J. I. Holderness was the 7th child of the eight children of Robert Holderness and Elizabeth Brooks. All the family with the exception of his eldest brother left North Carolina soon after the 1850 census, settling in Arkansas for awhile. By 1870, Jonathan was living with his brother Robert, in Hopkins Co, Texas, but in 1877, he bought 160 acres in Palo Pinto County. He continued to live there, a single man, as a stock farmer and rancher until his death. A county cemetery book has the date 1885? for his birth which is incorrect - likely the stone was becoming very difficult to read. His records have sometimes been confused with two other men who had the same initials - Junius I. Holderess (1860-1896) a nephew, son of his brother Robert; and Junius Ive Holderness,(1888-1971) a great nephew.
J. I. Holderness was the 7th child of the eight children of Robert Holderness and Elizabeth Brooks. All the family with the exception of his eldest brother left North Carolina soon after the 1850 census, settling in Arkansas for awhile. By 1870, Jonathan was living with his brother Robert, in Hopkins Co, Texas, but in 1877, he bought 160 acres in Palo Pinto County. He continued to live there, a single man, as a stock farmer and rancher until his death. A county cemetery book has the date 1885? for his birth which is incorrect - likely the stone was becoming very difficult to read. His records have sometimes been confused with two other men who had the same initials - Junius I. Holderess (1860-1896) a nephew, son of his brother Robert; and Junius Ive Holderness,(1888-1971) a great nephew.
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