Mr. (Burlison?) married Miss Sally Briggs.

The evidence

• “Married Miss Sally Briggs, of Wyoming Co., N. Y., Dec. 31, 1844; she died Oct. 9, 1846, leaving one child — Nelson A., born in 1845, who, in the fall of 1861, enlisted in the 33d Wis. V.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/33-bios-magnolia.md, PDF p. 873

  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.

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