Samuel Preston Tinsley

b. 8 November 1844, d. 16 March 1890
  • Samuel Preston Tinsley was born on 8 November 1844 in Brazoria County, Texas.
  • He married Sarah Bringhurst, daughter of George Hunter Bringhurst and Nancy Trott, on 27 September 1871 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • Samuel Preston Tinsley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Brazoria County, Texas, living alone, with his children enumerated in other households, son George living with Samuel's future wife Mahalia Nicholson McNeal.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
  • He married Mahalia Ellen Nicholson, daughter of O. P. Nicholson and Rebecca (?), on 7 December 1881.
  • Samuel Preston Tinsley died on 16 March 1890 at age 45 in Brazoria County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2008

Family 1: Sarah Bringhurst b. 14 April 1847, d. 6 March 1879

Family 2: Mahalia Ellen Nicholson b. November 1847, d. 21 December 1935