Miss Margaret McEwen and Mr. James Murray were married by the Rev. Daniel Smith — the first marriage in the settlement.

The evidence

• “The first persons to be adjudged guilty of matrimony in the new settlement were Miss Margaret McEwen and Mr. James Murray, who were aided and abetted in their course during the year 1839, by the Rev. Daniel Smith.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 677 / book p. 681

  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