Editing Martin Sennet Conner (section)

==Early life and education==
Martin Conner was born in [[Forrest County, Mississippi]] in August 1891 to Oscar Weir (1868-1923) and Holly Gertrude ([[née]] Sennett) Conner (1871-1937).<ref>"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XR-L1Z : accessed 29 August 2022), Senate Conner in household of Oscar Conner, Beat 2 Hattiesburg town Ward 1-2, Perry, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 13A, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,824.</ref> In 1900, his family moved to [[rural]] [[Seminary, Mississippi|Seminary]] in [[Covington County, Mississippi|Covington County]] in southern Mississippi, where Conner likely obtained his high school education at the Seminary Attendance Center (now Seminary High School).

Conner began his education at the [[University of Mississippi]] in [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]] at the age of 14 years, likely the youngest person to attend the university along with Enoch Starnes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mississippiobscura.com/beats-doing-chores-blog/f/stop-just-passing-through-seminary|title = Stop Just Passing Through Seminary | accessdate = 29 August 2020}}</ref> He continued his education at [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], after which he began a legal career in Seminary.