His biological child did not follow in their father's footsteps, but fell into straitened circumstances after Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures) and died in an accident, and his family lineage ceased to exist in 1905.
また、実子は父の志を継ぐことなく廃藩置県後に零落、1905年（明治38年）に不慮の死を遂げ、家系は途絶えた。