A marriage to Dolly Houston took place: P49 records it on November 18, 1828 at Ackworth, N. H., to Miss Dolly, daughter of Alexander Houston; P23 records the marriage to Dolly Houston, a connection of Gov. Houston, of Texas, in November 1828.

The evidence

• “He received his education and passed his boyhood in his native state, and for some years taught school there. On November 18, 1828, at Ackworth, N. H., he married Miss Dolly, daughter of Alexander Houston, who died December 30, 1854.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 503 / book p. 989

  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.

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