father's household until old enough to work for himself, at which time he left and began farming. Some time after his marriage he removed to Bureau county, Illinois, but after one year's residence there he again started west and in 1855 he located in Story county, Iowa. He bought one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 28, Nevada township, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre and there he spent the remainder of his life.
Joseph Tichenor married Miss Sarah Applegate in Indiana and they became the parents of the following children: Nathaniel, who enlisted from Story county and was killed in battle during the Civil war; May Elizabeth, the widow of J. P. Robinson, of Ness City, Kansas ; Malvina, deceased, who married J. S. Middleton ; Louisa, the widow of J. Tanner, of Stewart, Iowa; Emma, who died in childhood. Mrs. Tichenor died before they left Indiana and in 1855, while living in Illinois, he married Miss Martha J. McCullough, who was born in South Carolina on the 10th of March, 1830, and unto them were born seven children: George L., who is living on the old homestead; Isabelle, the wife of J. W. Hayne, living in Nevada township, Story county ; Eva, who died at the age of thirteen years ; Carlton W., who died at the age of twenty-six, leaving a widow and one son, Joseph, who was the twin brother of Carlton W. and died at three years; Edward M., also living on the old home farm; and Oliver G. The father passed away on the 16th of June, 1876. He had always voted the republican ticket and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother had passed the seventy-ninth milestone of life before she died on the 21st of February, 1909. All of the Tichenor children of the second marriage were born on the old homestead and there the brothers George and Edward, the former born on the 4th of February, 1856, and the latter on the loth of November, 1865, have always resided. Edward Tichenor is single but George is now a widower. He was married in 1889 to Nettie Wireman, but she died five years later, in 1894. They have three hundred and eight acres of well improved and highly cultivated land and engage in general farming and stock raising and feeding, in all of which they have met with more than moderate success and are considered to be among the most successful and substantial farmers in Nevada township. They have always been stanch supporters of the republican party and take an active interest in all local political issues. Edward Tichenor has held the position of township clerk and township assessor and is the present incumbent of the latter office. He is a member of the United Evangelical church.
Oliver G. Tichenor, the youngest member of his family, was educated in the district schools of Story county and after he laid aside his text-books assisted on the home farm until his marriage, when he began farming for himself. He rented land for one year but at the end of that time bought a small farm of forty acres, which he cultivated for two years, and then rented a larger place, which he operated for four years. At the end of that time he had acquired sufficient capital to enable him to invest in