The Shemwell Family

Hardin M CherryAge: 34 years18391874

Name
Hardin M Cherry
Given names
Hardin M
Surname
Cherry
Married name
Hardin M Evans
Birth April 26, 1839 36 32
MarriageWilliam L EvansView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherAndrew Cherry
January 10, 1841 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a sisterIsabella T Cherry
December 23, 1842 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherMelville Valentine Cherry
February 5, 1845 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Buchanan Cherry
October 27, 1846 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Cherry
May 17, 1848 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)
Note: 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 grandfatherWilliam Cherry
May 7, 1849 (Age 10 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles T Cherry
July 1, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Death of a motherDelilah Dodd
February 7, 1853 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherJames Evans Cherry
July 9, 1853 (Age 14 years)

Marriage of a parentLemuel G CherryJulia SalleeView this family
1856 (Age 16 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherLydia Minerva Daniel
September 1856 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClarence E Cherry
January 30, 1857 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 fatherLemuel G Cherry
November 16, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Death March 19, 1874 (Age 34 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1825Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cherry
Birth: October 10, 1827 24 20Tennessee, United States
Death: February 19, 1906Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
6 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
James Evans Cherry
Birth: March 16, 1838 35 31Tennessee, United States
Death: July 9, 1853
13 months
herself
21 months
younger brother
23 months
younger sister
Isabella T Cherry
Birth: December 23, 1842 39 35Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 15, 1923Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Melville Valentine Cherry
Birth: February 5, 1845 42 38Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 12, 1924McCracken, Kentucky, United States
21 months
younger brother
George Buchanan Cherry
Birth: October 27, 1846 43 39Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 15, 1919Detroit, Red River, Texas, United States
19 months
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Charles T Cherry
Birth: July 1, 1850 47 43Tennessee, United States
Death: November 29, 1922Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Julia Sallee - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1856
13 months
half-brother
Clarence E Cherry
Birth: January 30, 1857 54 40Tennessee, United States
Death: March 5, 1942
Family with William L Evans - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel G. Cherry - Household

Montgomery, Tennessee

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
Lemuel G. Cherry46MFarmerNC
Delilah Dodd35FTN
Elizabeth Cherry21FTN
William T. B. Cherry19MTN
Francis J. Cherry13FTN
James E. Cherry11MTN
Handwell Cherry8FTN
Andrew Cherry7MTN
Isabella T. Cherry6FTN
Valentine M. Cherry5MTN
George B. Cherry3MTN
Margaret Cherry1FTN
Thomas W. Shemwell50MTN
Thomas Wray17MTN
Matthew Barnes21MTN
Robert Jackson37MTN