Individual Details
Mariah Elizabeth "May" Holderness
(20 May 1876 - 3 Mar 1904)
The Holderness book gave her name as May M., but it was Mariah E. on the marriage record.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, Pine Bluff, AR, 11 Nov 1902, Tuesday, p.4
The Neihuss-Holderness nuptials will occur Wednesday evening at the Methodist church in Fordyce. The groom is Mr. Charles Wesley Neihuss of Lumber, Ark., and the bride is Miss Maria Elizabeth Holderness of Fordyce. Miss Arie McFadden, of this city, will be an attendant. mrs. H. I. Holderness and son, Miss McFadden and Miss Louise Freeman of St. Louis are already at Fordyce, and Messrs. H. I. Holderness and James Holderness of this city, brothers of the bride, will go to Fordyce tonight.
Died in childbirth. Family Bible says she died at her father's home. Marvin Holderness had the year as 1905 in his book. The Bible had 1904, but gave age as 28y 9m 13d which would be 1905. Note the following newspaper article - she died in 1904.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, Pine Bluff, AR, 3 Mar 1904, Thursday, p.4
DEATHS
Mrs. May Neihus, age twenty-three, wife of C. W. Neihus, died this morning at 8 o'clock at the residence of her father, Dr. J. H. Holderness at Fordyce after an illness of nearly four months. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from the family residence at Fordyce, Rev. Green conducting the services. mrs. Neihus was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Holderness at Fordyce and a sister of H. I. Holderness of this city. She formerly resided at Wesson, LA.
Events
| Birth | 20 May 1876 |  | |||
| Marriage | 12 Nov 1902 | Dallas County, Arkansas - Charles Wesley Niehuss | | ||
| Death | 3 Mar 1904 | Fordyce, Dallas County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Charles Wesley Niehuss (1873 - ) |
| Father | Algernon Sidney Holderness MD (1834 - 1904) |
| Mother | Catherine Barnes "Cattie" Dixon (1838 - 1928) |
| Sibling | George Dixon Holderness (1866 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Harry Iverson Holderness (1868 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Robert Thomas Holderness (1870 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Minnie Myrtle Holderness (1871 - 1950) |
| Sibling | William Thornton Holderness (1873 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Marvin Early Holderness (1877 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Dr. James Sidney Holderness (1879 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Sarah Virginia Holderness (1881 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled and written by Marvin E. Holderness, Sr., Holderness: History & Genealogy of the Holderness Family (New York c1958), p.16.
2. US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000., Arkansas, Calhoun Co, Moro; p.76B.
3. Email.
4. Compiled and written by Marvin E. Holderness, Sr., Holderness: History & Genealogy of the Holderness Family (New York c1958), p.16.
5. Holderness, Robert T. Research and family papers in his possession to include the A. S. Holderness family Bible. Jul 2001., Bible Record.