The Shemwell Family

Wallace Roy Cherry1862

Name
Wallace Roy Cherry
Given names
Wallace Roy
Surname
Cherry
Birth 1862 23 17
MarriageView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterAnna Cherry
1864 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a brotherBeverly W Cherry
June 23, 1865 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a sisterLeona Cherry
1867 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 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 5 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterCelia Cherry
1869 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 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 8 years)
Birth of a sisterHillery Cherry
April 1871 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a sisterNannie Cherry
May 28, 1875 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterLizzie Cherry
1876 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterMaggie Cherry
1877 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 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 18 years)

Note: Amanda is widowed in 1880 census
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 18 years)
MarriageLucille Overton GardnerView this family
June 25, 1888 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Julia Amanda Cherry
1889 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Hugh Lemuel Cherry
March 16, 1895 (Age 33 years)
Death of a wifeLucille Overton Gardner
about 1896 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
Birth of a son
#3
Rueben Graham Cherry
July 13, 1900 (Age 38 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 67 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 brotherBeverly W Cherry
March 28, 1937 (Age 75 years)

Death of a sisterNannie Cherry
February 26, 1938 (Age 76 years)
Cause: Breast Cancer
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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 88 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 84 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 13, 1858Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
18 months
younger brother
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
Family with Lucille Overton Gardner - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: June 25, 1888Stewart, Tennessee, United States
18 months
daughter
Julia Amanda Cherry
Birth: 1889 27 20Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
6 years
son
Hugh Lemuel Cherry
Birth: March 16, 1895 33 26Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Family with - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son

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