Wm. M. and Ellis Doty purchased the entire Messenger establishment and changed its title to The Wisconsin Family Messenger.

The evidence

• “Doty, editor. March 17, 1856, Wm. M. and Ellis Doty purchased the entire establishment and continued the Messenger as a semi-monthly journal, changing the title to The Wisconsin Family Messenger.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 208 / book p. 188

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources