Mrs. Merrill died.

The evidence

• “In March, 1852, Mrs. Merrill died, and in September, 1853, he married Miss Jane G.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 324 / book p. 821

  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