
| Short Name: | William M. Golden |
| Full Name: | Golden, William M. (William Matthew), 1878-1934 |
| Birth Year: | 1878 |
| Death Year: | 1934 |
Born: January 28, 1878, Webster County, Mississippi.
Died: May 13, 1934, in a traffic accident near Eupora, Mississippi.
Buried: Spring Valley Cemetery #2, Mathiston, Mississippi.
Son of James and Camella Hood Golding (his surname changed later), it is said he wrote most of his songs while serving an eight-year sentence in the state penitentiary. His only child reportedly died young.
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The family name change happened between the 1850 and 1860 U.S. Census, under the headship of William's grandfather, Anthony Foster Golding (Golden), in Choctaw County, Mississippi. James Monroe "Jimmy" Golden was born in March 1853.