1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  William HOLDEN (æ 10, b. Orange Co., NC) is living in Guilford Co., NC, with his parents (q.v.)  Martha A. IDDINGS (æ 9, b. Guilford Co., NC) is living in Guilford Co., NC (p. 310B), with her parents, John H. IDDINGS (æ 42, b. Guilford Co., NC) & Nancy (æ 36, b. Guilford Co., NC), plus six siblings.

3.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Can't find William.  Martha IDDINGS (æ 20, b. NC) is living in Guilford Co., NC (p. 107A) with her parents, John H. IDDINGS (æ 50, b. NC) & Nancey (æ 38, b. NC), plus five siblings.

4.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Can't find William.  Martha IDDINGS (æ 23, b. NC) is living in Morehead Twp., Guilford Co., NC (p. 217A), with her parents, Howell IDDINGS (æ 62, b. NC) & Nancy (æ 52, b. NC), plus six siblings, including Franklin IDDINGS (æ 6, b. NC).

5.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 17):  Sumner Twp., Guilford Co., NC, Roll T9_965, p. 245B, PN 2, SD 2, ED 120, enumerated 2 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Holden William F

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Farmer

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______ Martha A

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Keeping House

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______ Charles E

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Iddings Franklin

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Farm Laborer

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Listed next to William's father, Solomon HOLDEN.  Franklin IDDINGS is Martha's brother.  Martha's widowed mother, Nancy (OZMENT) IDDINGS (æ 60, b. NC), is living in Morehead Twp., Guilford Co., NC (p. 239A); as expected, Franklin is not with her.

6.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed. 

7.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find William or Martha.  Their son, Charles HOLDEN, is living with William's nephew, Henry C. HOLDEN, supporting that William and Martha are probably deceased. 

8.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

9.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).