Hi All, Last week I sent a brief biography of Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Wiram Knowlton (1816-1863) to the List. In it I wrote that Wiram had never been married or had children. I based my information on several sources, including family Bible records. So, imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this whilst searching the updated Historical Newspapers Collection at Ancestry.com: DIED. In this village, on Tuesday last, the 9th inst., of Chronic Bronchitis, Candace A. wife of Cap't Wiram Knowlton, and eldest daughter of Bennet Attwood, Esq. of Platteville, Wisconsin, aged 23 years. (Prairie du Chien Patriot, Feb 9, 1847) I was then given this corroboration by Dave Taft, Grant Co. WI historian: From the “Earliest Marriages of Grant County Wisconsin,” compiled by the Grant Co. Genealogical Society: Wiram Knowlton and Miss Candace Atwood, license issued 24 Jun 1842 by L. O. Shrader, Clerk. Married 6 Jul 1842 by Henry W. Reed, Minister at Platteville. Witnesses were James M. Goodhue, George W. Lakins, and Rev. F. T. Mitchell. Filed 18 Jul 1842. Recorded in Grant Co. Book-Sup. A, Pg. 2. So Judge/Justice/Cap't. Wiram Knowlton was married after all. I have still found nothing to indicate he ever had children, and don't think he did. But, who knows what will turn up next? A family tree is certainly a "living document", isn't it? Kari Flodin Researching Knowltons in Wisconsin