George Buchanan CherryAge: 72 years1846–1919
- Name
- George Buchanan Cherry
- Given names
- George Buchanan
- Surname
- Cherry
 Birth | October 27, 1846 43 39 |
 Birth of a sister | Margaret Cherry May 17, 1848 (Age 18 months) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Cherry May 7, 1849 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles T Cherry July 1, 1850 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a mother | Delilah Dodd February 7, 1853 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Evans Cherry July 9, 1853 (Age 6 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Lemuel G Cherry — Julia Sallee — View this family 1856 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lydia Minerva Daniel September 1856 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Clarence E Cherry January 30, 1857 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 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 20 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 20 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 22 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 |
| Death of a father | Lemuel G Cherry November 16, 1870 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hardin M Cherry March 19, 1874 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 31 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Elizabeth Cherry February 19, 1906 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 69 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 70 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 71 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 | July 15, 1919 (Age 72 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lemuel G Cherry Birth: 1803 32 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 16, 1870 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Delilah Dodd Birth: about 1807 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 7, 1853 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1825 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cherry Birth: October 10, 1827 24 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 19, 1906 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William Thomas Barrent Cherry Birth: October 2, 1829 26 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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6 years elder sister |
Francis Jane Cherry Birth: November 8, 1835 32 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 3, 1923 |
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2 years elder brother |
James Evans Cherry Birth: March 16, 1838 35 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 9, 1853 |
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13 months elder sister |
Hardin M Cherry Birth: April 26, 1839 36 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 19, 1874 |
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21 months elder brother |
Andrew Cherry Birth: January 10, 1841 38 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 1, 1921 |
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23 months elder sister |
Isabella T Cherry Birth: December 23, 1842 39 35 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: March 15, 1923 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Melville Valentine Cherry Birth: February 5, 1845 42 38 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: August 12, 1924 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months himself |
George Buchanan Cherry Birth: October 27, 1846 43 39 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: July 15, 1919 — Detroit, Red River, Texas, United States |
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19 months younger sister |
Margaret Cherry Birth: May 17, 1848 45 41 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 15, 1924 |
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2 years younger brother |
Charles T Cherry Birth: July 1, 1850 47 43 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 29, 1922 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Julia Sallee |
| father |
Lemuel G Cherry Birth: 1803 32 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 16, 1870 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Julia Sallee Birth: November 2, 1816 — Virginia, United States Death: October 10, 1891 |
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Marriage: 1856 — |
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13 months half-brother |
Clarence E Cherry Birth: January 30, 1857 54 40 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 5, 1942 |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel G. Cherry - Household
Montgomery, Tennessee
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