Charles Tenge, Freedmen's Bureau Agent

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These items are related to Charles Tenge, Lauderdale County Freedmen's Bureau Agent. According to Florence historian Lee Freeman, "Charles A. Tenge (1809-1869) was a German from Hanover who immigrated to the US at a young age and settled in Tuscumbia, then in Franklin Co, Al, in 1832. Tenge, who had a saddlery, carriage -trimming, harness-making and repairing business moved to Florence in 1851. In 1855 Tenge went into partnership with several other men to found a carriage factory. Where he got the rank of "captain" isn't known. Tenge was the bureau agent of the Freedmen's Bureau in Lauderdale County and the Bureau was located upstairs over his shop, "a white house" with an "ancient flight of wooden stairs," on N Court St. near the intersection with E Mobile. Capt. Tenge died on July 18, 1869 and was buried with Odd Fellows honors, in Oakwood Cemetery in Tuscumbia, next to a deceased son. His widow Eliza eventually remarried and continued his saddlery, carriage -trimming, harness-making and repairing business."

Source

Florence Journal (1, 2)

Publisher

Florence Journal (1, 2)

Date

1869-07-22 (1)
1866-10-01 (2)

Contributor

Lee Freeman

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