December 22, 1821
Mr. Davis (of Alfred) married Nancy Maxson/Maxon in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
The evidence
“He made a selection of wild timber-land, felled the forest trees, clearing away and burning the brush, breaking the fallow ground and bringing a farm under cultivation for a future home. December 22, 1821, he married, in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Miss Nancy Maxson, daughter of Luke and liydia Maxson, a woman of sound practical ability, of sterling Christian character, of great industry and economy, who proved a helpmeet in the fullest sense of the word ; they immediately settled in their humble home in Alfred.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 813 / book p. 817
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
On the printed page (PDF p. 813 / book p. 817) · open the whole page “Then returned east to Petersburg, N. Y., and married Nancy Maxon December 22, 1821. In the spring of 1822 they came to Alfred and began to keep house in the little log cabin—without a window or a door and with the ground for a floor.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 446 / book p. 936
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
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 446 / book p. 936) · open the whole page
