Carter Co. marriage book 13, p. 409, records the marriage on 3 Apr 1907 of William Hall, 22, born Gates, Ky, residence Soldier, father W. M. Hall born Floyd Co., mother Mary Hall (birthplace unspecified), to Ida Hall, 19, born Cranston, Ky, residence Cranston, father Floyd Hall born Floyd Co., mother Susan Johnson Hall (birthplace unspecified), at Jeff Bowen's by R. Tipton, witnesses David Hall and Manerva Brown. (Soldier is a small town in Carter Co. Gates was a railroad crossing community, now extinct, about 1/2 mile west of the present Hays Crossing in Rowan Co.)

William and Ida were third cousins.