Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
OLD DISPUTE SETTLED
Spelling of ''TennaIIytoWn" the
Issue Involved.
POST OFFICE INVESTIGATION
Many Records of Tennally Family
Produced.
"TENLEY" DECLARED INCORRECT
Agitation by Residents of Suburb Be
yond Georgetown Brings
Definite Result.
IENLEY" DECLARED INCORRECT

me0tS
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~ eh''oiiS IT'S Pe'ioiis. oohie ue-
Cidrf their opJectionS TO the name were
based solely upon the belief that 1t was
erroneous ..Thera ravar u.as q Tanna1I, in
this ,,.r, ., ,ba Distn,a. ~ t,,a,. .-.Iai.a
.-''7 paw ot .''e D'S''ic'' 'he! eApiaiheu,
nut a certain John Tenley once resided
here. In his own house and il was in his
honor our village was called TenIevtour
Others tborsbt ,ha ,,o,.ar,,,,,,,t - -
AN, -,,"'. '"' i''ii'"' h.'iie VI
1'"iidliS t'"h was disgrace because
,o,rnS 80 =. $50 80 We ln'pl.eu 'he p'ace was
aue,s. tbat T. ,. aor,,,,,,,,,i,J, - ~,
ell, ~, 80, .+,,,., 49,, .,,..,ae,. -,
~ -. go. - - -, -,
not m to he the abode of respectahle or re-
fined people
Merchants refused to have their delivery
MasonS panied WI Tue obnoxious Woru
y mn ei,5 ~ jill
anu ?t''''ohetS ma Ioiiomeu 'iie PoS'
JIM I stciits; anu st,poi SiiIuIel Mtie
.is " ap'so. s..ie VI vi ai.lS
~ oi ''.v .,'e m
!a"i''ltS: icing uiiapie loIstr 10 'oiefate
.ie ii,'s i'ihi S.'itS an" t'dN ing peeii m
Ipfilit" ny aile DlstILct vi Nolullipia piS
Me- 'hT spt,iIs hlaSter vi 'he .i.eo
os'''ts sepiosiosi suite! allu ..le po'eH,a,e s
Col r. e",,eu ''' ' ssos 'lp Ln ooa a
NC, ''',4'S Wv" I'd" 'ioiie was .oiie't 'iiie
any tiihS leSS OF more was untrue, impure
ana uhcIassic induced - Neilson barry 10
lay IN" matter peioie the fost Ci'ice De
paftmcht VITA request TO nave the oHeno-
ing nomenclature REFORMED.
rue Irst assistant postmaster general
tuiheu 'he tdst o'ti 70 os'"IaSter baInes'
VINO III tulii reiefrtu II 10 naJ- Maulson
laws assistant postmaster Win request
ina ne ni@ht "it.tNt' ihNt>tisa'lol iihsht
oe required 40 sr'tie 'ie controversy;
he 'tSI'I oi his iaooIS II eIipocieu III
an am "lil'i'I iet'el ii"''i + o9liIiastei %.
barnes; uliIst u"te oi epi uat! Is anu az
ufeSHtn 10 FIRST ASSISTANT postmaster Gen-
era' iiItchc"ch' as ioilo"S'
Postmaster Barnes Letter
.s. 80, ,,.,,
Si'' me "ueS'''h Suoihi''su 10 you vi
the ltth uitlmo by Rev. j. Nelson Barry
and by You referred to ms ON the 22d for
inves-ipati,,, and renort i'm relation IN the
- Ut. -. -, -, -, ,r,,1,
Pi"po' sP''n"s Vi ''i' "''li vi ie'''a.'S
Town. one OF lhe stations Oh TINS ONCE mas
been given careful consideration. the result |
of which l present in the following state |
ment:
Mr.. Barry is correct in saving that the |
United States geographic board has de- |
cided Tenley To be the correct name. but
he does not give the reasons upon which |
this decision was founded, nor does the |
secretary Of the board who has been Off |
c!allv consulted. both orally and in writing |
appear 20 know anything further regarding |
the matter than that. as he asserts. the
name was given after one john Tenley.'
III is also true that the same name has
been adopted by the director of the geo.
survey and by hp commissioners
of the District of Columbia But these
adontIons seem 10 have been due simpIv TO
the decision of the geographic board and
consequently they should have no weight
whatever in determining the Question of
the correctness of the name
Mr., barrE. upon ion oe,ns a SiS 1or tne
in favor of the name Tenley apart from
it's adoption by the geographic board. the
geological survey ana the District Com
i. ;i - 20 .,Jiss ,ranIa,s! !, isI, %
a small niece of land in Washington county.
and he gives an account of an interview
with Mrs. Britt, an aged LADY now living in
TennallytoWn VINO claims cescehded
i rom an auop'eu Son , " 49,. nv a,.u
SaT+s Nat fba renIevsHtheir name being so
sraIIad rasidad in tho ,jIIapa in a hons
~ ,hair Gun and that tho Iast of them died
in 1so-
..p,,t o,-ap adu,ittiro all this ,o ha trua
:. a., -. SIinu - tha 1.trlooa raT,a |
10, ~ Wv hastny.ad in bonnr Of fobn Tsn1orr ar
80 10 rs q NAV Of snfticient imnnrta,ca
80 tu "a' 80 distinntior - an
'or,,e'.ar II viii he seen that so far as con-
iioN IL INC of INC far,;i 40 49,
Nj ,t;t,.s n'an,nTy 10 or fs,it NJ 49, |
WI d. .t 60 80 - "a ~
aiso ~ 1,r' . ne -; .i
, ~ - Cat T. Taniat. - ~ ~
I Ii dP''Gi ;,-s "ot' u,it ,nnn oxami,ina
rs ~ cennet.rv II IL fomnd that
tIle e'oiu . VI - tii -, - =; 1uSI IT,
III Tue etais oa .Srab II ;h, If
name - sTen as odtan In a. tLa; 100 VIZ
Daniei tIa zane of Tanev 'n tirsI &C.
PotatiIi u ~ r. dn,,,ia,, ncbiot s.rIs
culitu VIII tIie mn ~ wiz, 81
~ pe iiiais ~ 49, % Ia w., % h,i
Wd9 =. rItu eIs go i' e 'i'''io
uieu september ~ 1000
smrorv ~ Fac+e Adducad
Against the contention of Mr. Barry the
following facts are adduced:
..Eyrs+ Tho nana TannalIv,owp uas
D.. oa.o Il.t =,
ADOPTED Dy the Ios' oiiice department. III
1871. wnen the first post office was estab-
Iished there, and this name has been re-
tained ever since. II is reasonable To in
-. .,, -. en-, .t,o ,,,>,,,or - -
ieI ''a' Inns was ''ie'i INC p'priai i'''ie "
the village: or. at any rate. that II would
not have been thus ofhclaliy adopted I'M
less r. rairIv au cannot hn smpnosed thar II
the name was really bestowed in honor of
John Tenley ana that II no such family as
No Nc ~ D., he ct,izane az rho nlana Uoni1
have silently acuulesced at the time in so
great a mistake and for SO many years
afterward So lar as can learn, there
never was any ooJcotto" ~ tle oiileiai
..Second MIR lanes h. Nourse one of
rho oldast inbabitants of TennaIlvtown or
tts ,Diciritv INFORMS me that in former