Samuel Fisher Tenney
(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
31.3216° N, 95.4607° W
Where to Find It
Glenwood Cemetery, East Pease Street in Crockett
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi NW Glenwood Cemetery (North Sector) Crockett
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- <0.1 mi W Glenwood Cemetery Crockett
- <0.1 mi NE Armistead Albert Aldrich Crockett
- <0.1 mi SE The Rev. John C. Woolam Crockett
- <0.1 mi SW George G. Alford Crockett