CHERRY, (Prof.) T. C., KY., then Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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PROFESSOR T. C. CHERRY, CROWLEY.--Prof. T. C. Cherry was born in Kentucky,
April 24, 1862.  His father, G. W. Cherry, was a native of that State, as was
also his mother, Martha Stahl.

T. C. Cherry is one of a family of nine children.  His father being a planter,
he was reared on a plantation, and is thoroughly familiar with all kinds of
farm work.  He received his education principally at Bowling Green, Kentucky. 
Later he took a business course at Delaware, Ohio, and at Glasgow, Kentucky. 
At the age of twenty-two years, Prof. Cherry began school teaching, and has
been engaged in this chiefly since that time.  He first taught in the public
schools of Warren county, Kentucky.  Later he taught for one year in the
Woolwine High School, Nashville, Tennessee.  He came here as commercial
teacher, and was the main factor in the founding of Acadia Commercial and
Literary College, at Crowley.  Prof. Cherry is thoroughly, practical and
energetic, and his extensive knowledge in educational matters will go far in
making the college at Crowley one of the most flourishing in Louisiana.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 257. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.

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