Person

William Carden (Nelson County, Ky, farmer, miller, and retail dealer)

b. 1828? d. 1880-05

Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer, miller, and retail dealer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ann Lloyd Carden in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on January 17, 1850. Father of Alice Carden and Fannie Carden. Married to Kate Carden. Farmer in Shelby County in 1850. Blacksmith in Louisville in 1860. Employed Michael Keely as an apprentice blacksmith in Louisville in 1860. Mill owner in Nelson County in 1860. Retail dealer in New Haven in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 391B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 935.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, New Haven, p. 185B.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, p. 898.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Nelson County, KY, August 1863, p. 102.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 09, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 46.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages 1842-1853, Film 000482707.

“William A. Cardin (1828-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial 188698955, accessed June 16, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188698955.

KYR-0001-004-0014.

Citation

Carden, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212369 (November 12, 2026).

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