When Aaron Benjamin Cherry was born on 5 July 1843, in Adams, Ohio, United States, his father, Ebenezer Griffin Cherry Sr, was 28 and his mother, Susannah Evertson, was 28. He married Phebe Ann Leavitt on 15 August 1868, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860 and Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1868. He died on 9 September 1902, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Rexburg Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Possible Related NamesAaron Benjamin Cherry was born 5th of July, 1843 in Adams County Illinois. The son of Ebenezer Griffin Cherry and Susannah Everton. He emigrated to Utah 2 October 1847 in the Charles C. Rich Co …
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