SIXTH GENERATION

910. Leona Celeste WHITE was born on 13 Jan 1857 in , Warren, Kentucky. She died on 30 Nov 1944 in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky. She was buried on 2 Dec 1944 in Fairview Cmtry, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky. !Info from R. Spencer Drake, Bowling Green, KY, desc. Hezekiah White.
Info from Frances Cherry Bradsher, daughter, who wrote the book "The
Preacher had Ten Kids".
Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
"Taylor Family Record" by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.
Info from 1860 Census, Warren Co, KY, Celeste White, age 2 yrs,
bornin KY,
residing with parents at Household #65, Dist. 2.
Info from 1870 Census, Warren Co, KY, Celestie L. White, age 13
yrs,born in
KY, attends school, residing with parents at Household #71, Hadley.
(Not on 1880, 1900 Censuses of Warren Co, KY.)
Info from tombstone at Fairview Cmtry, Bowling Green, Warren,
KY,which gave
her birthdate and death date.
Info from her sister, Mary Columbia White Hill's obituary, dtd
Mar.21, 1912.
Called her a surviving sister, Mrs. J. W. Cherry, of Calhoun.
Note: Leona Celeste was listed as a surviving sister in her
sister,Connie
White Elrod's obituary, dtd 8 Sep 1943. Said Mrs. J. T. Cherry,
ofNew Market,
Ala.
Note: Leona Celeste was listed as a surviving sister in her
sister,Fannie
E. White Spencer's obituary, dtd 18 Jan 1943. Called her Mrs. J.
T.Cherry,
New Market, Ala.
!Info from Obituary for Leona Celeste, furnished by Lloyd
Raymer,Anna, KY, in
"Park City Daily News", dtd Friday, December 1, 1944:
"MRS. CHERRY IS TAKEN BY DEATH--
Funeral Services to be Conducted Tomorrow--
Mrs. Celeste White Cherry, 87, mother of Mrs. Elizabeth
CherryMcCallum, 1503
Nutwood avenue, died at 3:20 yesterday afternoon following a
longillness. The
body was taken to the Gerard mortuary. Funeral services will be
heldat 10
o'clock Saturday morning at the mortuary. Services will be
conductedby the
Rev. Charles E. Hawkins, pastor of the State Street Methodist church.
Interment will be made in Fairview cemetery, by the side of
herhusband, Rev.
J. T. Cherry who died June 25, 1936 at his home in Elkton.
Mrs. Cherry was born in Warren County, January 13, 1857,
thedaughter of
Hezekiah and Mary Ann Hudnall White.
She was married to the Revd Mr. Cherry, a Methodist
minister,February 29,
1876. The Rev. Cherry was a brother to the late H. H. and T.
C.Cherry of this
city. Three years ago she suffered a fractured hip in a fall at
thehome of
her daughter, Mrs. R. N. Coleman, New Market, Ala., since that
timeshe had
been confined to her bed. She came to make her home with
Mrs.McCallum, March
15.
Besides Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. McCallum, she is survived by two other
daughters. Mrs. Frances Cherry, Pontiac, Mich., and Mrs. T.
A.Tichenor,
Calhoun, Ky. One son, A. C. Cherry, Yakima, Wash., one sister,
Mrs.Bob
Norris, Morgantown, James White of Paducah.
She was a member of the Elkton Methodist Church."

She was married to Jeremiah Taylor CHERRY (Reverend) (son of George Washington CHERRY and Martha Frances STAHL) on 29 Feb 1876 in , Warren, Kentucky. Jeremiah Taylor CHERRY (Reverend) was born on 29 Feb 1852 in Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky. He was buried in Jun 1936 in Fairview Cmtry, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky. He died on 25 Jun 1936 in Elkton, Todd, Kentucky. !Info from 1909 Reunion "History of the Taylor Family".
"Taylor Family Record", by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.
L.D.S. Archive F.G.S. by Jesse Warner and George M. Easter.
Info from Dr. William B. Cherry, Decatur, GA.
Morton F. Stahl, Rockfield, KY.
Celeste Coleman Steger, desc, Trenton, KY.
Info from book "The Preacher Had Ten Kids" by daughter Frances
CherryBradsher.
Marriage date from Marriage Records of Warren Co, KY, J. T. Cherry
&Celeste L.
White were md 29 Feb 1876 at Hezekiah White's home by J. W. Hudnall.In
presence of Elijah White and Thomas Hill. (Some family records
saidthey were
md in Woodbury, Butler, KY.) Marriage Register says they were md
22Feb 1876.
Info from 1860 Census, Warren Co, KY, Jeremiah Cherry, age 8 yrs,
bornin KY,
residing with parents at Household #752, Dist. 2.
Info from 1870 Census, Warren Co, KY, Jerry T. Cherry, age 18
yrs,farmer, born
in KY, residing with parents at Household #37, Green Castle.
(Not on 1880, 1900 Censuses of Warren Co, KY.)
Info from tombstone at Fairview Cmtry, Bowling Green, Warren,
KY,which gave
his birthdate and death date.
Note: Jeremiah Taylor Cherry was a famous Methodist minister
fromWarren Co,
KY.

!Info from newspaper article written by Rev. Jeremiah Taylor
Cherry,"Two Sad
Deaths, Two Funerals, Two Eternal Victim's a Remarkable Letter from
ADying
Bed; The Passing of the 'Old Cherry Home,' and Reflections
Thereupon"(about
deaths of William Bailey Cherry and Nell Cherry Mitchell. Leona Celeste WHITE and Jeremiah Taylor CHERRY (Reverend) had the following children:

child1256 i. Ira Ithiel Thaddeus CHERRY.
child1257 ii. Ariel Clarence CHERRY (lawyer).
child1258 iii. Zephaniah Taylor CHERRY.
child1259 iv. Ulalia Roxanna CHERRY.
child1260 v. Mary Martha CHERRY.
child1261 vi. David Ella CHERRY.
child1262 vii. Nellie Grace CHERRY.
child1263 viii. Elizabeth Elliott CHERRY.
child1264 ix. Catherine Celeste CHERRY.
child1265 x. Frances Willard CHERRY.

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