John was born at
South Carolina in 1821. He was the son of
David Cherry and
Sarah Johnston. John Johnston Cherry was census 1850 - free in 1850 at
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana; Listed with George W. Batterton in the 1850 Indiana, Monroe Co., City of Bloomington census, age 27, cabinet maker, born in South Carolina. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at
Bloomington Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. He married
Anna J. Crabb at
Monroe Co., Indiana, on 25 December 1860. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at
Bloomington Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. John died in 1880. His body was interred in 1880 at
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, at United Presbyterian Cemetery.