A. G. CHERRYHOLMES
A.
G. Cherryholmes, prominently connected with business interests
of Derby as a partner in the hardware firm of Cherryholmes
& Nessen, is numbered among the pioneers in Lucas county,
his residence here dating from 1854. This has covered the period of the
section’s greatest growth and development and although he was
still a child at that time, he afterward bore his full share
in the work of progress, his activities promoting the
agricultural development of his township and later the
mercantile growth of the city where he now makes his home. He was born in
Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 27th of August,
1852, and is a son of John and Mary (Norris) Cherryholmes,
natives of that state, the father born in 1804 and the mother
in 1819. They
left Port Washington, Ohio, in a covered wagon on the 20th
of September, 1854, and arrived in Union township, Lucas
county, on November 8th of the same year. They settled on a
farm here when pioneer conditions prevailed everywhere, the
settlements being sparse and the houses between their property
and Chariton few and far between. The father continued to develop his
holdings, becoming one of the prosperous and substantial
farmers in this locality, dying upon his property in Union
township in 1889. His
wife survived him some years, passing away in 1894. In their family
were eight children: W.
H., deceased; Joseph, whose home is in Kansas; Rhoda and a
daughter (unnamed), both of whom died in infancy; A. G., of
this review; Mrs. Amanda E. Gibbs, of Humeston, Mrs. Ruth
Brevard, of Colorado; and J. D., of Taylor county, Iowa. The five eldest
children were born in Ohio and the three youngest in Union
township, but all were reared in Lucas county.
A.
G. Cherryholmes was only two years of age when he came with
his parents to Lucas county and amid the pioneer conditions
then prevailing he grew to manhood, attending the district
school and when not engaged with his books assisting with the
work of the homestead. When
he began his independent career he naturally turned his
attention to the occupation to which he had been reared and he
followed farming in Union township until 1897, when he moved
into Derby, where he has since resided. On the 4th
of October, 1905, he formed a partnership with Mr. Nessen and
they entered into the hardware and implement business in Derby
under the firm name of Cherryholmes & Nessen. They deal in all
kinds of shelf and heavy hardware, vehicles and farm
implements, conducting one of the largest enterprises of this
character in this section, and they have been accorded a
liberal and representative patronage, for their prices are at
all times reasonable and their business methods honorable and
straightforward. Mr.
Cherryholmes is known as a resourceful, farsighted and
progressive business man and his success is the direct result
of ability combined with industry.
In
1881 Mr. Cherryholmes was united in marriage to Miss Matilda
Brevard, who was born in Indiana on the 26th of
June, 1851, a daughter of Jonathan and Charity (Marsh)
Brevard, natives of that state.
They came overland to Clarke county, Iowa, in 1864 and
settled on a farm there on which they continued to reside
until their deaths. In
their family were the following children: Mrs. Rachel A.
Brower, James Martin and Jesse M., all of whom are deceased;
Mrs. Jane Crawford, of Nebraska; Mrs. Cherryholmes, wife of
the subject of this sketch; Isaac, whose home is in Colorado;
Mrs. Amanda Folk, of Washington; and John F., of Clarke
county, Iowa. All
of these children were born in Indiana with the exception of
Mrs. Crawford and Charles W.
Mr. and Mrs. Cherryholmes became the parents of one
daughter, Araminta, who died in infancy.
Fraternally
Mr. Cherryholmes is connected with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Yeomen and his wife holds membership in
the Rebekahs. He
is a democrat in his political beliefs and has served ably and
creditably as road supervisor and assessor of Derby. A public-spirited
and progressive citizen, he is interested in the welfare of
the section to which he came in pioneer times and is active in
promoting its growth. Business
men respect him for his integrity and his straightforward
dealings and wherever he is known he holds the esteem and
confidence of all who are associated with him.