Margaret Stenhouse

Margaret Stenhouse is my great-great-great grandmother, born in Scotland in 1824. Margaret married my great-great-great grandfather, Charles Tennant, Sr. when she was 25 years old and he was 32. Six years later, Charles, Sr. died of a sudden fever with chills. Margaret gave birth to twin girls only three months later, one of which died at 14 months. Margaret was now a widow with four surviving children (two of the six had died).

The story handed down says that Margaret took in boarders. One of the boarders was John Grier, who she married in 1859. John Grier was also born in Scotland and was baptized when he was nine years old. He was the one who brought the gospel to the Tennant family.

Margaret and John brought Charles Tennant, Jr.--my great-great grandfather--from Scotland to Salt Lake City along with three siblings. They lived in Manti (where Margaret died), and later Touquerville where they helped build up the area, including the building of the Manti and St. George Temples.
(Tennant Family History: 3, 4, 346)