Deaths and remarriage dated only to the year: a settler's wife (Mary Esther [Fitch]) died in Palmyra, N.Y., where they had lived four years, and he married again the same year, Eliza Ann, widow of C. B. ; a settler's wife Elizabeth died in 1840, leaving one child ; an unnamed first wife in a biographical sketch .

The evidence

• “Fitch, and had four children ; his wife died in Palmyra, N. Y., in 1840, where they had lived four years; he married again in Palmyra, the same year, Eliza Ann, widow of C. B.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 771

  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