A marriage to Miss Mary Wheeler

The evidence

• “Remained until about the year 1871, when he moved to Sec. 8, and purchased 160 acres, his present homestead. Married, Sept. 4, 1854, Miss Mary Wheeler, a native of New York, who died January, 1860. He married again, January, 1862, Miss Laura A.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/26-bios-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 832

  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