Historical MarkerSamuel Fisher Tenney
Crockett · Houston County · Dedicated 1980 · THC Atlas #5225007602
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Marker Inscription
(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
About this site
Samuel Fisher Tenney is a historical marker in Crockett, Houston County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 185 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.3216, -95.4607 near Crockett. The nearest cataloged historic site is Glenwood Cemetery (North Sector) (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Isaac Adair Daniel, Glenwood Cemetery, and Armistead Albert Aldrich.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225007602. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
