Mary Cherry^[1]

1831 - 1909  (78 years)

• Name	Mary Cherry  [2]
  Birth	16 May 1831	Marysville, Ohio   [2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave URL	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70377044
  FindAGrave ID	70377044
  FamilySearch ID	278G-3QV
  FamilySearch URL	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/278G-3QV
  Death	17 Sep 1909	Portage, Wisconsin   [2]
  Burial	New Lisbon City Cemetery, New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I8000	Main
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Stephen Cherry,   b. 22 Feb 1806, New Haven, Oswego County, N.Y. d. Sep 1887, Chatham, , Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Maria Harris,   b. 23 Dec 1808, Belleville, ON, Canada d. 25 Nov 1883 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1831
  Family ID	F825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Henry Curtis,   b. 3 Aug 1831, Newton-on-Ouse, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England d. 11 Dec 1907, New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F3883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 May 1831 - Marysville, Ohio Death - 17 Sep 1909 - Portage, Wisconsin  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Findagrave notes: Mary was the daughter of Steven and Maria Cherry. She was the sister of Jane (who married M.L. Curtis) , Anna , Carrie, Ida, Charles, Samuel . Two other sisters were named in her obituary Mrs V. Weaver and Mrs E.J. Smith. The family lived Illinois where she met John Henry Curtis of Elk Grove, Ill. They married on July 12, 1863. In 1882 they came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm near New Lisbon. They had four children: sons Dyer , Rozelle and Charles, and a daughter Nona who only lived to age 2. She died of cancer at the home of her son Rozelle in Portage. ************************************************ OBITUARY FROM THE NEW LISBON LIBRARY COLLECTION Curtis : Mary M. Cherry was born at Marysville , Ohio, May 16, 1844 and in the following August removed with her parents to Chicago, Illinois, where they lived ten years, when they removed to Dear (Deer) Grove, Ill., at which place she was married on July 12, 1863, to John Henry Curtis of Elk Grove, Illinois. Here they remained until the spring of 1882, when they came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm near New Lisbon. In 1902 they disposed of the farm and moved to New Lisbon where Mr Curtis died Dec. 11, 1907. At the time of his death, the fatal malady, cancer, which caused her death , had already made its appearance and the efforts of the physicians were baffled in the attempt to stem its awful course. On February 19th of this year, she went to Portage with her sister Mrs. M. L. Curtis, in order to be at the home of her son, R.C. Curtis, where she could receive more care and attention. During the seven months which intervened before demise she was a patient, uncomplaining sufferer. She bore her severe trials with Christian fortitude and welcomed the hour when she might pass to the other shore, where so many loved ones were awaiting her. The end came September 17, 1909, and a kind, helpful, sympathetic, patient, noble wife and mother, a true friend and respected neighbor, passed to her reward. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S1417] Nellie Smith Rymal, Nellie Smith Rymal, (Placerville, CA 1940 - copies provided by Cherry Dolezal), 1940 letter - copy provided by Cherry Dolezal via email 14 March, 2007. [S1656] Findagrave.com, 70377044.