Richard Henry Carden (1854 - 1940)

Born 20 Dec 1854 in Hamiltons, Larue, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Cyntha Ann Elizabeth Beard — married 20 Feb 1879 in Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky

Husband of Sarah Catherine (Lindsay) Carden — married 20 Sep 1891 in Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States

Husband of Cora Ellen Claxton — married 27 Sep 1927 in Grovespring, Wright, Missouri, United States

Husband of Carrie Elizabeth West — married 12 Mar 1931 (to 1934) in Laclede, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1940 at age 85 in Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri

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Biography

Richard was born in 1854. He passed away in 1940. Richard Henry Carden was the first child and only son of Joel and Fannie Bowles Carden. He was born in Hamiltons, Larue County, Kentucky. He was listed as a farmer in the early census' of Kentucky. About 1886, when 35 years old, he traveled with a group of relatives and neighbors to Arkansas with his family by covered wagon. Aunt Verba Carden said she remembered the wagon was horse drawn. Richard's family did not remain in Arkansas long, as he became involved in some sort of "rukus" and moved to Laclede County, Missouri near other kinfolk. Dick was married four times.

Richard seems to have been married three additional times after his second wife's death; to Artetia S Damerson who was born 20 April 1859 in Webster, Missouri.( I neglected to source his marriage to Artetia.) Fourth marriage was to Cora E Cope, 27 September 1927 ( Bk L, pg 350), and fifth to Carrie E West, 13 March 1931 (bk m, pg 036)

Sources

• Bible of Richard H. Carden, The Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio, undated.
• Missouri Death Certificate # 25540.
• Metcalfe County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds, pg 257
• Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910
• 1860 Census of Barren County, Kentucky, District No 1, Glasgow PO M653-354, Page 817.