The Shemwell Family

Charles T CherryAge: 72 years18501922

Name
Charles T Cherry
Given names
Charles T
Surname
Cherry
Birth July 1, 1850 47 43
MarriageCora B View this family
unknown

Death of a motherDelilah Dodd
February 7, 1853 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherJames Evans Cherry
July 9, 1853 (Age 3 years)

Marriage of a parentLemuel G CherryJulia SalleeView this family
1856 (Age 5 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherLydia Minerva Daniel
September 1856 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClarence E Cherry
January 30, 1857 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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 19 years)
Death of a fatherLemuel G Cherry
November 16, 1870 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sisterHardin M Cherry
March 19, 1874 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 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 47 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 sisterMary Ann Elizabeth Cherry
February 19, 1906 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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 brotherGeorge Buchanan Cherry
July 15, 1919 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Cherry
August 1, 1921 (Age 71 years)

Death November 29, 1922 (Age 72 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
elder sister
21 months
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
Isabella T Cherry
Birth: December 23, 1842 39 35Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 15, 1923Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Melville Valentine Cherry
Birth: February 5, 1845 42 38Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 12, 1924McCracken, Kentucky, United States
21 months
elder 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
elder sister
2 years
himself
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 Cora B - View this family
himself
Charles T Cherry
Birth: July 1, 1850 47 43Tennessee, United States
Death: November 29, 1922Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage:

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel G. Cherry - Household

Dist. 8 Clarksville,Montgomery, Tennessee

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceParBmthMmthEduInfirm
Lemuel G. Cherry66MWFarmerNC
Jane Julia Cherry53FWVA
Charles Cherry20MWTN
Clarence Cherry13MWTN