Samuel Preston Tinsley
b. 8 November 1844, d. 16 March 1890
- Father: Isaac Turner Tinsley b. 20 December 1801, d. 17 March 1874
- Mother: Mary Anne Turner b. 12 June 1815, d. 12 May 1882
- 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
- George Isaac Tinsley+ b. 9 July 1872, d. 12 September 1962
- Grace Estell Tinsley b. 6 August 1875
- Sarah Jane Tinsley b. 26 July 1877, d. 29 December 1968
- Samuel Isaac Tinsley Tinsley b. circa 1879
Family 2: Mahalia Ellen Nicholson b. November 1847, d. 21 December 1935
- Effie Rebecca Tinsley b. 16 June 1887