A. G. Tenney

Name/Title

A. G. Tenney

Entry/Object ID

OH.1726.129.a

Description

A B/W photograph of A. G. Tenney. He was the publisher of the Brunswick, Maine Telegraph. Albert Graham Tenney was born 2 Jul 1814 in Newbury, Mass. He attended Amherst College 1831-2 and graduated from Bowdoin College, A.B. 1835 and A.M. 1838. He taught in Baltimore, MD 1836-40, Boston, MA, 1840-55, Bath 1855-57, and Brunswick 1857-94. He was editor and publisher of the Brunswick Telegraph 1857-94 and postmaster of Brunswick, 1866, He died 30 June 1894 and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery with his wife, Mary Caroline Packard. Photo not dated. Sources: General Catalogue of Bowdoin College 1794-1950; Wheeler and Wheeler's History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine; 1988 Centennial appointment calendar; Amherst College Biographical Record, Centennial Edition 1821-1921

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Brunswick Telegraph