Giles served in world war I.
Note: Information contained in the manuscript titled "Joseph and Esther Knight Carpenter, A Soldier of the Revolution of Scituater, Rhode Island 1935 to 1980", on file at The Lackawanna Historical Society contains erroneous birth and death dates for Clinton H. Watson. These errors have been corrected in this file per e-mail from Kerry (Smith) Lyon dtd 1/10/2004.
There were six children born of the marrage.
Note: Information contained in the manuscript titled "Joseph and Esther Knight Carpenter, A Soldier of the Revolution of Scituater, Rhode Island 1935 to 1980", on file at The Lackawanna Historical Society contains family birth date errors for the Clinton H. Watson family which have been corrected in this file per e-mail from Kerry (Smith) Lyon dtd 1/10/2004.