Gilbert married Sophronia Louisa Capen on 23 Jan 1857 in Lock Township, , Ingham, Michigan, USA. Sophronia (daughter of Nahum Whitcomb Capen and Paulina Wood) was born on 5 Feb 1839 in Southfield Township, , Oakland, Michigan, USA; died on 4 Nov 1908 in Lock, Ingham, Michigan, USA; was buried on 8 Nov 1908 in Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frank F. Smith was born in 1858 in Lock Township, , Ingham, Michigan, USA.
2. Ethella Smith was born about 1859 in Lock Township, , Ingham, Michigan, USA.
3. Ruben Smith was born in 1864 in Lock Township, , Ingham, Michigan, USA; died about 1881.
4. Mary Adella Smith was born in 1870 in Chapin Township, , Saginaw, Michigan, USA; died in 1950 in Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan, USA.
5. Andrew Frandon Smith was born about 1876 in Chapin Township, , Saginaw, Michigan, USA; died on 1 Jan 1929.
6. Emma Estelle Smith was born on 16 Nov 1878 in Chapin Township, , Saginaw, Michigan, USA; died on 2 Apr 1940 in Dimondale, Eaton, Michigan, USA; was buried in 1940 in Deepdale Cemetery, , Eaton, Michigan, USA.
7. Melvin Smith was born in Feb 1882 in Chapin Township, , Saginaw, Michigan, USA.