He married Sarah Eleanor Newman before 1863, prob. in WV and they had 9 known children. One son, Lewis Marion Smithson, migrated to Lawshe, Adams Co., OH where he died in 1936. He married Lovie BUSH in Scott Co. IL in 1898 and they were divorced by 1906. They had two daughters and an unnamed son who died young. Would like information on his life after the divorce.
Old photo taken in Jacksonville, IL shows possibility of blue eyes.