Charles Milton Cherry

Brief Life History of Charles Milton

When Charles Milton Cherry was born on 2 August 1842, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, Peter Francis Cherry, was 27 and his mother, Charlotte Templeton Nesselroad, was 25. He married Lydia Malinda Burge on 29 September 1868, in Cass, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Greenbush, Warren, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Cass, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years. He died on 24 January 1921, in Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cass, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Milton Cherry
1842–1921
Lydia Malinda Burge
1852–1926
Marriage: 29 September 1868
Charles Edgar Cherry
1872–1951
Daisy Violet Cherry
1874–1943
Nellie May Cherry
1876–1897
Ethel Mary Cherry
1879–1971
William Himenus Cherry
1888–1944
Peter Francis Cherry
1890–1965

Sources (30)

  • Charles M Chevy, "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Charles Milton Cherry - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Charles Milton Cherry
  • Chas Cherry, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1844

Find A Grave shows the earliest burial in this cemetery was in 1844 Memorial ID # 179072499

1846

Iowa is the 29th state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.

Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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