Biography of Allis A. Cherry - Conway Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Cathy Barnes Date: 21 Jun 1998 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas. Goodspeed Publishers, 1891. page 56 Allis A. Cherry, a planter and fruit grower, living on Petit Jean Mountain in Petit Jean Township, is a native of this State. He was born in Drew County, December 9, 1850, and is the son of James M. and Mary E. (Sanders) Cherry. Father was a farmer and merchant, and was a native of Mississippi; mother was a native of Alabama; parents emigrated from Mississippi to Arkansas in 1849, and settled in Drew County, where father died in 1851; mother died in 1866; she was a member of the Baptist Church. Our subject, Mr. Cherry, was married March 29, 1870, to Miss Lucy A. Johnson, a native of Mississippi, and who was born May 5, 1852 To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cherry have been born nine children, four sons and five daughters, who are named Mary E., Laura E., Lula B., Effie F., William W., Nancy E., Charles H., Leander and Hardee. Mr. Cherry's father and mother were the parents of ten children, of where Allis, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest, and John S. Algernon, James M. and Mary M.; the others are dead. Mr. Cherry owns one of the finest places on the mountain. He has 120 acres, on which he has an abundance of the best fruit and all doings for the comfort of his family. He is an enterprising citizen, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.