OvenshineIn andApril his wife1864, Ovenshine married Sallie Yeatman (Thompson) in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite news |date=April 15, 1864 |title=Wedding Announcement, Lieutenant S. Ovenshine and Sallie Y. Thompson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-married/158572263/ |work=Daily Missouri Democrat |location=St. Louis, Missouri |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> They were the parents of seven children, six of whom lived to adulthood.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 6, 1932 |title=Hero Of Two Wars Dies At Home here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-obituary-for-samuel-ovenshi/158531778/ |work=[[The Washington Star|The Evening Star]] |location=Washington, D.C. |page=B-4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*Harriet, the wife of army officer Edwin Babbitt Weeks<ref>{{cite news |date=August 31, 1948 |title=Death Notice, Harriet O. Weeks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-obituary-for-harriet-o-wee/158561878/ |work=[[The Washington Star|The Evening Star]] |location=Washington, D.C. |page=A-8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
