The Shemwell Family

Joseph Howard “Joe” CherryAge: 76 years18511928

Name
Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry
Given names
Joseph Howard
Surname
Cherry
Nickname
Joe
Birth June 25, 1851 37 33
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusan Jemimah Whatley
about 1853 (Age 18 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLydia Minerva Daniel
September 1856 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 1, 1860 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 15 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 15 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 17 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
MarriageLucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClishView this family
January 8, 1873 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ethel Cherry
December 18, 1873 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joseph Parish Cherry
October 4, 1876 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Cuca Cherry
August 14, 1878 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 years)

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 daughter
#4
Lula Dude Cherry
October 16, 1879 (Age 28 years)
Census June 19, 1880 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Catherine Cherry
September 6, 1882 (Age 31 years)
Death of a daughterCatherine Cherry
February 21, 1883 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Moody Cherry
August 15, 1884 (Age 33 years)
Marriage of a childLeonard Carroll ShaverEthel CherryView this family
about 1893 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Roscoe Otis Shaver
September 1, 1894 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherMaletha Shemwell
November 15, 1894 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Cecil Porter Shaver
October 14, 1895 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Tressie I Shaver
February 25, 1897 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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
Birth of a grandson
#4
Carl Shaver
September 16, 1898 (Age 47 years)
Census June 20, 1900 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Raymond Elbert Shaver
December 7, 1900 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Vernon Hiram Musick
September 9, 1901 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Helen Faye Shaver
June 4, 1902 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Hilda Shaver
June 4, 1902 (Age 50 years)
Death of a granddaughterHilda Shaver
June 4, 1902 (Age 50 years)
Death of a grandsonCarl Shaver
August 2, 1902 (Age 51 years)

Marriage of a childJoseph Parish CherryOma ParksView this family
August 2, 1903 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Ardis Inez Musick
March 22, 1904 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Vanoy Cherry
June 18, 1904 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Edith Odessa Musick
October 1, 1905 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Glaydes Cherry
August 8, 1906 (Age 55 years)
Death of a granddaughterGlaydes Cherry
1906 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Derrell Cherry Musick
July 22, 1907 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph Parish CherryLillian Earle “Rena” BennettView this family
1909 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Zachariah Cherry
March 1, 1909 (Age 57 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
Joe Quanah “Slim” Cherry
May 21, 1910 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
Howard Gale Cherry
July 21, 1912 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
Lawrence Arnold Musick
August 13, 1912 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Dewdrop Cherry
November 4, 1914 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#18
Homer Worth Cherry
July 10, 1916 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a granddaughter
#19
Zada Catherine Musick
August 9, 1917 (Age 66 years)
Death of a wifeLucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish
February 3, 1918 (Age 66 years)
Death of a grandsonCecil Porter Shaver
March 11, 1918 (Age 66 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#20
Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry
October 26, 1918 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 65 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 66 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 March 15, 1920 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#21
Mary Ruth Cherry
January 12, 1921 (Age 69 years)
Death of a granddaughterMary Ruth Cherry
January 17, 1921 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a grandson
#22
Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry
March 1, 1927 (Age 75 years)
Death February 7, 1928 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Strouds Creek Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1837
5 years
elder brother
1 year
elder sister
23 months
elder brother
William Zachariah Cherry
Birth: November 29, 1843 29 25Tennessee, United States
Death: March 1, 1909Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary Aliza Cherry
Birth: February 23, 1846 32 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1850Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
Family with Lucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 8, 1873Stewart, Tennessee, United States
11 months
daughter
3 years
son
22 months
daughter
14 months
daughter
Lula Dude Cherry
Birth: October 16, 1879 28 36Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 13, 1967Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
3 years
daughter
Catherine Cherry
Birth: September 6, 1882 31 39Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 21, 1883Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
23 months
son
Moody Cherry
Birth: August 15, 1884 33 41Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 24, 1971Clayton, Union, New Mexico, United States

Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry has 41 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Henry G. Cherry - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
Henry Cherry45MWFarmerTN
Malethey Cherry50FWKY
Sarah Cherry18FWTN
William Cherry16MWTN
Thomas Cherry14MWTN
Joseph Cherry8MWTN
Adeline Thomas25FWTN
Will Shemwell24MWDay LaborerTN

Notes: District 7, Dover P. O.

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 - Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cherry, Joseph HheadWMJun185148M27TNTNKYFarmer
Cherry, HelenwifeWFFeb184357M2765TNNYSC
Cherry, CucadaughterWFAug187821STNTNTN
Cherry, MoodysonWMAug188415STXTNTNFarmer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cherry, Joseph HheadMW58M37TNUNUNFarmer
Cherry, Lucinda MwifeFW67M37TNNYNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry - Household

Tolar, Hood, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cherry, Joe HheadMW68WdTNNCKYFarmer