Ada Lee CherryAge: 79 years1872–1952
- Name
- Ada Lee Cherry
- Given names
- Ada Lee
- Surname
- Cherry
- Married name
- Ada Lee Lindsay
 Birth | November 15, 1872 23 21 |
 Birth of a sister | Ida Maud Cherry about 1876 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | William Harley Cherry December 31, 1878 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Maggie A Cherry January 1883 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Maletha Shemwell November 15, 1894 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Hugh Wheeler Lindsay — View this family about 1897 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 1, 1900 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Elisha Kelley April 4, 1901 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 43 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Emmaline Etheridge January 22, 1918 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 44 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 45 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 | February 8, 1920 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 56 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 14, 1930 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a mother | Miranda C Kelley November 14, 1930 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 77 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 73 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 | February 24, 1952 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas H “Tom” Cherry Birth: 1849 35 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| mother |
Miranda C Kelley Birth: July 27, 1851 22 16 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1930 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1872 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 months herself |
Ada Lee Cherry Birth: November 15, 1872 23 21 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 24, 1952 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Ida Maud Cherry Birth: about 1876 27 24 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 5, 1953 — Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Harley Cherry Birth: December 31, 1878 29 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1958 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Maggie A Cherry Birth: January 1883 34 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Family with Hugh Wheeler Lindsay |
| husband |
Hugh Wheeler Lindsay Birth: November 5, 1873 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 20, 1956 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Ada Lee Cherry Birth: November 15, 1872 23 21 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 24, 1952 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1897 — |
Ada Lee Cherry has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (15)
Parents John Randolph Cherry + Mary Jane Sikes
Parents Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry + Lucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Cherry - Household
Dist. 7 Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Miranda C Kelley - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Wheeler Lindsay - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Wheeler Lindsay - Household
Spring Street Dover, Stewart, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Wheeler Lindsay - Household
Spring Street Dover, Stewart, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Wheeler Lindsay - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee
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