The Shemwell Family

Joseph Parish CherryAge: 80 years18761957

Name
Joseph Parish Cherry
Given names
Joseph Parish
Surname
Cherry
Birth October 4, 1876 25 33
Birth of a sisterCuca Cherry
August 14, 1878 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterLula Dude Cherry
October 16, 1879 (Age 3 years)
Census June 19, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Cherry
September 6, 1882 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterCatherine Cherry
February 21, 1883 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherMoody Cherry
August 15, 1884 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMaletha Shemwell
November 15, 1894 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 20, 1900 (Age 23 years)
MarriageOma ParksView this family
August 2, 1903 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Vanoy Cherry
June 18, 1904 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Glaydes Cherry
August 8, 1906 (Age 29 years)
Death of a wifeOma Parks
October 23, 1906 (Age 30 years)
Death of a daughterGlaydes Cherry
1906 (Age 29 years)
MarriageLillian Earle “Rena” BennettView this family
1909 (Age 32 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Joe Quanah “Slim” Cherry
May 21, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Howard Gale Cherry
July 21, 1912 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Dewdrop Cherry
November 4, 1914 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Homer Worth Cherry
July 10, 1916 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherLucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish
February 3, 1918 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry
October 26, 1918 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 41 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census February 21, 1920 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Mary Ruth Cherry
January 12, 1921 (Age 44 years)
Death of a daughterMary Ruth Cherry
January 17, 1921 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Oma Belle Yeats
September 23, 1923 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry
March 1, 1927 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Ellsworth Yeats
March 13, 1927 (Age 50 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph Howard “Joe” Cherry
February 7, 1928 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 19, 1930 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childLewis Young TateDewdrop CherryView this family
December 24, 1930 (Age 54 years)
Death of a wifeLillian Earle “Rena” Bennett
May 25, 1931 (Age 54 years)
Cause: Malignant Carcinoma - Stomach
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Lillian Mae Tate
March 26, 1932 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Billie Joe Yeats
November 3, 1933 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Ima Jo Cherry
December 2, 1935 (Age 59 years)
Marriage of a childHoward Gale CherryCorine FitzhughView this family
December 27, 1936 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Jesse Parish Stroud
May 10, 1938 (Age 61 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Roy Earl “Shorty” Stroud
August 6, 1940 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childHomer Worth CherryMinnie Pauline CherryView this family
after 1940 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Birth of a grandson
#8
Roy Eugene Cherry “Gene” Cherry
November 12, 1945 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Jakie Lee Stroud
December 12, 1948 (Age 72 years)
Death of a grandsonJakie Lee Stroud
December 12, 1948 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
J Q Cherry
December 12, 1950 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Marriage of a childFloyd Pershing WestDewdrop CherryView this family
1955 (Age 78 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death March 18, 1957 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Strouds Creek Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 8, 1873Stewart, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
22 months
younger sister
14 months
younger sister
Lula Dude Cherry
Birth: October 16, 1879 28 36Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 13, 1967Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Catherine Cherry
Birth: September 6, 1882 31 39Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 21, 1883Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
23 months
younger brother
Moody Cherry
Birth: August 15, 1884 33 41Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 24, 1971Clayton, Union, New Mexico, United States
Family with Oma Parks - View this family
himself
wife
Oma Parks
Birth: September 6, 1881 44 28Arkansas, United States
Death: October 23, 1906Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
Marriage: August 2, 1903Hood, Texas, United States
11 months
daughter
Vanoy Cherry
Birth: June 18, 1904 27 22Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: May 20, 1972Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
2 years
daughter
Glaydes Cherry
Birth: August 8, 1906 29 24Hood, Texas, United States
Death: 1906Hood, Texas, United States
Family with Lillian Earle “Rena” Bennett - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 1909Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
17 months
son
2 years
son
Howard Gale Cherry
Birth: July 21, 1912 35 24Hood, Texas, United States
Death: November 25, 1964Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
2 years
daughter
Dewdrop Cherry
Birth: November 4, 1914 38 26Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: September 27, 1996Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
20 months
son
Homer Worth Cherry
Birth: July 10, 1916 39 28Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: October 15, 1983Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
Mary Ruth Cherry
Birth: January 12, 1921 44 33Hood, Texas, United States
Death: January 17, 1921Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
6 years
son
Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry
Birth: March 1, 1927 50 39Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: April 7, 2000Dallas, Texas, United States

Joseph Parish Cherry has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Cherry, Joseph HWM29headMFarmerTNTNTN
Cherry, LucindaWF35wifeMHouse keepingTNTNTN
Cherry, EthelWF7daughterSTNTNTN
Cherry, ParishWM4sonSTNTNTN
Cherry, CucaWF1daughterSTNTNTN
Cherry, LulaWF8mNovdaughterSTXTNTN

Next door to John R Cherry -b

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Carroll Shaver - Household

Justice, Hood, Texas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Shaver, Leonard CheadWMMar187228M7TNUNKUNKFarmer
Shaver, EthelwifeWFDec187327M744TNTNTN
Shaver, Roscoe OsonWMSep18945MTXTNTN
Shaver, Cecil PsonWMOct18954STXTNTN
Shaver, Fressa IdaughterWFFeb18973STXTNTN
Shaver, CarlsonWMSep18981STXTNTN
Cherry, ParishboarderWMOct187623STNUNKUNKFarmer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Parish Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cherry, ParishheadMW33M20TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Cherry, LillianwifeFW22M1000TN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Parish Cherry - Household

Tolar, Hood, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cherry, ParishheadMW43MTNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Cherry, LillianwifeFW32MTNTNTN
Cherry, QuanahsonMW9MTXTNTX
Cherry, Howard GsonMW7STXTNTX
Cherry, DewdropdaughterFW5STXTNTX
Cherry, HomersonMW3-2mMTXTNTX
Cherry, VioletdaughterFW1-2mSTXTNTX

Jill is Violet? Children MBP all TX? -b

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Parish Cherry - Household

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cherry, ParishheadMW53M27TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Cherry, Lillian EwifeFW42M21TNILMS
Cherry, Quanah JsonMW19MTXTNTNLaborGeneral Farm
Cherry, Howard GsonMW17STXTNTNLaborGeneral Farm
Cherry, Dew DdaughterFW15STXTNTN
Cherry, Homer BsonMW13MTXTNTN
Cherry, Annie EdaughterFW11STXTNTN
Cherry, Roy WsonMW3-1mSTXTNTN

Lillian's parents now born in IL & MS? -b