This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZS.2ADI/500.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Yes, Rufus was the son of Alexander Cherry and Mary Emma Barnes. Alexander was the son of Henry Cherry and Elizabeth Patsy Holland. We are searching the Orangeburg, SC area with a fine tooth comb in order to find the parents of Henry and Andrew Jackson Cherry, the founders of the entire Cherry family in Dothan. If you will email me privately, I can send you a file that contains my Cherry database for this family, including Rufus and Mittie Cook, with children Fred and Charles. Cal Campbell Talladega, AL