 The couple had one son Joseph Erasmus Gartrell (1852-1886).After the death of his first wife, Gartrell married Antoinette Phoebe Burke (1834-1882).They had three children, Vannie Gartrell Phinizy (1858-1887), Lucius J. Gartrell (1864-1865), and Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (1879-1944).