Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....Benson Tigner  1833 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Pages 523-524

Benson F. Tigner

Benson F. Tigner, a successful farmer of this county, belongs to a family of 
considerable prominence in the state during the last century.  His 
grandfather, William Tigner, of Scotch nativity, was a pioneer of Elbert 
county; his son, Hope H. Tigner, married Miss Eliza Glenn, and was the first 
settler of Meriwether county, where he built the first frame house ever 
erected in that county, which was for many years noted through an extensive 
region of country as the Tigner homestead.  Mr. Tigner was a man of large 
influence and greatly liked, and he organized a company to serve in the Indian 
war, but his health broke down and he died before the time came to go.  His 
wife was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Crawford) Glenn, early 
settlers of Monroe county, Ga.   Mrs. Glenn was a sister of Hon. William H. 
Crawford, so long distinguished among the eminent citizens of the state, and 
this gentleman took charge of the education of the niece, Mrs. Tigner, which 
under such direction was of unusual excellence.  Benson F., the son of Hope H. 
and Eliza (Glenn) Tigner, was born in Meriwether county in 1833, and in that 
sparsely settled community enjoyed but limited educational opportunities.  He 
enlisted in 1862 in the company commanded by Capt. Bragg, and was in the 
battle of Atlanta, and was present at the surrender at Savannah.   Mr. Tigner 
began life for himself with little means, but with a character combining 
energy and perseverance, and by resolute endeavor and arduous work has 
accumulated a large property, has a beautiful home, and over a thousand acres 
of choice land in a fine state of cultivation, and enjoys the high esteem of 
all who know him.  In 1858 Mr. Tigner married Miss Martha Stinson, a daughter 
of Dr. J.W. and Martha (Jackson) Stinson, the former for many years a leading 
physician of this section, with a widely extended and very lucrative practice, 
and a man of wealth and influence and great liberality.  Mrs. Tigner was born 
in Meriwether county in 1836, and her union with Mr. Tigner has been blessed 
with seven children: Frank C., Mattie G., George S., Edward A., James H., 
Carrie O. and Julia B.  Mr. and Mrs. Tigner are both members of the Methodist 
Episcopal church south, in the work of which they are very active.  Mr. Tigner 
is a member of the board of trustees of the church and also of the school, and 
bears the same responsibility in relation to the camp ground, a beautiful 
tract of land in Meriwether county which for sixty-four years has been held 
for religious purposes.   It was chartered by the legislature of 1832.



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