Life History

Notes

• The marriage of CalvinTichenor and Perlina Lay is recorded in Indiana records.  Perlina's name is recorded in the marriage record as Pelina.  They were married on 24 April 1836 in Perry County, Indiana.
  
  Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 (and Indian Marriage Collection, 1800-1941)
  Calvin Tichenor and Pelina [Perlina] Lay, married 24 April 1836 in Perry County, Indiana
  
  We find a census record for this couple in the Perry County census for 1840.  The household has two male adults aged 20-30, so one of Calvin's brothers was perhaps living with them.  There is one adult female in the same age bracket, which accounts for Calvin and Perlina.  They have one male child and one female child under the age of 5.  This would account for their first son that appears in the 1850 census by name:  William P.
  
  But there is no girl child over 10 in the 1850 census.  William is 12 and his brother Francis M is 10.  This seems to indicate that they had a girl who died between these censuses.  Alternatively, it may be that Francis was reported as a girl instead of a boy, which I have seen happen sometimes, even in later censuses when the children are named and designated as Son or Daughter.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Perry County, Indiana, 24 August, Anderson Township, p 358 (715), Hse/Fam #217
  Calvin Tichenor 36 M Farmer $250 Real Estate b Kentucky [b about 1814]
  Perlina Tichenor 34 F b Kentucky [b about 1816]
  William D Tichenor 12 M b Indiana
  Francis M Tichenor 10 M b Indiana
  Robt W Tichenor 8 M b Indiana
  Travis W Tichenor 6 M b Indiana
  Calvin Tichenor 3 M b Indiana [b about 1847]
  Ann Maria Tichenor 1 month M b Indiana [b July 1850]
  
  This son Calvin, 3 years old in 1850, and thus born about 1847, is the person who married a Mollie later, and had another son named Calvin about 1877, and a daughter Fairlee who married Matthew Butler in Arkansas County, Arkansas.  There are many Calvin Tichenor cousins in this family lineage and it gets confusing.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 7 June, Point DeLuce Township, District 3, page 10, Hse #85, Fam #90
  Tichenor, Calven W M 31 Merchant IN IN KY [b about 1849]
  Tichenor, Mollie 21 W F Wife Keeping House KY KY KY [b about 1859]
  Tichenor, Calvin W M 3 AR IN KY [b about 1877]

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Perry County, Indiana
  • 24 August, Anderson Township, p 358 (715), Hse/Fam #217
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Perry County, Indiana
  • 24 August, AndersonTownship, p 358 (715), Hse/Fam #217
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 7 June, Point DeLuce Township, District 3, page 10, Hse #85, Fam #90
• 4. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 5. Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892
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