Thomas H “Tom” Cherry1849–
- Name
- Thomas H “Tom” Cherry
- Given names
- Thomas H
- Surname
- Cherry
- Nickname
- Tom
 Birth | 1849 35 31 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | William Cherry May 7, 1849 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Aliza Cherry before 1850 (Age 12 months) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 17 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry June 25, 1851 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Jemimah Whatley about 1853 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lydia Minerva Daniel September 1856 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 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 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 18 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 18 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 20 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 |
 Marriage | Miranda C Kelley — View this family July 28, 1872 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ada Lee Cherry November 15, 1872 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ida Maud Cherry about 1876 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 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 son #3 | William Harley Cherry December 31, 1878 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Maggie A Cherry January 1883 (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Claud Ambus LeMaster — Ida Maud Cherry — View this family August 19, 1894 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Maletha Shemwell November 15, 1894 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Vivian C LeMaster March 1896 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Hugh Wheeler Lindsay — Ada Lee Cherry — View this family about 1897 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 #2 | Fred LeMaster December 1898 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Harley Cherry — Sallie Maud Rich — View this family June 16, 1901 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Don Carlos Cherry August 12, 1902 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | William Komazawa Cherry November 26, 1904 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Alma Walter LeMaster January 18, 1905 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Andrew Jackson Taylor Jr — Maggie A Cherry — View this family February 17, 1906 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Jessie L LeMaster June 14, 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Zachariah Cherry March 1, 1909 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Harley Dubar Cherry May 9, 1909 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Fred LeMaster before 1910 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | John B “Johnnie” Taylor February 18, 1910 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Rex Beach “R B” Cherry January 1, 1912 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Philip Murnam Cherry November 4, 1914 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Vivian C LeMaster October 21, 1915 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Norma Jane “Susie” Cherry December 26, 1916 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 68 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 69 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/ |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry February 7, 1928 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 80 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 |
| Death of a wife | Miranda C Kelley November 14, 1930 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Randolph Cherry September 3, 1932 (Age 83 years) |
| Burial of a brother | John Randolph Cherry September 15, 1932 (Age 83 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Asbury Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 92 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 |
| Death of a daughter | Ada Lee Cherry February 24, 1952 (Age 103 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ida Maud Cherry January 5, 1953 (Age 104 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 101 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 |
| Death of a son | William Harley Cherry April 24, 1958 (Age 109 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 97 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry George Clay Cherry Birth: about 1814 43 36 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| mother |
Maletha Shemwell Birth: 1818 48 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1894 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1837 — |
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5 years elder brother |
John Randolph Cherry Birth: December 20, 1841 27 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 3, 1932 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Sarah Cherry Birth: 1842 28 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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23 months elder brother |
William Zachariah Cherry Birth: November 29, 1843 29 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 1, 1909 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Aliza Cherry Birth: February 23, 1846 32 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1850 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years himself |
Thomas H “Tom” Cherry Birth: 1849 35 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry Birth: June 25, 1851 37 33 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 7, 1928 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| Family with Miranda C Kelley |
| himself |
Thomas H “Tom” Cherry Birth: 1849 35 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| wife |
Miranda C Kelley Birth: July 27, 1851 22 16 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1930 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1872 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 months daughter |
Ada Lee Cherry Birth: November 15, 1872 23 21 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 24, 1952 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Ida Maud Cherry Birth: about 1876 27 24 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 5, 1953 — Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years son |
William Harley Cherry Birth: December 31, 1878 29 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1958 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Maggie A Cherry Birth: January 1883 34 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Henry G. Cherry - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Who are William, Adaline,May & Letha Wise Shemwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Henry G. Cherry - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: District 7, Dover P. O. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Cherry - Household
Dist. 7 Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Next door to parents |