Carden, Pennington and Watson Family Information
Furnished by Candy Price
(With Pennington Information furnished by Walter Pennington, Jr.)

Watson Births:

James Yancey Watson married Frances McPherson. (no dates yet on these two)

James Robert Watson (s/o James Yancey Watson and Frances McPherson) married Ella Elizabeth Pennington  
James Robert Watson was born April 20, 1880 and died April 3, 1959.   

Ella Elizabeth Pennington Watson was born August 3, 1879 and died May 16, 1935.     

James Walter Watson (s/o James R. Watson and Ella Pennington was born June 22, 1901 and died August 1981

Melvin Watson (s/o James and Ella) was born December 19, 1905 and died July 12, 1982

Carmen Watson (d/o James and Ella) was born May 6, 1908 and died December 4, 2000

Laura Watson (d/o James and Ella) was born June 21, 1909

Thomas Woodrow Watson (s/o James and Ella) was born October 27, 1912 and died December 27, 1997 

Mildred Watson (d/o of James and Ella) was born January 25, 1916 and died September 28, 1979

There is one more son of James and Ella and his name is Robert, but I do not have any information on him.

Watson Marriages:

James Yancey Watson married Frances McPherson

James Robert Watson married Ella Elizabeth Pennington

James Walter Watson married Maime Teal February 4, 1922 in Alamance County.

Melvin Watson married Inez Smith

Carmen Watson married John Willie Brooks, Sr.

Laura Watson married Garland Mayton

Thomas Woodrow Watson married Beulah Elizabeth Carden on June 1, 1935 in Alamance County.  

Mildred Watson never married.

 Pennington Deaths:

William Hezekiah Pennington died After 1880

Nancy Ann Clark (w/o William Hezekian Pennington) died October 21, 1893

James Wesley Pennington (s/o William H. Pennington and Nancy A. Clark) died in 1925

Laura Anna Straughn (w/o James Wesley Pennington) died March 14, 1932

Ella Elizabeth Pennington (d/o of James W. Pennington and Laura Straughn) died May 16, 1935

Information on William H. Pennington, Nancy Ann Clark, James Wesley Pennington and Laura Straughn
was provided to Candy by Walter Pennington, Jr.

Information on Ella Elizabeth Pennington was obtained through death certificate.
 
Pennington Marriage:

John O. Pennington married Maggie Wrenn on Nov. 24, 1924 in Alamance Co., NC 

Carden Births/Deaths:

William M. Carden Born: 1820    Died: Before 1880

Demarius Overman Carden  Born: 1847    Died: October 24, 1933

James Ira Carden, Sr. (Son of William and Demarius Carden) Born: March 31, 1869    Died: April 23, 1937

Eldie Ruth Ball Carden (W/O James Ira Carden Sr.) Born: November 3, 1880    Died: May 16, 1940

Ernest Everette Carden (S/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: August 10, 1902    Died: July 14, 1993

Dexter Carden (S/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: October 15, 1905    Died: November 11, 1988

Julius Helton Carden (S/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: April 3, 1907    Died: May 24, 1948

Beulah Elizabeth Carden (D/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: June 27, 1909    Died: November 23, 1989

Lucius Carden (S/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: June 7, 1913

Lessie Marie Carden (D/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: March 04, 1915    Died: December 14, 1988

James Ira Carden, Jr. (S/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: February28, 1917    Died: November 12, 1981

Jasper Carden (S/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: March 09, 1919    Died: September 16, 1980

Donald Carden (S/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: January 10, 1921     Died: April 29, 1977

Pauline Carden (D/O James and Eldie Carden) Born: April 22, 1924  

Carden Marriages:

William M. Carden Married Demarius Overman on December 11, 1861

James Ira Carden, Sr. Married Eldie Ruth Ball: Marriage Date not known

Ernest Everette Carden Married Fern Culberson   D/O Charles Andrew Culberson and Annie Core

Dexter Carden Married Myrtle Dodson

Beulah Elizabeth Carden Married Thomas Woodrow Watson June 01, 1935

Lucius Carden Married Virginia Dare Turner

Lessie Marie Carden Married Jessie Williard Whitfield   S/O Haywood W. Whitfield and Cordie Moone

James Ira Carden, Jr. Married Frances Hamilton

Pauline Carden Married 1st George Wilson, Sr. and 2nd Marvin Shoemaker

Added Aug. 8, 2003