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.Auburn library
Early life Isaac Taylor Tichenor was born on November 11, 1825,The Baptist Home Mission Monthly 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. In 1863, he still defended slavery in his sermons.The Civil War and the Use of Sermons as Historical Documents After the war, he spent three years on his plantation in Shelby County, Alabama.
In 1871, he became pastor at the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, but resigned shortly after. He also was a pastor in Kentucky and Mississippi.
From 1872 to 1881, he served as President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University. In 1882, he became President of the Southern Baptist Home Missionary Board in Atlanta, Georgia.
Death He died on December 2, 1902, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is buried in Westview Cemetery.
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