1st h/o Mildred Porter
Birth: 2nd of two known children in Mount Vernon, Lawrence county, Missouri
Parents moved to Carthage in 1905.
Census: 1910, age 9 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents at 1924 south Garrison avenue, father an insurance agent.
Census: 1920 with misspelled name, age 19 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents and older sister who had been married, at 1924 south Garrison avenue, father still an insurance agent.
Census: 1930, age 29 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with wife & son at west side of Maple in 1300 block.
Cherry became an officer in his father-in-law's company and spent much time on the road as a salesman for Platt-Porter until it no longer exisited. Later he became mayor of Carthage while living at 1330 south Maple. ~ ~ Griggs Park, south side Centennial between Maple and Garrison was named to honor him. ~
Death: in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
Father: John William Griggs b: 9 FEB 1863 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence conty, Missouri
Mother: Mollie Ellen Cherry b: 18 AUG 1862 in Missouri
Marriage: Mildred Porter b: 9 MAR 1904 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
Marriage: 1925 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
Known Child
John Porter Griggs b: 9 FEB 1926 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
1st h/o Mildred Porter
Birth: 2nd of two known children in Mount Vernon, Lawrence county, Missouri
Parents moved to Carthage in 1905.
Census: 1910, age 9 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents at 1924 south Garrison avenue, father an insurance agent.
Census: 1920 with misspelled name, age 19 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents and older sister who had been married, at 1924 south Garrison avenue, father still an insurance agent.
Census: 1930, age 29 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with wife & son at west side of Maple in 1300 block.
Cherry became an officer in his father-in-law's company and spent much time on the road as a salesman for Platt-Porter until it no longer exisited. Later he became mayor of Carthage while living at 1330 south Maple. ~ ~ Griggs Park, south side Centennial between Maple and Garrison was named to honor him. ~
Death: in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
Father: John William Griggs b: 9 FEB 1863 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence conty, Missouri
Mother: Mollie Ellen Cherry b: 18 AUG 1862 in Missouri
Marriage: Mildred Porter b: 9 MAR 1904 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
Marriage: 1925 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
Known Child
John Porter Griggs b: 9 FEB 1926 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri
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