sentences:  His widow died in 1859.His descendants continued to serve, as officers, in the French army and still reside at Château du Bignon.Through his only surviving son Daniel, he was a grandfather of two boys, Arthur O'Connor (1844–1909), who served in the French army, and Fernand O'Connor (1847–1905), a Brigade General who served in Africa and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.