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September 24, 1840

Miss Olive Hall quit teaching and married James Pierce; the same date is given for James P.'s marriage to Olive Hall.

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  • “Crandall, at the munificent salary of $6 per month, she boarding at his house and doing chores for her board. The following year, to wit, on September 24, 1840, Miss Hall quit teaching, and went to keeping house, the much-favored gentleman being Mr. James Pierce, whom she married on that date.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 683

    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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