William and Sarah had nine children: Barbara, Noah, Isaac, Edward, Martha, Mary, Columbus, Sarah and Charles.

Only Barbara, Edward, Martha and Sarah lived past their twenties.

Isaac (1845-1863) drowned in a river the year after Noah died. We don’t have much information about him other than a letter to him written by a friend shortly before he died.

An entry from Minnie Lee’s journal about her uncle Isaac

Edward (1848-1902) married Martha Moorehead and had two children, Nonae and James. His obituary says “his early life was spent on the farm, and when he grew to manhood he followed blacksmithing, and then engaged in the undertaking business in Fargo. He was named after Edward Smith, a great opposer of slavery.

We don’t have any information on Martha (1853-1933) other than this picture. Likewise with Mary (1850-1874), Columbus (1855-1878) although we do have his picture with Sarah, or Charles (1861-1862).