Part 1 (M87-268): Original Collection, 1839-1840
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Letters, 1839-1840, from Vernon Tichenor to his wife Charlotte Tichenor, who was still in New York, describing his journey to Milwaukee via the Great Lakes with descriptions of cities along the way, the landscape and wildlife, and the people he encountered, including Native Americans.

Vernon Tichenor, Wisconsin, letters to Charlotte Tichenor, New York: autograph manuscript photocopies, 1839 September 5-1840 May 3

Part 2 (M92-314): Additions, 1842-1894
Physical Description: 1.6 cubic feet (5 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, including Civil War draft records, as well as bounty and pension records for Waukesha County residents. Most bounty and pension records are for Wisconsin units, but also from other states, as well as a few for the War of 1812 and one for the Second Seminole War. The Civil War bounty and pension records are arranged by place, unit, then surname, the majority having served with the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Records of the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry include reports from the draft commissioner to the adjutant general, and records about appointments, exemptions, equipage, ordnance, clothing, and inspection reports. Also includes an 1893 reminiscence about the Union's capture of Mobile written by Tichenor's son, Captain Willis V. Tichenor. Other material in the collection includes a list of individuals attending the September 13, 1852 convention of the Free Democracy Party; Tichenor's speech at the 1852 convention; and an 1842 handwritten lecture (with anti-Catholic sentiments), from Tichenor about vice and virtue, temperance, equality, and the need for reform. Tichenor was a strong supporter of abolition, reflected in his notes on the 1847 founding of the abolitionist group the Waukesha County Bible Society.

United States Civil War

Draft

Report to Adjutant, 1862 September-November

Appointments of Sergeants and Corporals, 1862

Exemptions of "Aliens"
Note: Non-United States citizens.

Fees and forms, clothing allowances, United States Army, 1863

Fees and forms, passes for travel, 1862

Forms, 1862

Number of enrolled militia, 1862

Order for drafting of militia (#99), 1862

Miscellaneous, 1862

Letter from C.H. Purpls, 1862 August 19

Proof of services and notices, 1862

Men who received subsistence of Silas Barber, 1862

Accounts for Waukesha County, 1862-1863

Waukesha County exemptions, 1863

Waukesha County failure to report, 1862

28th Wisconsin Volunteers

Deceased soldiers, 1863-1864

Clothing, camp and garrison equipage, Company G

1864 January-June

1864 August-December

1865 April

Inventory and inspection reports, 1864-1865

Miscellaneous reports, 1864

Transportation and clothing accounts, 1863-1865

Monthly returns, Company G, 1863

Muster and pay rolls, 1864-1865

Ordnance-invoice of stores, 1864

Ordnance-reports, acknowledgements, 1864-1865

Ordnance-returns, 1863-1865

Descriptive roll, Company G

Company saving papers, 1864-1865

Transportation and furlough, James H. Lahee, 1864

Medical discharges, orders, company savings, furloughs, enlistments, and clothing issues, Company G, 1863-1864

Bounty and pension

General

Carroll College, Orson M. Tyler, 1875

Fees and forms, pension fees, 1869, 1871, 1887

Pension forms, application for bounty, 1872

Pension forms, minor children, 1873

Army and Navy pension regulations, 1871

Wisconsin Units

1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery

Edwin D. Brigham regarding William Cox, 1870

Peter Stuss, 1874

Eliza Warner, widow, of Private Edward Warner, to establish widow pension, 1865-1867

7th Wisconsin Battery

George S. and Ann Bramwell regarding James Bramwell, 1867-1868

1st Wisconsin Cavalry

Hiram Foote regarding Horatio K. Foote, 1867

Jenkins W. Hill, 1873

Harriet L. Johnson regarding Martin W. Johnson, 1863

Henry and Eunice Vosburgh regarding John Vosburgh, 1867-1868

Fanny Warr regarding George F. Warr, 1868

3rd Wisconsin Cavalry

Ann Buckett regarding Thomas Barry, 1867, 1874

Betsey M. Stockwell regarding Ezra Stockwell, 1863-1868

1st Wisconsin Volunteers

Sophronia Ayer regarding Stephan S. Ayer, 1868

Sylvester and Susan L. Brown regarding William Brown, 1868

James and Jane Elliott regarding Samuel Elliott, 1867

William and Sarah C. Guthrie regarding David F. Guthrie, 1868

Jenkins W. and Ruth A. Hill regarding Daniel Hill, 1864, 1872-1873

Louis and Lamira Kellogg regarding Orlando F. Kellogg, 1867-1868

Almeda Peck regarding Romantha C. Peck, 1868

Catherine Spiers regarding William B. Spiers, 1867

Narcissa Carmaday regarding Charles Stedman, 1868

2nd Wisconsin Volunteers

William H. Foote, 1873

George Laasze, 1873

4th Wisconsin Volunteers

James and Dinah Hardy regarding Henry Hardy, 1868

5th Wisconsin Volunteers

Thomas N. Coleman, 1874

Orlando Culver, 1873

Hiram Hines, 1873

Henry C. Hyde, 1872

Margaret Pugh regarding John D. Jones, 1868

George Klock, 1870-1878

Warren H. Shaul, 1873

7th Wisconsin Volunteers

Richard and Mary Jones regarding Obadiah Jones, bounty, Company G, 1867-1868

9th Wisconsin Volunteers

John Hille, bounty and discharge, Company D, 1864-1865

Peter Stacy, Company K, 1874

10th Wisconsin Volunteers

Agnes Howitt regarding Andrew and George Howitt, undated

Orville and Sarah L. Tyler, 1865-1868

Lydia A. Wright regarding Horatio Wright, 1864

17th Wisconsin Volunteers

James Brown and Peter Korn, 1867

19th Wisconsin Volunteers

James and Jane Elliott regarding Thomas Elliott, 1867

22nd Wisconsin Volunteers

Kimble C. and Mary Ellis regarding Calvin Ellis, 1867

24th Wisconsin Volunteers

Charles F. Brownell, undated

James Butchers, 1869-1870

Regarding Roya and M.M. Putney, 1865-1867

Sherman G.M. Putney, 1867

Augustus Springsted, undated

Joseph and Mary Todhunter, 1867

25th Wisconsin Volunteers

Harriet J. Dodge, 1863-1864

28th Wisconsin Volunteers

George C. Nancy Alexander regarding George T. Alexander, 1865-1867

Moses A. Beain regarding Clement J. Beain, 1868

Mary Blanchard regarding Joseph C. Blanchard, 1868, undated

Almira Porter regarding Philip Bocker, 1869

Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Brown regarding James B. Brown, 1868

John Carpenter, 1872-1873

Christine Christison regarding George Christison, 1869

Fanny Cross regarding August Cross, 1864

James Middleton regarding Thomas Donaldson, 1867-1868

Thomas Edwards, 1879-1880

Mary Gannon regarding John Gannon, 1863-1868

Thomas Green, 1867

Richard R. Griffing, 1867

Thomas Tenant regarding Isiah B.J. Hindes, 1863, 1865, 1868

James Hines regarding John Hines, 1864, 1866

Marietta Hogg regarding Samuel Hogg, 1866

Harriet Howard regarding Albert and Spencer Howard, 1865, 1867-1868
Note: Also 2nd California Cavalry.

Harriet C. Howard regarding Nathaniel Howard, 1864

Marion Howie regarding John R. Howie, 1864

Martha H. Johnson regarding Thomas J. Johnson, 1863

Margaretta L. Jones regarding Jarez Jones, undated

Louisa Kieselbach regarding George Kieselbach, 1864-1865, 1867

Leon King, 1878

Samuel W. Warner regarding Samuel S. Kellogg, 1868-1869

Elizabeth McGill regarding Charles N. McGill, 1864-1865, 1868

Mary Malloy regarding James Malloy, 1863-1864

Maria Melius regarding Jacob H. Melius, 1863-1866

Michael O'Brien regarding Timothy O'Brien, 1868

Emily A. Swan regarding William W. Swan, 1869

Margaret Thornton regarding John Thornton, 1867-1870

Frederick Wardrobe, 1867

William and Harriet Warr regarding Austin C. Warr, 1869

29th Wisconsin Volunteers

Christian Menden, 1869

31st Wisconsin Volunteers

William Barnes regarding William H. Barnes, 1867

32nd Wisconsin Volunteers

Regarding James Ressegine, 1866, 1868

35th Wisconsin Volunteers

John J. Shafer, 1870

36th Wisconsin Volunteers

George W. Church regarding Samuel Smith, 1864, 1866

38th Wisconsin Volunteers

Phebe S. Hatch Stanley regarding Allanson Hatch, 1868-1869

39th Wisconsin Volunteers

Jane Blackwell regarding Charles Blackwell, pension, Company B, 1864-1865, 1873

Roll, undated

John R. Weaver regarding James M. Cady, 1867

Amelia Martin regarding William Martin, 1867

42nd Wisconsin Volunteers

Eliza C. Hollenbeck regarding Robert Hollenbeck, 1865

Non-Wisconsin Units

Jerusha Clark regarding William O. Clark, 1st United States Sharpshooters, 1869

Orson M. Tyler regarding John Wyne, 12th United States Infantry, 1867

James Hardy regarding William Hardy, 24th United States Infantry, 1868

Betsy Starkey regarding Henry C. Starkey, 37th United States Infantry, 1867

Henry Johnson, 67th United States Colored Infantry, 1874

Henry Johnson discharge, 67th Colored Infantry, Company K, 1865

Arron and Elvira Putnam regarding Periander Putnam, 66th Illinois Volunteers, 1869

John Taylor, 8th Kansas Infantry, 1864

James Moots, 11th Battalion Massachusetts Volunteers, 1869, 1872-1873

Charles McDonald, 4th Michigan Volunteers, 1873

Henry Kratz, 19th Michigan Volunteers, 1874

Bani Utter regarding Charles S. Utter, 1st Minnesota Volunteers, 1867

John Simpson, 5th Minnesota Volunteers, 1862-1863

Elvira Durfrey regarding Edward L. Durfrey, 14th Missouri Volunteers, 1857, 1862-1863

George Howlett, 33rd Missouri Volunteers, 1864

Christy McVean regarding Daniel McVean, 8th New York Cavalry, 1866-1867

Hugo Philler, 45th New York Volunteers, 1882

Jane H. Hollingworth regarding William Slack, 45th New York Volunteers, 1865-1874

Josephine Bodett regarding Peter Bodett, 8th Vermont Volunteers, 1867

Unknown units

Harriet Boles, 1869

Herman Butkin, 1878-1879

Marion Corvie, 1864

William George, 1869

George A. and Barbara J. Gross, 1870-1872

Jenkins W. Hill, 1874

Harriet C. Howard, 1867

Catherine Howie, 1863

George Laasze, 1873

John Ross, 1881-1883

Reuben F. Sherman

Zilpha Swallow, husband killed in action at Shiloh

Envelopes (no contents), 1856-1880

War of 1812

Bounty and Pension

Pension Act of 1871

undated

Newell Angel, 1855, 1857

Alson Austin, 1871

Magdalena Bence regarding Francis Bence, 1882-1883

Patrick Bulman, 1855

Sarah Cady regarding Rufus M. Cady, 1854, 1871-1872

William Campbell, 1855

Benjamin Carpenter, 1855, 1871

Leman Clark, 1855-1857

Frederick Dopkins, 1856-1857

Lewis Dopkins, 1855

Orange Eno, 1855-1858

Peter Gemes/James (deserter), 1856-1857

Charles Graves/Dutee, 1854

Charles Graves, 1855

Sophronia Hollister regarding Hiram Hollister, 1871, 1873

Rufus Hopkins, 1855, 1858

Josiah Jones, 1855-1856

Ephraim Labor, 1858

Erastus Loveland, 1855

Solomon McCumber, 1855

George McWhorter, 1859

Eunice Mower regarding Timothy Mower, 1855-1856

Jeremiah Rose, 1855-1856

James W. Rossman, 1855-1856

Nathan Scranton, 1855

Adam Shultis, 1871-1872

Daniel Smith and Charity C. Smith, 1871, 1878-1879

Moses Tichenor, 1855, 1871-1873

William Van Schaick, 1855

Leonard Wheeler, 1856

Myron Woodard, 1858

Second Seminole War (also known as the "Florida War")

Lang Warrant

Kinchen Greer, 1857

Other papers relating to Vernon Tichenor and Willis V. Tichenor

Harper's Supplement, Franco-Prussian War, 1871

General Land Office circular, 1877

Formation of Waukesha Company Bible Society, 1847

Bonds and securities, 1880

Forms, preparation and adjustment of claims, 1874

Indentures, 1842, 1850-1851, 1854-1855, 1864, 1883

IRS claim agent, 1868

Legal correspondence, 1858-1876

Powers of attorney, 1848

Probate, 1847

Captain Willis V. Tichenor, MOLLUS (Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States), 1885, 1894

Political parties and speeches, 1852

Village of Waukesha, officers and by-laws, 1857

"Reminiscences of the Capture of Mobile," Willis V. Tichenor, 1893

State of Wisconsin, Assembly journal, 1864

State of Wisconsin, Legislature, 1869

Wisconsin State Supreme Court and Circuit Court, 1862-1872

Waukesha Historical/Civil War-Tichenor materials from Nan Monk