Individual Details

Age given as 6/12 in 1880 Census.

May 30, 1947 Ladonia News gives Kate Holderness as an 1896 graduate of Ladonia High School - that was the 2nd class graduated from the school.

Dallas Morning News, 20 Aug 1900
Society Over the State
COMMERCE
Miss Dee Russell, Miss Kate Holderness of Cumby and Mrs. R. W. Harris [Virginia - Kate's sister - Dee was their niece] are visiting the family of Dr. Holderness. [Dr. George W.-Kate & Virginia's brother.]

From THE CUMBY RUSTLER; 8 Dec 1905. Copied by Nancy Connor Zama.
Miss Kate Holderness was married to Dr. W. E. Connor Tuesday night by Rev. C. B. Fladger of Sulphur Springs. This couple are our leading young people and are surely well matched. Dr. Connor is one of our leading physicians and enjoys a fine practice and stands high socially and professionally. The bride is the youngest child of the late Dr. Holderness and is a young woman of much culture and fine attainments. They have the wishes of this whole community. The wedding occurred at the residence of R. W. Harris.

Died of tuberculosis. Wrote to her sister Bettie from an sanatorium in San Angelo, TX and one in Alamagordo NM. Kate's funeral was held at the Methodist church; her brothers and sisters attended from Oklahoma and Texas.

Obituary in collection of Jun E. Tuck, from the CUMBY RUSTLER:
Mrs. Kate Connor, - Nee Miss Kate Holderness, died June 28, 1908. Her death had been expected daily by the public for several months. Married Dr. W. E. Connor about two years ago and leaves a boy who has been tenderly cared for by R. W. Harris and wife since its birth. Funeral held at the Methodist church, conducted by C. B. Fildger, assisted by Rev.'s Kirk and Little. Her brothers and sisters were here from Oklahoma and Texas, and businesses closed to honor this woman. She left minute directions as to her burial, and these were carried out. She requested that Mr. Tapp of Sulphur Springs be in charge of the funeral.

CUMBY RUSTLER. Copied by Nancy Connor Zama.
"In Memoriam"
Mrs. Kate Connor, beloved wife of Dr. W. E. Connor of Cumby, Texas died Sunday morning, June 28, 1908.
All that love and skill could suggest was done, but in vain, the disease held solidly on to a fatal determination.
In her past sufferings and anxiety she never murmured, but day after day and week after week, met it all with smiles and a hope that seemed boundless.
Mrs. Connor spend her life in Cumby where she was ever held in highest esteem by all. We knew her during her whole life from babyhood on, and consider her one of the purest Christian characters of her time. In reviewing her past life and looking back upon it in her closing days she said: "There was nothing to regret and nothing to change, if she had the power." And we feel that such a life and example was a blessing to all our people.
Thus knowing the great loss of the husband and friends by her death, we wish to express our sympathy by offering the following resolution.
1st - That in the death of Kate Connor, the husband lost a true and loving wife and the little son a fond and precious mother, taken away in the morning of life, when the future was so bright and full of possibilities of the coming years.
2nd - That the church and the entire community have lost one of their most useful members and brightest lights. One whose noble and womanly example was an inspiration to good deeds and pure living which will abide in the lives of her friends and associates.
3rd - That we offer this tribute and place in our minutes as a token of sympathy for our brother Dr. W. E. Connor and the little son so soon bereft.
4th - That a copy be furnished the Hopkins Echo and Cumby Rustlrer, for publication.
Bert Cate
W. T. Binion Committee
O. Smith

On FindAGrave #12162804
Kate graduated from high school in Ladonia, Texas in 1896 while living with her Aunt Betty Haden. She was a young woman of much culture and fine attainment. She played the mandoline and attended normal school, usually a training ground for teachers. She also studied Greek. She later attended Eastman College in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She and W.E. were married at her home of her sister, Virginia Harris. She died from tuberculosis. During her illness, she lived in Tuscon, Arizona and Colorado to improve her health.

Birth	5 Dec 1879	Prim Hill, Hopkins County, Texas
Marriage	5 Dec 1905	Cumby, Hopkins County, Texas - William Ellie Connor MD
Death	29 Jun 1908	Cumby, Hopkins County, Texas

Spouse	William Ellie Connor MD (1872 - 1932)
Child	William Harris Connor MD (1906 - 1981)

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	Thomas Brooks Holderness (1869 - 1952)
Sibling	Virginia Ann "Jennie" Holderness (1872 - 1954)
Sibling	Charles Sidney Holderness (1874 - 1966)
Sibling	Willie Richmond Holderness (1877 - 1963)