Crockett in Houston County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Samuel Fisher Tenney

(March 26, 1840 - July 2, 1926)

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 26, 2023

1. Samuel Fisher Tenney Marker

Inscription. 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

Erected 1980 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 7602.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 31° 19.297′ N, 95° 27.642′ W. Marker is in Crockett, Texas, in Houston County. It can be reached from East Pease Avenue 0.2 miles Texas Route 19. Marker is in Glenwood Cemetery (North Sector). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 214 East Pease Avenue, Crockett TX 75835, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Glenwood Cemetery (North Sector) (a few steps from this marker); Glenwood Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Isaac Adair Daniel

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Armistead Albert Aldrich (within shouting distance of this marker); George G. Alford (within shouting distance of this marker); John Edward Nite (1805-1849) Lucy Stepp Nite (1807-1865) (within shouting distance of this marker); The Rev. John C. Woolam (within shouting distance of this marker); James Elbert Downes (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crockett.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 19 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 2, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.