The Shemwell Family

Beverly W CherryAge: 71 years18651937

Name
Beverly W Cherry
Given names
Beverly W
Surname
Cherry
Birth June 23, 1865 26 20

Birth of a sisterLeona Cherry
1867 (Age 18 months)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 18 months)
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 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterCelia Cherry
1869 (Age 3 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterHillery Cherry
April 1871 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterNannie Cherry
May 28, 1875 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterLizzie Cherry
1876 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterMaggie Cherry
1877 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherGeorge Yeatham Cherry
before 1880 (Age 14 years)

Note: Amanda is widowed in 1880 census
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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 March 28, 1937 (Age 71 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: June 13, 1858Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
18 months
himself
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Nannie Cherry
Birth: May 28, 1875 36 30Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 26, 1938Clifton Hill, Randolph, Missouri, United States
19 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister

Beverly W Cherry has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - George Y. Cherry - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceParBmthMmthEduInfirm
George Y. Cherry30MWCarpenterTN
Amanda Cherry24FWKeeping houseTN
Wallace Roy Cherry7MWTN
Anna Cherry5FWTN
Beverly W. Cherry4MWTN
Leona Cherry2FWTN
Celia Cherry10mFWTN
Bill Penson12MWTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Amanda Bagwell - Household

Dist. 2 Bethesda, Trigg, Kentucky, USA

NameRaceSexAgeBmthRelationMCYrsMOccupationHealthMnsUEduEng?BPFBPMBP
Amanda CherryWF35HeadM21FarmerTNTNTN
Walley R. CherryWM18sonS-Works on FarmTNTNTN
Beverly CherryWM13sonS-Works on FarmTNTNTN
Leona CherryWF11daughterS-TNTNTN
Hillery CherryWF9daughterS-TNTNTN
Nannie CherryWF7daughterS-TNTNTN
Lizzie CherryWF5daughterS-KYTNTN
Maggie CherryWF3daughterS-KYTNTN