"Edward, the youngest son of Thomas Cherry, married Rebecca Perrin, of Hopewell township (now Independence). He purchased the homestead of the heirs, and was born, lived, and died on the homestead. His death occurred July 1, 1854, at the age of seventy-eight years. He had ten children, of whom William P. is the eldest, now in his seventy-eighth year. He with two sisters, Maria and Sarah, all unmarried, are living on the homestead. Rebecca, also unmarried, lived with them until her death, Oct. 8, 1881."
~Crumrine, Boyd, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882, p. 855
"Edward Cherry was born in July, 1776, on the home farm in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, where his boyhood was passed amid the dangers of pioneer life, trebled by the horrors of the Revolution. On March 4, 1802, he was united in marriage with Rebecca Perrin, who was born in 1781, in New Jersey."
~Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, p. 723
~Crumrine, Boyd, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882, p. 855
"Edward Cherry was born in July, 1776, on the home farm in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, where his boyhood was passed amid the dangers of pioneer life, trebled by the horrors of the Revolution. On March 4, 1802, he was united in marriage with Rebecca Perrin, who was born in 1781, in New Jersey."
~Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, p. 723
"Edward, the youngest son of Thomas Cherry, married Rebecca Perrin, of Hopewell township (now Independence). He purchased the homestead of the heirs, and was born, lived, and died on the homestead. His death occurred July 1, 1854, at the age of seventy-eight years. He had ten children, of whom William P. is the eldest, now in his seventy-eighth year. He with two sisters, Maria and Sarah, all unmarried, are living on the homestead. Rebecca, also unmarried, lived with them until her death, Oct. 8, 1881."
~Crumrine, Boyd, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882, p. 855
"Edward Cherry was born in July, 1776, on the home farm in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, where his boyhood was passed amid the dangers of pioneer life, trebled by the horrors of the Revolution. On March 4, 1802, he was united in marriage with Rebecca Perrin, who was born in 1781, in New Jersey."
~Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, p. 723
~Crumrine, Boyd, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882, p. 855
"Edward Cherry was born in July, 1776, on the home farm in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, where his boyhood was passed amid the dangers of pioneer life, trebled by the horrors of the Revolution. On March 4, 1802, he was united in marriage with Rebecca Perrin, who was born in 1781, in New Jersey."
~Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, p. 723
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