The Titchenal Saga

350 Years of
Faith and Hope
and Family Life in America

The Geneology and History of
Thirteen Generations of the Tichenor and Titchenal Families
Coupled with American and Local History

by Oliver Ray Titchenal

edited and converted to Web format by Titchenal family members

Forward and Acknowledgements

• Family heirlooms
• Connecting Titchenal to Tichenor
• Gold Under the Sycamore Tree
• The Spirit of Adventure
• The Dream
• The Titchenal Wives
• History in the Making
• More Acknowledgements
• The Context of History
• History of the Name Tichenor-Titchenal
• The Twelve Generations

Part 1 - The Rivers Run West

• The End and Beginning
• The Titchenals in Morristown, New Jersey
• The Move to Virginia
• The Moses Titchenal Family along the Potomac
• Moses' Entrepreneur Days and Death in Maryland
• David Tichenal and family move to Harrison County, Virginia and meet the Harbert family
• John Titchenal and Rebecca Harbert leave for Missouri & Arkansas
• Wilderness and a City, John dies young, Rebecca and brothers sue their Mother, William visits Ohio
• 1839 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio and the Dickason and Harbert families
• The Dickason Family
• Return to Fort Smith

Part 2 - The Gold Under the Sycamore Tree

• Westward HO, The covered wagon trip to Texas and California
• The Pacific Coast and California
• Gold Mining in Murphys
• Life Style Changes, farming, grapes & wine and back to mining in Horintos 1853-1856
• Life in Horintos during the Civil War and back home in Arkansas
• William and Sarah Move to Southern California
• Into the Twentieth Century John Jackson Titchenal
• What happened to our relatives that stayed in Maryland, West Virginia, Arkansas & Northern California
• The Family Affliction

Part 3 - The Titchenal Cherokee Connection

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Ruben William Freeman Keith
• Chapter 3 - Life in Indian Territory
• Chapter 4 - Who were my ancestors and when and why did they live in Indian Territory?

This web site is based on the works of the late Oliver R. Titchenal (c)1996. Not-for-profit use of Mr. Titchenal's material is encouraged provided he is credited. Mr. Titchenal researched and wrote these stories over his lifetime. We were not always able to determine where specific material came from or who should be contacted for use permission. Our apologies if we have included other's work without acknowledgement or permission. If you are the copyright owner and would like something credited or removed please contact:

The Titchenal Saga is maintained by Stephen Titchenal