. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . o locate in what isnow Waukesha County, and who for fifty-threeyears was so prominently identified with the his-tory of its courts of law, and whose honorable ca-reer was brought to a close through the course ofnature on the 2l)th of January, 181(2, at the ripeold age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Tichenor wasborn in the town of Amsterdam, Montgomery(now Fulton) County, N. Y., on the 28th of Aug-ust, 1815. His literary education was receiv
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . o locate in what isnow Waukesha County, and who for fifty-threeyears was so prominently identified with the his-tory of its courts of law, and whose honorable ca-reer was brought to a close through the course ofnature on the 2l)th of January, 181(2, at the ripeold age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Tichenor wasborn in the town of Amsterdam, Montgomery(now Fulton) County, N. Y., on the 28th of Aug-ust, 1815. His literary education was received atUnion College, Schenectady, N. Y., from which in-stitution he was graduated in the Class of luiisued a law course in his native townhe was admitted to the [>ar in the Supreme Courtat Albany, in October, 1838. On the IDtli of August of the same year, he wasmarried at New Scotland, Albany County, N. \.,to Miss Charlotte .Sears, a native of Balston Spa,Saratoga County, of the .same state. In August,, Mr. Tichenor emigrated to the territory ofWisconsin and located at Waukesha, which wasthen Prairie Village of Milwauk(;e County. He at. JOHN HOWITT. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 617 once opened an office in tliat villasjc, which on theorjjanization of Waukes^ha County became tiiecounty seal, lie look prominence as a man ofaffairs at tiie start, and on tlie or<j;anization of thetown of Waukesha was chosen Town Clerk, whichposition lie held for a number of years. He waselected -Tustice of the Peace at an early day, andwas often re-elected to the same position. In18.)5 he was chosen Village Treasurer, VillageTrustee in 18(!2, Clerk in IH()7, and Pres-ident of the ^illagc in 18()8, being re-elected tothe latter olHce in 1871-72-75 and 1876. lie wasappointed Draft Commissioner in 18C2; was chosento his district in the Wisconsin Assem-bly in 1869; and for over twenty-live years wasCourt Commissioner of Waukesha County. Formany years he was
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