The Oldest Inhabitant

THE OLDEST INHABITANT

Dies At The Age Of Ninety Seven.

DANIEL TICHENOR

Died At His Home In Sylvan Tuesday Morning. - He Was Born in 1802.

Chelsea, Mich., Oct. 24 - Special to Daily Argus. - Daniel Tichenor, the oldest inhabitant of the township of Sylvan died this morning. He had nearly reached the century mark and next Thursday would have been 97 years of age. He preserved his faculties in his later years to a remarkable degree. He left two sons and two daughters all having families.

Daniel Tichenor was born in Essex County, N. J., Oct. 26, 1802. He learned the trades of mill wright and shoemaker', and on attaining his majority went to Georgia, working in the pine woods. He built a mill in Maryland, years before Michigan beame a state. Later he was a night watchman in New York City during he Cholera plague in 1832 3. He went to Ohio in 1835. He was back in New York City from 1836 to 1841. In 1841 he came to Michigan and located in Waterloo township, Jackson County. He also tracted 130 acres in Sylvan township and lived on his farm for 23 ears. In 1864 he removed from his farm to the village of Chelsea, where he embarked in business. He was married to Elizabeth Maxwell, Sept. 7, 1825. She died in 1877. Something of Mr. Tichenors age may be learned, when it is known that he was a man of 35 when Michigan was admitted into the Union, that he was 23 years old when married, that he lived with his wife 52 years and survived her death by 22 years.