George E. Cowan and Mary Ward were married at the house of Silas Hurd, the first marriage in town; and Mrs. Proctor died in the house of Cloudin Stoughton and was buried on his farm.

The evidence

• “George E. Cowan and Mary Ward were married in 1840, at the house of Silas Hurd, it being the first marriage in town. In 1840, death claimed his first victim in the person of Mrs. Proctor, who died in the house of Cloudin Stoughton, and was buried on his farm.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 504 / book p. 508

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “George E. Cowan and Mary Ward were married in 1840 at the house of Silas Hurd, that being the first marriage in town. In 1840 death claimed its first victim in the person of Mrs. Proctor, who died in the house of Cloudin Stoughton and was buried on his farm.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 178 / book p. 684

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent