| Mary, daughter of Robert Henry Tunks and Thirsa Hewitt, was born 7 August
1882 at _________________. (city) There appears to be a record of Mary first being married to one Dan Burke. No further information is known at this time. Joseph, son of _____________________ Cherry (father) and _________________ (mother), was born ______________ (date) at ______________. (city) They were married _____________________ (date) in ____________________ (church) at ______________________ (city). They had no children. An interview by Audrey Kelly had Glen Kelly recollecting Joe Cherry from the basket factory; "He was in log steaming and fell into one of the vats one day. A quick pull from one of the workers saved his life, although he was in bad shape for a long time." "Joe was a pretty tough old guy. He had a black belt he won for boxing, welter weight or some weight from boxing. At the job Joe used to go a little bit of home-made bootlegging and in order to keep law and order there, he used to get a razor out and clear the house out. One time there he came out like a wild man and they went through the screen door!" Sister-in-law Carrie (Tunks) Stocking recalled that they moved to Saginaw, Michigan. She added that Joe Cherry was at one time a light weight boxer. Joe died from _______________ (cause) on_________________ and was buried in ______________ at ______________. (city) Mary died from _______________ (cause) on_________________ and was buried in ______________ at ______________.(city) |
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