About Isaac T. Tichenor
Lived 1825 – 1902 (aged 77). Isaac T. Tichenor was an American educator and pastor.
Isaac Taylor Tichenor (November 11, 1825 – December 2, 1902), a pastor and a planter, was President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University, from 1872 to 1881.
Early life Isaac Taylor Tichenor was born on November 11, 1825, in Spencer County, Kentucky, to James and Margaret (Bennett) Tichenor.
Career Tichenor served as pastor in Columbus, Mississippi, in 1849 and in Henderson, Kentucky, in 1851. From 1852 to 1867, he was pastor at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
During the American Civil War, he was a chaplain in the Confederate States Army. After the war, he spent three years on his plantation in Shelby County, Alabama. in Atlanta, Georgia. He is buried in Westview Cemetery.
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Who was Isaac T. Tichenor?
President of Auburn University
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Isaac T. Tichenor was born on 11 November 1825 in Spencer County.
When did Isaac T. Tichenor die?
Isaac T. Tichenor died on 2 December 1902 in Atlanta.
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Isaac T. Tichenor was an educator and pastor.
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Isaac T. Tichenor was American.
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