortuary, with Interment at
Greenwood Memorial Park; 291-26-3929; U.S. Social Security Death Index;
Son of Prentice "Thomas" Tinney and Hazel Kathleen Greene.
[Norman Keene Tinney married 25 Mar 1965, Merida, Yucatan, MEXICO;
Spouse of Thelma Alicia Del Socorro Hernandez Monsreal, the daughter 
of M. Manuel Hernandez Alcocer and Alicia Monsreal Rodriguez.
Norman and Thelma were the parents of two children:
Cheri (Chery) Ann(e) Tinney,
born 29 Mar 1966, National City, San Diego County, California, USA;
Norman Keene Tinney, Jr. (wife: Kathy),
born 19 July 1970, La Mesa, San Diego County, California, USA.]

Homes:  From Edgar Avenue, the Prentice Tinney family moved to 
Marimont Drive, on Hearstone Platt - Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; 
a three bedroom home.  [This home rented for $25.00/month during the 
Depression.  In A.D. 1977, Dad estimated the house would be worth over 
$100,000.]  Norman and Nelson Tinney were born at this time in the 
Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, while the family was still residing 
on Marimont Drive.  Nelson almost died at birth- such a bad birth as
the baby wouldn't come.  Then the house was sold and the family moved 
to 16 Bidleman Street in Dayton, Ohio.

Tinney, Nelson James, born 05 June 1935, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, 
USA; Son of Prentice "Thomas" Tinney and Hazel Kathleen Greene.
[Nelson James Tinney married 15 July 1961, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County,
Utah, USA; Spouse of Elvira Martha Hedi Christa Soetje,
the daughter of Hans Christoph Soetje and Anna Hedwig Rosa Stark.
Nelson and Elvira were the parents of five children:
Carmen Monika Tinney (Mrs. Gary Walsh),
born 20 Feb 1962, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Vicki Ann Tinney (Mrs. John Tuttle),
born 25 Feb 1964, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
James (Jim) Nelson Tinney (wife: Ginger),
born 25 Jan 1966, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Connie Hazel Tinney (Mrs. John McMurray),
born 29 Oct 1968, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Darin Sean Tinney,
born 04 June 1972, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.]

Tinney, Sharon Lou, born 13 June 1938, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, 
USA; Daughter of Prentice "Thomas" Tinney and Hazel Kathleen Greene.   
The family was living at 16 Bidleman Street, Dayton, Ohio, at the time of her 
birth into the world.
[Sharon Lou Tinney married 05 Dec 1955, at _________________, 
USA; Spouse of Harvey LaVar Steel, the son of Harvey James Steel  
and Mabel Minnie Johnson.  Harvey was later a Bishop in The Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Harvey LaVar and Sharon were the parents of seven children:
Laine Allen Steel (wife: Linda),
born 18 Sep 1956, Provo, Utah, Utah;
Tamara Steel (Mrs. Roger Toberer),
born 02 June 1959, Provo, Utah, Utah;
Scott D. Steel,
born 23 May 1961, Boise, Ada, Idaho;
Randy (Randolph) Steel (wife: Deana),
born 26 Dec 1962, Boise, Ada, Idaho;
Susan Steel (Mrs. David Lee),
born 03 July 1964, Boise, Ada, Idaho;
Wendi Steel (Mrs. Garth Gonzales)
born 07 Aug 1965, Boise, Ada, Idaho;
Nicole Steel (Mrs. Matt Nedvalack),
born 15 Oct 1971, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho.]

Prentice now moved his growing family to a little farm, just outside the 
town of Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, on Route #73.  This farm 
had twenty-five [25] acres of land, a two story comfortable home, with 
furnace, electricity, bathroom facilities and an additional structure: a barn 
for the horses and cows.  Prentice raised chickens and sold eggs on the 
side.  The family had two cows while living here.  Prim basically did 
the milking because Mom was scared to death of cows.  There were 15
big trees on the place and some fruit trees.

Tinney, Charles Evan, born 11 Jan 1940, Waynesville, Warren, Ohio, 
USA; Son of Prentice "Thomas" Tinney and Hazel Kathleen Greene.
[Research Notes:  LDS Church Historian's Office, SLC, Utah, Missionary 
Record L, page 89, # 888; went on an LDS Mission (Great Lakes); set apart 
13 Apr 1960, by George Q. Morris; departed 18 Apr 1960; released 
20 Apr 1962   Charles at one time worked in management for the Central 
Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., 20505. He ran for the public office 
of Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah in the fall of 1979.  
See: The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, 07 Oct 1979, B 3; also, 
Wednesday, 10 Oct 1979, E 1.
Charles Evan Tinney married 06 Jan 1969, Salt Lake City, SL County, UT;
Spouse of Patricia Melanie Zerbe, the daughter of 
Richard Monroe Zerbe and Marguerite La Rae Lucas.
Charles and Patricia were the parents of eight children:
Maria Patricia Tinney (Mrs. Shawn Nessen),
born 22 Dec 1969, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Evan Charles Tinney (wife: Stefnie),
born 03 Feb 1971, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Roman Douglas Tinney (wife: Emily),
born 28 Mar 1972, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
LaDawn Tinney (Mrs. Todd Rindlisbaker),
born __ ___ 1973 (Dec 1974 - aged 1 & 1/2 years), of Salt Lake City, 
Salt Lake, Utah; 
Tiffany Robin Tinney (Mrs. Buddy Ferguson),
born 21 Sep 1974, [while residents of Oceanside], San Diego County, 
California;
Stephanie Heather Tinney (Mrs. Brad Theurer),
born 19 Mar 1976, [while residents of Alexandria, near Washington, DC], 
State of Virginia;
Valerie Tinney,
born __ ___ 1978 (Dec 1979 - aged 20 months), of Salt Lake City, 
Salt Lake, Utah;
Alyson Desiree Tinney,
born 26 Nov 1979, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.]

Charles and Tom were born at home with the help of Dr. Mary L. Cook,
[The Restless Cup] a lady in her 70's, and their grandmother
Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Greene.   Dad says he also
helped in the births with the administration of chloroform and 
actual labor.  In A.D. 1941, Dad was Aircraft Radio Lab worker -
Assistant Radio Engineer.
 

Tinney, Rebecca Sarah, born 07 April 1983, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Daughter of Vicki Chris Rae Baker; married to Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr.

Tinney, Matthew Abraham, born 03 April 1984, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Son of Vicki Chris Rae Baker; married to Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr.

Tinney, Jr., Thomas Milton, born 18 May 1986, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah;
Son of  Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr. and Vicki Chris Rae Baker

Tinney, Michelle Gabrielle, born 24 April 1988, Sacramento, Sacramento, 
California; Daughter of  Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr. and Vicki Chris Rae Baker

Tinney, Jonathan Ray Elijah, born 24 May 1990, Sacramento, Sacramento, 
California; Son of Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr. and Vicki Chris Rae Baker
 

In A.D. 1942, Prentice was a Radio Engineer.  The family moved back 
to Bidleman Street at this time.  One more child was conceived after Tommy  
was born in 1941, but it was lost by a miscarriage due to the poor health 
Mom was enduring. By A.D. 1944, Dad had become a Senior Radio Engineer; 
flying electromagnetic interference control.

Verification of events and locations in the life of my mother Hazel, as taken 
from the LDS Ward membership records of her son, 
Thomas Milton Tinney, [Sr.], originally made up by the Great Lakes 
Dayton Branch - Central Ohio, reveal the following information:
Father's full name:  Prentice Thomas Tinney
Mother's full maiden name: Hazel Kathleen Greene
Date Born: 10 Aug 1941, Waynesville, Warren, Ohio, USA
Blessed: 20 Aug 1944, by Joseph McRae  [This was in Ohio.  I was three 
years old at the time.  My mother Hazel told me of the great street dancing 
and celebrations held about this time when the war with Germany was over.  
Mother took a picture of me and my brother Charles on a horse when I 
was a child residing on 16 Bidleman Street, Dayton, Ohio 45410.  The ice 
man came to our home, with the ice dripping from his old horse drawn van 
he used.  We lived in a frame, two story house.  It had a front porch with 
ornamental woodwork.  The back part looked like a square barn.  We were 
allowed to build a tree house in the back yard.]  
Baptized: 15 July 1950, by Robert Walborn  
[This was in a small creek out in the countryside.]
Confirmed: 16 July 1950, by Douglas J. Harvey
Deacon: 22 Nov 1953, by Douglas J. Harvey
Teacher: 25 Sep 1955, by Albert Leadinghaus [ I went to the LDS Hill 
Cumorah Pageant in New York State.  I walked over the hillside, visited 
the sacred grove and Joseph Smith home.]

My [Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr.] first contact with The Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that I can remember, was at Dayton, 
Ohio, USA.  I distinctly remember attending primary because of the fun 
in taking the local bus across town to make meetings.  I remember Ward 
Teachers visiting our home located at 1420 Wayne Avenue.  Previously, 
I was also sent to local Protestant Churches and received summer Bible 
classes from them.  This was because my mother wanted me to have 
"religion", and she at first, could not locate or obtain access to the local 
Mormon branch of the Church.  I also on my own visited the local Catholic 
Church and studied diligently as a child all religions.  One of the main 
reasons our family moved to Utah when I was in my teen years was because 
mom wanted to have her children raised up at the center place of the 
LDS Church.  Mom was dedicated to living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
She became a member of the Deseret Book Club while in Utah and filled 
the home with truth.

Verification of events and locations in the life of my mother Hazel, 
as taken from the LDS Ward membership records of her son, 
Thomas Milton Tinney, [Sr.], continued:
27 May 1957 - Provo, 5th Ward - Provo Stake, posted PBO 10 June 1957
Patriarchal Blessing: 23 June 1957, # 251, by Charles E. Rowan, Jr., 
of the Provo, Utah Stake of  Zion 26 July 1957 - San Diego 3 [California] 
- San Diego 08 Aug 1957 - date moved
[Our family came to Utah; then Mom briefly went to live with her son 
Norman, in the summer of 1957; then, we returned to the State of Utah.  
I enjoyed the trip tremendously and was greatly impressed with the 
natural beauty of southern California.]
Manavoo Ward - Provo, [Utah] - 23 Sep 1957
Thomas Milton Tinney, [Sr.], was ordained: [in the Aaronic Priesthood]
Priest: 27 Oct 1957, by David Richard Lyman.

On 25 May 1958, Hazel Kathleen (Greene) Tinney, [the daughter 
of Jacob Hoover Greene and Mary Elizabeth Thompson], born 
13 June 1900, at Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, received a Patriarchal 
Blessing from Charles E. Rowan, Jr., Patriarch of the Provo Stake of 
Zion of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at Provo, Utah; 
Blessing Number 342.  Hazel had previously asked her son Tommy to
receive a blessing.  He, out of respect for his mother, initially refused to do 
so, wanting Mom to be blessed first.  Nevertheless, Thomas Milton Tinney  
relented and was given his Patriarchal Blessing, # 251, by Charles E. Rowan, Jr., 
of the Provo, Utah Stake of Zion, on 23 June 1957.  Mom felt she was too 
old to need one.   After much further hesitation and with the constant pleading 
of her son, [now Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr.], she finally obtained the following:
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Sister Hazel Kathleen (Greene) Tinney:  According to thy desire, officiating
as a Patriarch in the Provo Stake of Zion of The Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints, I lay my hands upon your head and under the inspiration 
of the Holy Ghost, give you a Patriarchal Blessing that it may stimulate you 
to a continued life of activity in the church of Christ, that it may be an index 
to some of your possibilities; also that it may give you your lineage.  Thou art 
of Joseph through the loins of Ephraim.  Hence, you are entitled to all the 
blessings that have been promised through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as they 
have been revealed in this generation.
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Be of good cheer.  You are one of the Lord's chosen daughters.  Your 
spirit once resided with the Gods.  You were present in the Great Council in 
Heaven and you kept your First Estate in an honorable way and the Lord has 
sent you here to mortality that you might receive a body for you spirit to dwell 
in and see if you will keep all the commandments which God has commanded 
you to do with a promise that if you keep these commandments in your second 
estate, that glory and honor will be added to you forever and ever.
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You have been baptized into the church.  You have had the Holy Ghost 
conferred upon you by the laying on of hands.  Hence, you are entitled to the 
Holy Ghost as your constant companion.  This is one of the greatest blessings 
that can come to the children of men.  The Holy Ghost will not dwell in an 
unworthy tabernacle.  Therefore, keep yourself clean and pure and sweet 
and wholesome at all times that you may be a fit place for the indwelling of the 
Holy Ghost.  Listen to the whisperings of the Still Small Voice.  It will warn you 
of impending dangers and lead you in the paths of rectitude and right.
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You have been greatly blessed in being granted the joy of motherhood and 
having children and the Lord will bless you, and has blessed you, and the 
time will come when all of these things will be adjusted and you will be 
sealed to the family for time and for all eternity in the morning of the 
resurrection.  It may be that these things will not occur until during 
the millennium but the Lord has said if a good woman keeps herself clean 
and pure, keeps the commandments of the Lord, that she shall, if not in mortality,
in the millennium find a companion that she will find joy and comfort with in the
eternities as a reward for her faithfulness and devotion.  Therefore, continue to 
live your religion.
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Accept any and all calls that may come to you because a call to labor in the 
Church is an invitation to growth and to happiness.  Honor your father and 
your mother.  Observe the Sabbath Day and keep it holy.  Pay your tithes 
and your offerings.  Observe the Word of Wisdom in every detail.  If you do 
these things they are minor but the Lord will bless you and they will bring 
their reward.
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Be not easily discouraged.  Lucifer will try in every way and manner with 
his cunning, crafty ways to trap you and lead you into temptation and 
sin but I promise you if you will pray to God night and morning everyday, 
that He will hear and answer your prayers and that you will be able to resist 
all the cunning schemes of the adversary, that you will go onward rejoicing 
in the knowledge you have of the divinity of this great work.  This is the 
dispensation of the Fullness of Times, the greatest of all dispensations,
when every gift, power and blessing that has ever been enjoyed by any of 
God's children has been revealed for the good and benefit of mankind.
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As you grow in years and in understanding your testimony will continue 
to grow and increase and you will know positively that Jesus is the Christ 
and that Joseph Smith, [Jr.] was, and is indeed, a true prophet of God 
and that all of his successors have been Prophets, Seers and Revelators.  
These brethren are literally and truly the Oracles of God.  Heed their 
counsel and advice.  Be obedient to all who preside over you.  They, 
too have been called by the Lord and thus become His spokesmen 
here in the earth.
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I bless you in your mind and in your body that you may be quick and 
alert in your thinking and that you may be able to retain the things that 
you read and hear, that you may be able to qualify yourself to teach 
and preach the gospel.  All of us are missionaries everyday of our lives.  
People are judging the church largely by our conduct.  Therefore, always 
conduct yourself in a Christian like way.  Live closely to the principles
of the gospel and the Lord will bless and reward you therefore.  He is the 
father of your spirit.  He loves you and He is pleased when you keep 
His commandments.  I am sure He is sad when you are disobedient.  
Walk with your chin high, thanking God for all His blessings to you and 
He will continue to be your companion.  He will continue to watch
over and bless you.
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You shall not want for the necessities of life.  You will always have raiment 
to wear and be able to set a good table and you will have some means to 
help in the building up of the kingdom of God here in the earth.  Therefore, 
be diligent and obedient and the Lord will bless you.  You will be called to 
positions of trust and responsibility and as you work in the church you will 
be under the direction of the Holy Spirit and your tongue will be loosened.  
The spirit will direct you and you shall teach the gospel and preach it to 
those that you come in contact with in a manner that will cause them to
investigate the truth and some of them will come into the church.  It will 
be a great day because if we save only one soul, how great shall be our 
rejoicing with that soul in the presence of the Lord.
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I bless you and promise you that your life shall be spared until you mission 
here on earth has been completed.  Be kind and considerate, motherly in all 
things and particularly with your children that you may be able to exercise 
mother's love and influence in directing them in the paths of truth and 
righteousness.  As you do these things, naturally you are going to develop 
a cheerful disposition and people will come to you seeking advice and  counsel.  
Many who are not members of the church will hear your message and you 
will have joy in explaining it.  You will be a messenger in the homes of the 
people and you will be able to do much good here in the earth.  You have 
many years before you yet of vital life where you will do good in the world.  
When we are in the service of our fellowmen we are in the service of the Lord.
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Seek and ye shall find.  Knock and it shall be opened unto you.  There is a 
great responsibility resting upon you in seeking out the genealogy of your 
people.  Many of them in the spirit world are anxiously waiting to have 
someone go to the temple and have their work done for them because 
they have given spiritual assent to the principles of life and salvation.  
If you are diligent, you will be able to find the names of many of them 
and you will become a Savior on Mount Zion unto them.  I bless you that 
you may have every righteous desire of your heart granted unto you, that you 
will be able to find joy and happiness here and peace of mind in your work.  
All of these blessings will come to you as a reward for your faithfulness. 
Therefore, go forward rejoicing, keeping the commandments of God.  Let 
your light so shine before men that others, seeing your good works, may be 
led to glorify our father in Heaven.  I bless you and promise you that there 
is a great lot of joy ahead of you.
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As you grow in years, you will grow in grace and in knowledge.  You will 
grow in wisdom and in understanding.  You will be able to find greater joy 
and happiness as a reward for your faithfulness and for the things that you 
have undergone in your life.  Do your duty.  Pray to God always.  Have 
prayer in your home.  Be thankful to our Father for the mercies that have come 
to you.  It is wonderful to have membership in the church, marvelous to have 
received your endowments.  These are sacred blessings, all of which will lead 
you into the Celestial Kingdom of God if you are true and faithful to these
covenants that you have made.
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I bless you and I seal this blessing upon you and seal you up to come forth in 
the morning of the Resurrection of the Just among the righteous of your 
kindred people and among the saints of God of all generations of time.  I do 
it by virtue of the Holy Priesthood and in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.
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APPROVED:  Charles E. Rowan, Jr.
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Verification of events and locations in the life of my mother Hazel, 
as taken from the LDS Ward membership records of her son, 
Thomas Milton Tinney, [Sr.], continued:
08 June 1958 - Rivergrove 2 - West Utah Stake [Provo, Utah]
704 West 4th North - 15 July 1958 [I, Thomas, attended Provo High School 
at this time.  A picture appears in the LDS Church News, week ending 
12 Nov 1960, page 13, Supply Department at the Presiding Bishopric's 
Office is working at the monumental task of mailing study guides for 
Ward Teachers to all wards for 1961.  Checking and wrapping 
left to right are: Garth Hair, Adolph Ruf, and Thomas Tinney.  Later, 
while in contact with my mother, while residing in Salt Lake City, Utah, 
29th Ward, I was ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood and the Office 
of Elder by the Riverside Stake President, Robert L. Bridge.  I was 
Endowed: 20 Feb 1962, in the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 
which time, my eldest child Jennifer was sealed to me for Time and 
all Eternity.  In 1969, I went to Missouri and enjoyably visited 
Adam-ondi-Ahman and Nauvoo, Illinois.]

Note by Hazel Kathleen (Greene) Tinney, dated A.D. 1973:
This year has been busy with work, doctors, and operations.  For half 
the year I worked at the Neighborhood House on the Foster Grandparent 
program.  The school was simply a day care center with children just four 
and five years old.  My job was to work with the teachers in their jobs when 
they needed it, and to help keep the children organized and under control.  
I now work at the LDS Hospital with emotionally disturbed children,
helping to teach them math, reading, writing, [colors, numbers] and 
similar tasks.  We recently had a Christmas party for all the 'Grandparents' 
on the Program.  The dinner and program were excellent, and it was 
enjoyable to socialize in a jollier atmosphere.
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As far as the remaining portion of my time - it's a difficult routine of 
doctors and discomfort as my physical condition is not maintaining 
a satisfactory level.  My sight is becoming dimmer, and the trouble 
remains in my one eye.  Not long ago, I underwent a cancer surgery 
and radiation treatments on my neck.  Although undesirable effects 
remain, I'm thankful that the cancer is apparently gone. [It wasn't!]
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My greatest blessing this year have been my children.  They continue 
to show concern for me and help in the ways that they can.  Doug, 
Marilyn, and Karen (Purdon) drove out from New York on a surprise 
visit in August.  Then, on their return trip from Yucatan, Norman,
Thelma, Cheri, and Normie made an appreciated out-of-the-way trip 
to Utah to see us all here.  LaVar and Sharon (Steel) and their family 
were down from Idaho, too.  Tom['s family] is good to faithfully get 
my Saturday night quart of milk and paper, and to visit often.  And
so it is with Nelson, Elfie, and family, who share their love and 
companionship with me every Sunday night.  Charles and Patricia, 
who live just a few doors away, provide the security of having someone 
close by to help whenever it is needed.

Birthday Post Card dated: 04 Aug 1975
Dear Tom,
This is to wish you a belated Happy Birthday.  I thought of you all day 
on your birthday but didn't know how to get a card to you. -- Marilyn, 
Doug and Karen (Purdon) came unexpectedly to see us and then 
brought me home with them for a visit.  I will be back in Va. [Virginia,
USA], before you receive this.  I'm leaving in a few hours from here. -- 
I visited the residence on other side [Historic Long Island: "Sagamore Hill"] 
-- also Kennedy's grave, etc.  Seeing the sights in my old age, eh?  Also, 
went thru Geo. Washington's home in Mt. Vernon.
Very best of love to all, Mom.

Reply to a Letter dated: 05 Nov 1975, from Elder William M. Bennett,
Assistant to the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints
. . . I will never consent to the cancellation of my Temple Sealings.  My 
objection is that I made an Eternal Covenant and have five children under 
said covenant for whom I am forever responsible. . . . In reply to your 
request that I write a concise statement as to the real reason for this civil 
divorce, I state the following:
". . . extreme mental cruelty which was generated by an intense jealousy 
on her part towards me and my family or anything I did successfully either 
in Church or secular affairs."

Letter dated: 04 Jan 1976
Dear Tom . . .
I was so happy to hear of the results of the bishop's court and your 
standing in the church being cleared.  [Bishop's Court held by Bishop 
Richard D. Shea, Bountiful 33rd Ward; approved by Bountiful Utah 
Heights Stake Presidency; residing at: Colonial Gardens, Apartment 
# 14-A, 453 North 400 East, Bountiful, Utah 84010]
I surely would love being present at the sealing of your marriage.  
Charles would like to come back to Salt Lake or Provo so his children 
can go to school there.  I sincerely hope he can get a job there. . . .
Much much love to you all,
Love
Mom Tinney
Wishing you a Happy New Year and every blessing to be yours to 
be increased without ceasing.

On 31 Aug 1976, I, Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr., in the Salt Lake 
LDS Temple, had my children: Teresa and Michael, sealed to me 
for Time and all Eternity. Current LDS Church Record Number: 
000-1903-6639.

Note by Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr., dated 14th and 15th Aug 1977:  
Written from notes taken while visiting my mother residing at 627 2nd 
Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, at the home of her son's family: 
Charles and Patricia Tinney.  "At this point, the conversation became 
difficult.  My mother [Hazel] is dying from cancer which is, with
other afflictions, such as loss of one eye, deteriorating bones and 
muscular control, causing her great pain and suffering.  She is under 
heavy sedation to control the pain in her body.  Tonight she spilled her 
juice and I had to hold her up while walking, to keep her from falling
over on the floor."

In great sorrow I visited my mother in the LDS Hospital on the 
28th August 1977, in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Mom is in a critical, 
semi-conscious state approaching death.  She has an oxygen mask 
on and was shaking with chills.  When I was there the nurse tried to get 
her to grasp her hand but there was no response.  When I talked to her 
she could not open her eyes and her only recognition was when I loudly 
whispered into her ear: "Mom, I love you," and "This is your son Tom."  
Then she slightly moved her head.  I placed my hands upon her head 
and blessed her that the Peace of Christ would attend her at this time and 
that she would go to sleep in the Love of God and come forth in the 
perfect purity of her soul- that her life would cease on this earth as she had 
proved true and faithful in all things according to her ability and knowledge 
and that she would rise to a glorious resurrection in the World to come- that 
her life might now be taken, that she might suffer no longer the agony and pain
of a cancer diseased body.

Note by Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr., dated 31st Aug 1977:
My brother Charles called today to tell me my mother had passed 
away some time between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. today.  This has been an 
eventful month.  My son, David Seth Ahlish Tinney was born on my 
birthday, 10 Aug 1977.
"The Lord gave - and the Lord hath taken away -
Oh, Blessed be the Name of the Lord!"

Obituary notices for Hazel K. Tinney appeared in the Deseret News,
Friday, 02 Sep 1977, page 2D; also, The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, 
02 Sep 1977, page 6C.
. . . Survivors: Four sons, two daughters.  Norman, Nelson, 
Charles, Thomas; Mrs. Douglas (Marilyn) Purdon; 
Mrs. LaVar (Sharon) Steel; 29 grandchildren.  Funeral services 
will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 p.m., Salt Lake 21st Ward Chapel,
680 2nd Ave.  Interment Salt Lake City Cemetery.  . . .
Memorial Services for Hazel K. Tinney
. . .
Pallbearers
Norman Tinney, Nelson Tinney, Douglas Purdon, Thomas Tinney,
Charles Tinney and LaVar Steel
Funeral Directors
Berg Sunset Lawn Mortuary
PROGRAM:
Officiating: Bishop Lorin Eldredge
Family Prayer: Nelson Tinney
Prelude Music: Jackie Eldredge
Invocation: Walt Barlow
Remarks: Stephen Barlow
Piano & Flute Duet: Carmen Tinney and Karen Purdon
Remarks: Bruce Reading
Piano Solo: Carmen Tinney
Speaker: Lorin Eldredge
Benediction: Bishop Stephan Barlow
Postlude Music: Jackie Eldredge
Dedication of Grave: Thomas Tinney, [now, Thomas Milton Tinney, Sr.].
I Melchizedek Priesthood dedicated the grave site of my mother, during 
her burial in the Salt Lake City, Utah City Cemetery.  Mom desired to be 
buried next to the Prophets of God she so dearly loved in life.

University of Utah Placement and Career Information Center,
Confidential Recommendation for Thomas Milton Tinney, [Sr.], dated 
13 Dec 1978: I have known Mr. Tinney for about five to six years.  I have 
been close to him and his family throughout that time and I feel that 
I know him very well.
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I can recommend him as a conscientious, very hard working person.  
He is dedicated to the cause he serves and will give his all to that cause.  
He is a man of honesty and integrity.  I also know him to be an intelligent 
man with the ability to express himself well.  He is a man of perseverance, 
seeking after and working for his objectives until he reaches them 
regardless of the odds.
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I am pleased to write this recommendation for Thomas Milton Tinney, [Sr.].
I recommend him to be a fine employee for any future employer.
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Name:  Bishop Richard D. Shea
Organization: Bountiful 33rd Ward, LDS Church
Signature: Richard D. Shea