A marriage to Caroline Nye, of Beloit.

The evidence

• “He came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1849, and settled at Johnstown. March 16, 1853, was married to Caroline Nye, of Beloit. In 1868, he sold his farm and bought one of 274 acres near Janesville, in the town of La Prairie.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/26-bios-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 831 / book p. 835

  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