Samuel Fisher Tenney
N 31° 19.297 W 095° 27.642
15R E 265845 N 3467860
One of 11 historical markers in the north sector of Glenwood Cemetery, this marker discusses the life of Samuel Fisher Tenney, Presbyterian Minister and veteran of the Civil War
Waymark Code: WMXF7A
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2018
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There are a total of 23 historical markers in Glenwood Cemetery; 11 in the north sector and 12 in the south sector.
This historic marker is located at the grave of Samuel Fisher Tenney in the north sector of Glenwood Cemetery.
Marker Number: 7602
Marker Text:
(March 26, 1840 -- July 2, 1926)
Civil War veteran Samuel Fisher Tenney, a Georgia native, graduated from the University of Georgia and from a South Carolina seminary in 1868. He moved to Crockett two years later, following a pastorate in Marshall, Texas. For 54 years Tenney served here as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Instrumental in the development of area educational facilities for blacks, he also started a mission in 1880 for the Alabama-Coushatta Indians in Polk County.
Recorded - 1980
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