Barbara Battles (maiden name: Winborn) married John Battles on June 10, 1857, in Lawton, Michigan. They had seven children together, all born in Niles: Charles, born April 14, 1859; Edward, born January 30, 1861; Reuben, born March 20, 1863; Ellen, born April 14, 1865; Thomas, born around 1868; Susan, born December 16, 1875; and Martha, born January 31, 1879. Following her husband's death on February 19, 1908, she began a receiving a pension. Battles passed away from apoplexy in Chicago, Illinois, on June 24, 1911. She is buried in Niles.