He married Phoebe Ellen Lucas (nee Beck) on 8 Nov 1883 at Niantic, Macon Co, IL. (this was her second marriage, after the first to John R. Lucas on 10/25/1876 in Macon Co, IL). She died 7 Nov 1946 in Decatur, IL.
They are listed with 4 children and a step-daughter in the 1900 census, at which time only 6 of her 9 children were still living.