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Submitted: 1/18/16 • Approved: 1/18/16 • Last Updated: 3/27/18 • R782763-G782762-S3
George
1848 - 1917
Drusilla
1859 - 1929
James
1882 - 1910
Parents:
George R. Holderby (1848 - 1917)
Drusilla Tate Holderby (1859 - 1929)
JAMES HOLDERBY, SMALLEST MAN IN KIRKSVILLE, DIES
Friends Say Death was Caused by old Age, Although he was 28
FUNERAL AT 3:00 P.M.
Wore For Years Silk Hat Presented to Him by Business Men Friends
"Jimmie" Holderby, the smallest man in Kirksville, being but three and one-half feet in height, died at the home of his father, southeast of town, yesterday morning, He had been ill for several weeks and his parents despaired of his recovery after his first illness. The cause of his death is given by physicians as dysentery, but friends who have known "Jimmie" for years say that they believe he died of "old age," although he was but 28 years old.
These friends say that "Jimmie's" condition for the last two or three years has paralleled that of an aged man and that they believe his case is one of those rare but not unknown instances when a man young in years died of the failure of tissues and physical wearing out.
The funeral was held this afternoon at the M.E. Church, South, where the services were conducted by the Rev. E.E. Bostwick and attended by a large number of the young man's friends and friends of the parents. Burial was in Forest-Llewellyn cemetery.
"Jimmie" was a familiar figure on the Kirksville streets for many years, having driven a team for his father who sold ice to Kirksville people. He was a pet of some of the leading business men, who two or three years ago presented him with a silk hat which Jimmie prized very highly and which he had worn ever since it was given him.
"Jimmie" was not sensitive about his stature, and laughed and joked with all who knew him, the last including most of the people in the county. He was liked by all for his cheery disposition, his wit, and his laugh, and will be missed by many who sincerely sympathize with his parents in their loss. He leaves a younger brother and sister.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
July 18, 1910
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