A marriage took place (to Miss Melissa J. Gillott).

The evidence

• “Wellman, of New York Mills ; this estimable lady died at Janesville, May 31, 1847, leaving a young son who survived only four months ; Dec. 30, 1852, he was married to Miss Melissa J. Gillott, who was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 698 / book p. 702

  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.

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