readings disagree) — Trinity Church (Episcopal), Janesville, was organized by Rev. Thomas J. Ruger with six communicants.

The evidence

• “Thomas J. Ruger, on the 18th day of September, 1844, that Trinity Church, Janesville, was organized. There were thon six communicants.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 183 / book p. 165

  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

  

• “September 18, 1844, Trinity Episcopal church was organized by Rev. Thomas Ruger, with six members. October 13, 1844, the First Baptist church of Janesville was organized by Rev. Jeremiah Murphy with thirteen members.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 23 / book p. 537

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent