A marriage took place at Beloit.

The evidence

• “He now oWns 133 acres; Married at Beloit, Nov. 4, 1850, Miss Anna M. Waters, a native of Ohio.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/31-bios-porter.md, PDF p. 866 / book p. 870

  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