Robert Mccracken Tinnon

Background

Tinnon, Robert Mccracken was born on February 6, 1840 in Giles County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert and Elisabeth (Abernathy) Tinnon.

Education

Graduate Giles College, Pulaski, Tennessee, 1859. Admitted to Tennessee bar, March 1861. Served C.S.A., 1861-1865.

Wounded 3 times.

Mustered out with rank of major. Doctor of Divinity, Trinity University, Texas, 1887.

Career

Ordained Cumberland Presbyterian ministry, 1873. Pastor Huntsville, Alabama, 1875-1877, Nashville, Tennessee, 1877-1884, Fort Worth, Texas, 1884-1892, Lincoln, Illinois, 1892-1902, First Church, Denver, 1902-1905, First Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 1905-1908, First Presbyterian Church, Herington, Kansas, October 1, since 1908.

Achievements

• Robert Mccracken Tinnon has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board of publication Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Member Assembly’s board missions, 1894-1898.

Connections

Married Sarah J. Preston, April.

Father:

Robert Tinnon

Mother:

Elisabeth (Abernathy) Tinnon

Spouse:

Sarah J. Preston