Individual Details

The 1900 Census gives Thomas birth as Jun of 1870.

1910 Census, Delta Co TX, Cooper City. Thomas B. Holderness age 31, married 10 years. b. TX as were both parents [This is wrong, not given by Thomas apparently.] Wagon Drive, Area Delivery. Willie, wife, age 40, 1 child, b. TX as were both parent. Russell, son, age 8, b. TX.

1920 Census. Paris Ward 4, Lamar Co, TX, Hh 12
T. B. Holderness, age 49, b. TX, occupation, lumber yard
Willie, wife, age 50, b. TX
Robert, son, 17, b. TX


Dallas Morning News, 11 Dec 1922
State Briefs
Paris, Texas, Dec. 10 -- Paris Camp No. 10, Woodmen of the World, elected the following officers for the ensuing term: W. H. Caldwell, consul commander; T. B. Holderness, adviser lieutenant; T. O. Nance, banker; J. E. Leatherman, clerk; J. Sid Buford, R. L. Reed and G. W. Jenkins, managers.

1929 Paris City Directory
Thos. B. Holderness (Willie) h: 141 N. 26th

1930 Census. Paris, Lamar Co, TX, Hh 417
Thomas B. Holderness, age 60, married at age 31, born TX, parents b. VA, salesman, dry goods
Willie, wife, age 60, b. TX, father b. KY, mother b. TN

1940 Census. Paris, Lamar Co TX, Hh 123.
Living at 141 N. 25th St. - they all lived in the same house in 1935
Thomas Holderness, age 70, b. TX
Willie, wife, age 70, b. TX
Tommie Nettles, Sister-in-law, age 64, b. TX

1950 Census. Ellis Co, TX, IOOF Home
Tom B. Holderness, Lodger, 81, widowed, b. TX

Listed as living in Enis, TX in mid 1950 when sister Elizabeth died. His death certificate showed that the last 5 years of his life, Thomas was living in the IOOF Home, Route 3, Ennis, Ellis Co TX. His residence had been Paris, Lamar County, and he is buried Evergreen Cemetery in Paris. He was widowed at the time of death; information was supplied by his brother C. S. Holderness.

Internment Record for Thomas B. Holderness
Name: Thomas B. Holderness
Born: 21 Jun 1869
Died: 13 Oct 1952
Buried: Evergreen
Location: 20-36-03
Notes: On the same stone with Willie Raines Holderness & Robert R. Holderness


Death Certificate:
#2113629
Certificate #48611
Died: Ellis Co TX Rural Prec #3 [Ennis] 5 yrs
IOOF Home
Usual Residence: Lamar Co., Paris
Thomas Brooks Holderness Died October 13, 1952
Male, White, Widowed b. June 21, 1869 Age 83y 3m 22d
Usual occupation: Oil Deliveries
Born: Hopkins Co TX
Father: Dr. Robert C. Holderness, b. NC
Mother: Virginia Thomas b. VA
Informant: C. S. Holderness
Died of myocarditis, 4 days
Had Ca of Prostate, 2 yrs
No autopsy
Dr. attended from 7 Nov 1947 to 13 Ot 1952. Death occurred 3:27 PM
E. F. Baker, MD Ennis TX Signed: 15 Oct 1952
Burial on 14 Oct 1952, Evergreen Cemetery, Paris TX
J. E. Keever Mortuary

The Paris News (Paris, TX) 14 Oct 1952, Tuesday, p.8
T. B. Holderness
T. B. Holderness, 83, of Paris, died Monday at Ennis in the Odd Fellows Home where he had lived for the past two years. Funeral services were to be held Tuesday at 10 am at Keefer Funeral Home in Ennis.
Graveside services were set for 4 pm Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery here, conducted by the Rev. Kirk M. Beard, pastor of Garrett Memorial Methodist Church. Fry & Gibbs was to be in charge and members of the local Odd Fellows Lodge were to serve as pallbearers.

Birth	21 Jun 1869	Hopkins County, Texas
Marriage	13 Oct 1901	Hopkins County, Texas - Willie Raines
Death	13 Oct 1952	Ennis, Ellis County, Texas

Spouse	Willie Raines (1869 - 1946)
Child	Robert Russell Holderness (1902 - 1926)

Father	Dr. ROBERT CHARLES HOLDERNESS (1827 - 1905)
Mother	VIRGINIA ELIZABETH THOMAS (1836 - 1894)
Sibling	Rebecca Sarah Holderness (1856 - 1929)
Sibling	Robert N. Holderness (1858 - 1905)
Sibling	Junius I. Holderness (1860 - 1896)
Sibling	ELIZABETH ECHOLS "Bettie" HOLDERNESS (1863 - 1950)
Sibling	George Washington Holderness MD (1867 - 1945)
Sibling	Virginia Ann "Jennie" Holderness (1872 - 1954)
Sibling	Charles Sidney Holderness (1874 - 1966)
Sibling	Willie Richmond Holderness (1877 - 1963)
Sibling	Mary Katherine Holderness (1879 - 1908)