On the 5th of November, 1872, he was married to Miss M. E. Blain, of Malta Bend. She died on her twenty-sixth birth-day, January 1, 1881, leaving four children: Mary L., Minnie E., Ida E. and Samuel W.
They had seven children, Daisy, Ethel, Samuel, Ida, and three boys.-----[Does not match bio above]