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Isaac T. Tichenor

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Isaac T. Tichenor
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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]

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Early life

Isaac Taylor Tichenor was born on November 11, 1825,[3] in Spencer County, Kentucky, to James and Margaret (Bennett) Tichenor.[4]

Career

Tichenor served as pastor in Columbus, Mississippi, in 1849 and in Henderson, Kentucky, in 1851.[5] From 1852 to 1867, he was pastor at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.[6]

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.[7] 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]

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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]

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Death

He died on December 2, 1902,[8] in Atlanta, Georgia.[4] He is buried in Westview Cemetery.

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