Individual Details

World War I Draft registration, dated 5 Jun 1917. John Russell Holderness was then age 23. His address was the Post Office at Commerce, Texas. He was born 1 Mar 1894 in Cumby, Texas. He was a physician, employed at Harper Hospital, Detroit, Mich. He was single. John is described as of medium height, medium build, with brown eye and dark blond hair.
He did serve in World War I - he is on a list of Commerce Men in Service, 11 Nov 1919.
And from the The Commerce Journal, 14 Jul 1919: Dr. & Mrs. Holderness left Monday for New York to visit their son Lt. Holderness.

Texas World War I Records, digitized on FamilySearch.org
John Russell Holderness of Commerce, Hunt Co, TX was born in Commerce on 1 Mar 1894. Called into active service as 1st Lt, MC (marine corps?) on 29 Jun 1929. He was assigned to Medical Corps. Principal stations: Rockefeller Inst. NY; Army Med Sch, Washington, DC; Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, Cp Greenleaf, GA. He did not serve overseas. Honorably discharged 11 Dec 1918 - services no longer required.

The Commerce Journal, 30 Jan 1920, p.5
Dr. J. R. Holderness to Practice Here
Dr. J. R. Holderness has returned to Commerce to engage in the practice of his profession. He has been in the North for the past three years.
During his absence, he was employed in Harper's Hospital of Detroit and these places in New York City: Lying-In-Hospital, Broad St. Hospital, Willard Parker Hospital, Army Medical school at Rockefeller Foundation, and for the past nine months as medical examiner at the home office of the Equitable Life Insurance Co.
Dr. Holderness was reared in Commerce, and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Holderness. The Journal bespeaks for him a hearty welcome in our midst.

1920 Census. Manhattan Assembly Dist 9, New York, NY, Hh 119
West 99th ST - rooming house
John R. Holderness, Lodger, age 25, b. Texas, Physician

I found a John R. Holderness living in Dallas in 1930, Lodger of Jack Mason He was age 36, a Doctor in general practice.

1940 Census. Veterans Administrative Hospital (Neurophsychiatric), McLennan, TX, p. 2A
John R. Holderness, inmate, age 46, b. TX - 5 years ago was apparently in the same place as all the inmates are marked as living Rural, McLennan, TX
Marked M, crossed out with 7 - indicated married but not living with spouse

CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS OF HUNT CO TX, Vol. IV by Robert Lee Thompson & Kathy Lynn Penson, 1980:
Rosemount Cemetery, Commerce, Hunt Co TX, buried with his parents. Lt. J. Russell 1894-1941.

Texas Death Certificate 28737, for John R. Holderness
Mclennan County, Veterans Administration Facility
Length of residence where death occurred - 9 years 30 day.
Residence of deceased - Commerce, Hunt Co, TX
John died 8 Jun 1941 - his doctor had attended him since 1932. He died of a coronary thrombosis, but Dementia - Praecox Hebephrenic Type - was a contributory cause
Dementia praecox (a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") refers to a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood. It is schizophrinia of which three types were noted - paranoid, catatonic and hebephrinic. Hebophrinic is characterized by foolish mannerisms, senseless laughter, delusions, hallucinations, and regressive behavior.
His profession was Physician. Birth was 1 Mar 1894, Commerce, TX, son of George W. Holderness and Mollie Jones, both born in Texas. The information was "Records, Veterans Administration", Waco, TX. The body was taken to Commerce for burial

His grave marker at Rosemound Cemetery has:
Lieut. J. Russell
Holderness
1894 - 1941

Birth	1 Mar 1894	Texas
Marriage	Aft Prob 1930	Winifred O'Neal
Death	8 Jun 1941	McLennan County, Texas

Spouse

Winifred O'Neal (1892 - 1955)

Father	George Washington Holderness MD (1867 - 1945)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Jones (1871 - 1951)