He married Sallie Ann Ireland . Sallie Ann Ireland was born at Kentucky 31 Oct 1829 daughter of Hc Ireland and .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Benjamin Franklin Holden
born 13 Nov 1843/48.
John J. Holden
born 1847.
Sallie M. Holden
born 18 Apr 1855.
Emily Holden
born 1857.
Emily (Emma) Holden
born 1863.
James Harvey Holden
born 12 Nov 1864.
Charles Ireland Holden
born 22 Oct 1866.
Nora Mead Holden
born 16 Oct 1869.
Ernest Holden
born 1871.
Mattie Holden
born 1873.
Virginia Ida Holden
born 1875.
Sallie Ann Ireland died 2 Oct 1910 at Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas .