Background
Cherry, Ulysses Simpson Grant was born on December 2, 1863 in Lewistown, Ohio, United States. Son of Amos and Elizabeth (Smith) Cherry.
Cherry, Ulysses Simpson Grant was born on December 2, 1863 in Lewistown, Ohio, United States. Son of Amos and Elizabeth (Smith) Cherry.
Graduate Ohio Normal University, Ada, 1885. Read law in offices of William H. West, Bellefontaine, O., until September 1886. Bachelor of Laws, Law Department, Columbian (now George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1887 (first prize in contest on legal essays).
V. Practiced at Sioux Falls, South Dakot, since 1887. Special assistant counsel 3 attorney-gens. of South Dakot. Represented the state in noteworthy case, in re McClellan estate, in Supreme Court of the United States Court, United States Circuit Court Appeals, State Supreme, Circuit and County courts, covering period of 18 years Practice has extended to state and federal courts in 20 western states.
Member Democratic State Central and Campaign committees, 1896. Member American Bar Association (ex-member general counsel and Executive Committee), South Dakot State Bar Association Supreme representative from South Dakot to Supreme Lodge, K. of Philisophy, for 16 years. Member South Dakot State Council Defense, World War.
Clubs: Dakota, Elks (Sioux Falls).
Married South. Winnifred Clyde, September 12, 1888 (died May 16, 1900). Married second, Louie A. Palmer, February 6, 1906. Children: Ulysses South. G., M. Lucile, South. Genevieve, R. Winnifred.
