Estella Meletha “Stella” CherryAge: 91 years1868–1960
- Name
- Estella Meletha “Stella” Cherry
- Given names
- Estella Meletha
- Surname
- Cherry
- Married name
- Estella Meletha Buck
- Nickname
- Stella
- Nickname
- Mollie
 Birth | August 2, 1868 26 23 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 months)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 |
 Birth of a sister | Lucy McKinsey Cherry June 17, 1870 (Age 22 months) |
 Census | August 2, 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Calvin Cherry March 26, 1873 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry February 23, 1875 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a brother | William H Cherry May 28, 1877 (Age 8 years) |
 Immigration | 1878 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Earl “Mollie” Cherry February 8, 1878 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 19, 1880 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mattie Mae “Monni” Cherry April 17, 1881 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Melvin Cherry February 10, 1883 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | John Edward Buck — View this family November 23, 1884 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Norman Franklin Cherry January 28, 1885 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Maletha Shemwell November 15, 1894 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 |
| Census | June 22, 1900 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Jane Sikes January 21, 1916 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/ |
| Census | January 28, 1920 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 |
| Census | April 29, 1930 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a father | John Randolph Cherry September 3, 1932 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Calvin Cherry December 13, 1932 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 |
| Death of a sister | Lucy McKinsey Cherry November 10, 1948 (Age 80 years) Cause: Stomach cancer |
| Death of a brother | Norman Franklin Cherry March 14, 1951 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 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 |
| Death of a brother | Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry June 29, 1954 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Earl “Mollie” Cherry September 28, 1957 (Age 89 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 | 1960 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Randolph Cherry Birth: December 20, 1841 27 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 3, 1932 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Mary Jane Sikes Birth: March 29, 1845 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 21, 1916 — Texas, United States |
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Marriage: January 25, 1865 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
William H Cherry Birth: February 4, 1866 24 20 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 28, 1877 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years herself |
Estella Meletha “Stella” Cherry Birth: August 2, 1868 26 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1960 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Lucy McKinsey Cherry Birth: June 17, 1870 28 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 10, 1948 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
James Calvin Cherry Birth: March 26, 1873 31 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 13, 1932 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry Birth: February 23, 1875 33 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 29, 1954 — Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Earl “Mollie” Cherry Birth: February 8, 1878 36 32 — Coffee, Tennessee, United States Death: September 28, 1957 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mattie Mae “Monni” Cherry Birth: April 17, 1881 39 36 — Thorp Spring, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 15, 1974 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
John Melvin Cherry Birth: February 10, 1883 41 37 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: March 30, 1970 — Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Norman Franklin Cherry Birth: January 28, 1885 43 39 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: March 14, 1951 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States |
| Family with John Edward Buck |
| husband |
John Edward Buck Birth: 1862 — Arkansas, United States Death: 1962 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Estella Meletha “Stella” Cherry Birth: August 2, 1868 26 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1960 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: November 23, 1884 — Hood, Texas, United States |
Estella Meletha “Stella” Cherry has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (10)
Parents Thomas H “Tom” Cherry + Miranda C Kelley
Parents Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry + Lucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Randolph Cherry - Household
Dover, Stewart, TN
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Randolph Cherry - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Ed Buck - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Ed Buck - Household
Tolar, Hood, TX
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Harley Cherry - Household
Travis Street Granbury, Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Buck - Household
Tolar, Hood, Texas
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