Isaac T. Tichenor | |
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President of the Auburn University | |
In office 1872–1881 | |
Preceded by | James Ferguson Dowdell |
Succeeded by | William Leroy Broun |
Personal details | |
Born | Spencer County, Kentucky | November 11, 1825
Died | December 2, 1902 Atlanta, Georgia | (aged 77)
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. [1] [2]
Isaac Taylor Tichenor was born in Kentucky on November 11, 1825. [3]
From 1852 to 1867, he was pastor at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. [4]
During the American Civil War, he was a chaplain in the Confederate States Army. [2] [3] In 1863, he still defended slavery in his sermons. [5] After the war, he spent three years on his plantation in Shelby County, Alabama. [1]
In 1871, he became pastor at the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, but resigned shortly after. [1] He also was a pastor in Kentucky and Mississippi. [3]
From 1872 to 1881, he served as President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University. [1] [3] In 1882, he became President of the Southern Baptist Home Missionary Board in Atlanta, Georgia. [1]
He died on December 2, 1902, and is buried in Westview Cemetery.