Zalmon Alfons “Jack” CherryAge: 79 years1875–1954
- Name
- Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry
- Given names
- Zalmon Alfons
- Surname
- Cherry
- Nickname
- Jack
- Nickname
- Zel
 Birth | February 23, 1875 33 29 |
 Death of a brother | William H Cherry May 28, 1877 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Earl “Mollie” Cherry February 8, 1878 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 2 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 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mattie Mae “Monni” Cherry April 17, 1881 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Melvin Cherry February 10, 1883 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Norman Franklin Cherry January 28, 1885 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Maletha Shemwell November 15, 1894 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 |
 Marriage | Viola Samatha Deering — View this family November 6, 1898 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Harley Earl Cherry May 22, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | July 3, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Hubert Cherry August 7, 1902 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Minnie Pauline Cherry April 5, 1909 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Jane Sikes January 21, 1916 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #4 | Guy Norris “Texas Tiny” Cherry November 14, 1918 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 41 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 42 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 | March 16, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Hubert Cherry — Lillie Mae Davis — View this family June 5, 1927 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Earline Cherry November 24, 1927 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Earline Cherry November 27, 1927 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Dorothy Jean Cherry January 19, 1929 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 54 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 18, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a father | John Randolph Cherry September 3, 1932 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Calvin Cherry December 13, 1932 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Homer Worth Cherry — Minnie Pauline Cherry — View this family after 1940 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a wife | Viola Samatha Deering August 15, 1941 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 73 years) Cause: Stomach cancer |
| Death of a brother | Norman Franklin Cherry March 14, 1951 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 74 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 70 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 | June 29, 1954 (Age 79 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 elder sister |
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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
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 Viola Samatha Deering |
| himself |
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 |
| wife |
Viola Samatha Deering Birth: September 15, 1881 — Bluff Dale, Erath, Texas, United States Death: August 15, 1941 — Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: November 6, 1898 — Hood, Texas, United States |
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18 months son |
John Harley Earl Cherry Birth: May 22, 1900 25 18 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: March 21, 1983 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years son |
Hubert Cherry Birth: August 7, 1902 27 20 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: November 24, 1971 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Minnie Pauline Cherry Birth: April 5, 1909 34 27 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 25, 1997 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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10 years son |
Guy Norris “Texas Tiny” Cherry Birth: November 14, 1918 43 37 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: March 22, 1971 — Riverside, California, United States |
Zalmon Alfons “Jack” 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 | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Randolph Cherry - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry - Household
Tolar, Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry - Household
Hood, Texas
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