Marriages recorded in 1845 outside Rock County: married Hannah Fitzpatrick in Ireland ; married Maria D. Moore in July 1845 ; married Sarah Martin in Staten Island ; married Miss Harriet J. Knapp ; married Miss Betsey Burdick ; married Miss Emily Shumway ; married Miss Jane Scott ; married Anne Piger ; married in 1845 (Ireland) ; the mother of the memoirist married Mr. Samuel Hinman .

The evidence

• “P. 0. Janesville; born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1825; came to America in 1845 ; came to Wisconsin in 1854, locating at Center Township, Rock Co. Married Hannah Fitzpatrick in 1845, a native of County Cork; were married in Ireland; have six children — ■ James, William, Ellen, Katie, Hannah and Eloisa. Members of the Roman Catholic Church.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 705 / book p. 709

  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

  

• “Merrill's tuition I began the study of algebra and of Latin and Greek. In 1845 my mother married Mr. Samuel Hinman, of Waukesha, Wis., one of the best men that ever lived, and we went to his farm near that village, where we remained a year or two.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/15-colleges.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 329 / book p. 302

  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