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- Atchison-Cowan Database
In the "History of Preston County" by S.T.Wiley, 1882, he writes; "...the Rev. Moses Titchenell, born in 1807, and licensed to preach in 1826 in the M.E. Church. He was a presiding elder in the West Virginia Conference for twelve years, and, in 1870, moved to Illinois, and died there May 23, 1877.
Rev. Titchnell was a Methodist Episcopal minister in the Tyler Circuit according to Braxton County, Virginia Marriage Book I.
In the "Tichenor Families in America": Moses and Elvira Titchenell lived in Marion Co., (W)VA in the 1850's where they owned property. They moved to Christian Co., Illinois in 1870. His will written Dec 24, 1874, and proved May 31,1876, named his wife, Elvira, to whom he left all his property. The will also named his parents, Stephen and Lydia Titchenell. He was a minister and presiding elder of the WV conference of the M.E. Church for 12 years. He was licensed to preach in 1826. A History of the "Smithton Community" mentioned his preaching: "At the Junction of Buckeye Creek, with Middle Island, North Western Virginia, in the home of the Archibald family, the Rev. Moses Tichnell, a pioneer Methodist Minister preached the gospel to the settlers, here the first Methodist class was organized in 1840."
Also, in 1870, Moses organized the Millersville M.E. Church in Christian County.
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1807 - 1876 (69 years)
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