A Beloit liveryman married Mary Ann Holmes, of Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass.

The evidence

• “Miller is said to have the best establishment of its kind in Beloit, keeping twenty-three horses and between twenty-five and thirty carriages of all descriptions ; he also owns two farms — one farm of 160 acres, all in cultivation, and valued at 18,000 ; the other, eighty acres, all cultivated, and valued at $2,000. Married, November 27, 1840, Mary Ann Holmes, of Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass. Members of the Presbyterian Church.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 755 / book p. 759

  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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