Born on a farm in Tioga, Hancock County, Illinois, Cherry studied law in Kansas under the supervision of his father, who was a lawyer and a judge.
[2] In 1922, however, he was elected to the court, taking office in 1923 and serving for ten years, until declining health forced him to resign.
[1] In 1936, Cherry moved to Phoenix, Arizona,[1] though on a 1938 visit to Salt Lake City, he indicated that he was pleased that Franklin D. Roosevelt's court-packing plan had been defeated.
[1] In 1898, Cherry married Louise Keller of Manti, Utah, with whom he had three sons and three daughters.
[4] Cherry died in his home in Mesa at the age of 76, from a heart ailment, following an asthmatic attack.