I think this is his first marriage:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...nSearchResults
I thought I recognised the bride's name and that we had looked at it before, but maybe not?
12 Nov 1855 Wigan All Saints, Joseph Whalley 22 bachelor labourer, residence Upholland, father John Whalley labourer, and Nancy Bibby 26 spinster, residence Upholland, father William Bibby nail maker.
Then there is a Nancy Whalley death Jan-Mar 1857 Pemberton sub-district, age 29.