Canzada married George Cherry in about 1833 or 1834. Interestingly, in the 1830 census, George Cherry and Arthur Newman are neighbors. George was 40-50 in that census, and the household also includes two males 20-40; however, I've seen nothing to suggest George left grown children anywhere in the area when he died. For some inexplicable reason, I've not been able to find a record for either of Canzada's marriages or a will for George Cherry even though marriage and probate records for Pulaski are available from 1810 on.

Canzada's father, Abraham Shiver, died in 1844, so within the space of about 10 years, she married twice and lost a husband and her father. Between her two marriages, she bore 12 children. She saw two of her sons go to war and only one, my ancestor Abe, come home. Canzada died in October 1880 after having been an invalid for many years; at least she was spared seeing three of her adults kids succumb two months later to the typhoid epidemic then sweeping the area.

1. William Jackson Cherry, b. ca 1836

George Cherry died in December 1835. According to The Family of John and Hannah Shiver, "those participating at the 'Sale of Goods and Chattel of Geo. Cherry, Deceased, December 1835' were: Bonapart Shiver, Alfred Shiver, Abraham Shiver, James Shiver and Elijah Shiver. This was obviously a family event."

According to an unsourced IGI Individual Record, George was born in Pulaski County in 1790, and he married in Muscogee County in 1812 to an unnamed bride. Pulaski County wasn't actually established until 1808, when it was created from parts of Laurens and Wilkinson Counties. Too little is known about George Cherry to determine how accurate this IGI record is otherwise.

I did find a George F. and Mary A. Cherry, living probably with an aunt and uncle, in the 1850 Muscogee County census: Elijah Denn, 56, b. Washington Co.; Martha Denn, 54, b. Burke Co.; Elizabeth Denn, 16, b. Houston Co.; James J. Denn, 13, b. Houston Co.; Mary A. Cherry, 20, b. Pulaski Co.; George F. Cherry, 16, b. Houston Co.; Adolphus Witz, 21, b. Laurens Co. Given the ages, if Mary and George are in fact George Cherry's children, they are obviously from a first marriage.

Abraham Shiver left a bequest to William Jackson Cherry in the will he wrote in May 1843. William was living with Arthur and Canzada in the 1850 census, age 13. There's a William Shiry, 24, living in Pulaski in 1860, with Martha, 32, and Nancy E., 5. It's possible this is William Cherry but I've only made fleeting attempts to find more information on him or track him beyond that.

Children with Arthur Newman:

1. Catherine Newman, b. 14 Jul 1841; m. William G. Hunt
2. James Newman, b. ca 1842; d. 29 June 1862, Savage's Station, Virginia
3. Abraham William Newman, b. 7 Jun 1843; m. Lucy Fenn, Mollie Conner
4. Jane G. Newman, b. ca 1846
5. Georgianne Newman, b. ca 1847; m. William Stephen Daniels
6. Susan Newman, b. ca 1850; m. John K. Partin
7. Anna Newman, b. ca 1852; m. W. Hawkins Kinchen
8. Nancy (Nannie) C. Newman, b. ca 1855; m. Remus R. Wood
9. Mary Rebecca Newman, b. ca 1857; d. 16 Dec 1880
10. Arthur John Newman, b. Mar 1860; m. Emma Love
11. Fanny Alice Newman, b. ca 1861; m. James S. Frink

I know nothing about Jane Newman, who is not mentioned in Arthur's will. The last record I found of her was the 1860 census, when she was 13. It's probable that she died before 1870 as I found no marriage record for her in Pulaski County, and there is no mention of her in the Hawkinsville Dispatch compilations covering 1870-1888, which there most likely would have been had she married and died elsewhere, given the number of other items related to Arthur and his family in that publication.

James enlisted in Co. G, 10th Georgia Infantry on 20 May 1861 and died in the battle at Savage's Station, Virginia, on 29 June 1862. Arthur submitted a claim for settlement on 11 Apr 1863. Abe served with served with Co. G, 5th Georgia Reserves as a second lieutenant in 1864 and was paroled in Apr 1865.

Canzada died in October 1880 after having been an invalid for many years. Three of hers and Arthur's adult children - Anna, Rebecca and John (Arthur Jr.) - died within days of each other in mid-December of the same year, victims of the typhoid epidemic sweeping the area. Alice's marriage to James Frink occurred on November 28th, a life-affirming event in the midst of so much tragedy. John's widow, Emma Love Newman, remarried 23 Jul 1882, to William Chancey.

Sources: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses; Arthur Newman's will; "The Family of John and Hannah Shiver of Cravan County South Carolina, in Georgia, Florida and Alabama" by Drexel Larry Shiver;"Marriages, Deaths, and Etc. from Hawkinsville Dispatch (Georgia), 1870-1888" by Robert K. Nobles; "Marriage Records of Pulaski County, Georgia 1810-1855" by William R. Henry; Pulaski County Marriage Book 1810-1851 and Pulaski County 1840-1856 microfilm collections at Georgia's Virtual Vault; Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; American Civil War Solderies (online at ancestry.com).