Farmer, Public Benefactor and Founder of Tenebroeck Free Academy
Born in Somerset County, New Jersey in 1793, and moved to Farmersville, New York in 1816, with his home near this cemetery. Peter T. Tenbrock and his immediate family are buried in this plot. Peter T. Tenbroeck was a successful farmer, was a county judge, gave generously to the public of his funds and time during his life and at the time of his death left a trust fund of $60,000.00 to be used for the building of an academy to provide free education for high school students in the area and to be known as Tenbroeck Free Academy. At that time few scholars had oportunity of continuing with their education past fourth grade. Later Tenbroeck Free Academy became a part of the Franklinville Public School System. The stone foundation of the present high school buiding in the village of Franklinville came from the original Tenbroeck Free Academy stone structure.| HM Number | HM1MGF |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 709914 N 4693269 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.36336667, -78.45086667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 21.802', W 78° 27.052' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 21' 48.12" N, 78° 27' 3.12" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 716 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 8134-8156 NY-16, Franklinville NY 14737, US |
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