Leona Cherry1867–
- Name
- Leona Cherry
- Given names
- Leona
- Surname
- Cherry
 Birth | 1867 28 22 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a sister | Celia Cherry 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Hillery Cherry April 1871 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nannie Cherry May 28, 1875 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lizzie Cherry 1876 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Maggie Cherry 1877 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 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 father | George Yeatham Cherry before 1880 (Age 13 years) Note: Amanda is widowed in 1880 census |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 49 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 50 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 51 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 62 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 brother | Beverly W Cherry March 28, 1937 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nannie Cherry February 26, 1938 (Age 71 years) Cause: Breast Cancer |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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 |
George Yeatham Cherry Birth: 1839 29 29 Death: before 1880 |
| mother |
Amanda Bagwell Birth: 1845 Death: |
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Marriage: June 13, 1858 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Cherry Birth: 1860 21 15 Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Wallace Roy Cherry Birth: 1862 23 17 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Anna Cherry Birth: 1864 25 19 Death: |
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18 months elder brother |
Beverly W Cherry Birth: June 23, 1865 26 20 Death: March 28, 1937 |
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3 years herself |
Leona Cherry Birth: 1867 28 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Celia Cherry Birth: 1869 30 24 Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Hillery Cherry Birth: April 1871 32 26 Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Nannie Cherry Birth: May 28, 1875 36 30 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 26, 1938 — Clifton Hill, Randolph, Missouri, United States |
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19 months younger sister |
Lizzie Cherry Birth: 1876 37 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Maggie Cherry Birth: 1877 38 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - George Y. Cherry - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Amanda Bagwell - Household
Dist. 2 Bethesda, Trigg, Kentucky, USA
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