John T. married Mariah Jane Akerman in Allen County, Ohio on November 24, 1859. Mariah Jane was born there in Allen County on July 5, 1842. They had 9 children over the next 20 years: Francis M. (b. 1860), William H. (b. 1862), Andrew C (b. 1864), Mary E. (b. 1865), Humphery A. (b. 1867), Hannah E. (b. 1870), John R. (b. 1873), Raphous (b. 1875), Kiria M. (b. 1878). The first 6 of which were born in Jackson Township, Allen county, Ohio. Sometime in the 1870's John T. moved his family to Jackson Township in Paulding County. By 1900, John T. was living in Paulding Township and listed as a widow, thus Mariah Jane died before 1900, probably in Paulding County, Ohio. John died in 1901 in Paulding County.