When Mary Margaret Cherry was born on 11 March 1836, in Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, her father, Aaron Benjamin Cherry, was 35 and her mother, Mary Margaret Yelton, was 25. She married Thomas Jefferson Brandon on 6 May 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Centerville Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 3 October 1925, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
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 .
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