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Margaret Susan Cherry 1788–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 April 1788

Birth Location: Williamson, Martin, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1870

Death Location: Toquerville, Washington County, Utah, United States of America

Father: Joshua Cherry

Mother:

Spouse(s): Merrill Willis

Children(s): William Willis, Joshua Willis

Margaret Susan Cherry was born in 1788 in Williamson, Martin, North Carolina, USA, the child of Joshua Cherry And Martha Keene. Margaret Susan Cherry married Merrill Erastus Willis, and had children including Joshua Thomas Willis, William Wesley Willis. Margaret Susan Cherry passed away in 1870 in Toquerville, Washington County, Utah, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Margaret Susan Cherry was born in 1788 in Williamson, Martin, North Carolina, USA, the child of Joshua Cherry And Martha Keene.
  • Margaret Susan Cherry married Merrill Erastus Willis, and had children including Joshua Thomas Willis, William Wesley Willis.
  • Margaret Susan Cherry passed away in 1870 in Toquerville, Washington County, Utah, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joshua Cherry
1761–1840
Birth Location: Craven County, North Carolina, United States of America
JC

Spouses(s)

Merrill Willis
1780–1842
Birth Location: New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA
MW

Children(s)

William Willis
1811–1872
Birth Location: Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, United States of America
WW
Joshua Willis
1818–1886
Birth Location: McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, United States of America
JW

Margaret Cherry's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Cherry
1788–1870
Birth Place: Williamson, Martin, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Joshua Cherry
1761–1840
Craven County, North Carolina, United States of America
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Cherry's Descendants

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Margaret (Susan) Cherry (5 April 1788–1870) m. Merrill (Erastus) Willis (10 November 1780–18 December 1842)
  1. 1. William (Wesley) Willis 1811–1872 m. Margaret (Jane) Willis 1812–1850 m. Frances (M) Long 1803–1885 m. Mary Pengelly 1823–1906 m. Ann Wilshire –1885
    1. 1. John (Henry) Willis 1835–1888 m. Frances (Long) Reeves 1840–1924 m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Willis 1847–1903
      1. 1. Heber (Tillman) Willis 1874–1963
        1. 1. Pearl Willis 1906–1984 m. D (Leroy) Bond 1906–1991
      2. 2. Lemuel (Josiah) Willis 1863–1930
      3. 3. Della (Ann) Hunt 1869–1937
      4. 4. George (Merrill) Willis 1866–1889
      5. 5. Ira (Reeves) Willis 1872–1915
      6. 6. Lewis (Albert) Willis 1867–1941
      7. 7. Frances (Elizabeth) Elmer 1866–1909
      8. 8. Parley Willis 1886–1945
      9. 9. Annie (Elizabeth) Dutton 1880–1911
      10. 10. William (Wesley) Willis 1859–1926
      11. 11. William (Harrison) Willis 1876–1916
      12. 12. Angus (Long) Willis 1879–1961
      13. 13. Rhodom (Able) Willis 1876–1962
      14. 14. Amasa (Marion) Willis 1861–1931
    2. 2. Ann (Cherry) Willis 1834–1910
    3. 3. George (Albert) Willis 1848–1928
    4. 4. Josephine Willis 1844–1904
    5. 5. Lemuel (Merrill) Willis 1839–1878
    6. 6. Margaret (Willis) Willis 1850–1855
    7. 7. Mary (Lucretia) Willis 1837–1912
    8. 8. Thomas (Tillman) Willis 1842–1900
    9. 9. William (Wesley) Willis 1846–1917
    10. 10. Augusta Willis 1862–1884
    11. 11. Hiram (Albert) Willis 1865–1913
    12. 12. Jared (Arthur) Willis 1858–1878
    13. 13. Mary (Ellen) Willis 1861–
  2. 2. Joshua (Thomas) Willis 1818–1886 m. Sarah (Melissa) Dodge 1827–1890
    1. 1. Mary (Agnes) Willis 1862–1913
    2. 2. George (Albert) Willis 1870–1870
    3. 3. Henry (Tillman) Willis 1855–1918
    4. 4. Irene (Rebecka) Willis 1864–1864
    5. 5. John (Morgan) Willis 1858–1859
    6. 6. Joseph (Smith) Willis 1856–1872
    7. 7. Joshua (Thomas) Willis 1849–1930 m. Sarah (Mariah) Duffin 1850–1926
      1. 1. Gertrude Willis 1889–1890
      2. 2. Joseph Willis 1871–
      3. 3. Isaac (T.) Willis 1873–1960 m. Sarah (E.) Willis 1882–1952
        1. 1. Clara (May) Willis 1909–1911
        2. 2. John (Howard) Willis 1907–1952
      4. 4. Maude Willis 1875–1935 m. Jonathan (William) Cameron 1874–1910
        1. 1. Maude (Lavern) Cameron 1901–1983 m. Miles (W) Davis 1896–1961
        2. 2. Lena (Eudora) Cameron 1896–1988
        3. 3. Willis (Cooper) Cameron 1904–1983
        4. 4. John (Emery) Cameron 1899–1957 m. Edith (M) Cameron 1902–
        5. 5. Francis (Silvia) Cameron 1908–1911
        6. 6. J (Wilda) Cameron 1911–1988 m. John (Leroy) Hansen 1906–1982
      5. 5. Hugh Willis 1877–
      6. 6. Mark Willis 1879–
    8. 8. Lovina (Lucinda) Willis 1860–1903
    9. 9. Margaret (Frances) Willis 1854–1854
    10. 10. Mariah (Mocellia) Willis 1861–1929
    11. 11. Martha (Elizabeth) Willis 1857–1931
    12. 12. Mary (Dosha) Willis 1853–1853
    13. 13. Mary (E) Willis 1850–
    14. 14. Merrill (Erastus) Willis 1851–1922
    15. 15. Rosellah Willis 1865–1865
    16. 16. Rosezilpha Willis 1867–1868
    17. 17. Sarah (Mellissa) Willis 1852–1914
    18. 18. William (Richard) Willis 1868–1954

Margaret Cherry's Timeline

3 Records

1788
5 April 1788
Birth of Margaret Susan Cherry in Williamson, Martin, North Carolina, USA
Williamson, Martin, North Carolina, USA
1870
1870
Age 82
Death of Margaret Susan Cherry in Toquerville, Utah Territory, Washington, USA
Toquerville, Utah Territory, Washington, USA
1870
1870
Age 82
Burial of Margaret Susan Cherry in Toquerville, Washington County, Utah, United States of America
Toquerville, Washington County, Utah, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 April 1788
    Event Place: Williamson, Martin, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021
    [2] Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 18 Jun 1847
    Record Source: Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 29 Sep 1847
    Event Place: Deseret, United States
    Record Source: Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Toquerville, Utah Territory, Washington, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Toquerville, Washington County, Utah, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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