I whanau a Johnny Cash i te Hui-tanguru 26, 1932, i Kingsland, Arkansas, ki a Carrie Cloveree (née Rivers) me Ray Cash. Ko ia te tuawha o nga tamariki e whitu, i roto i te tikanga whanau: Roy, Margaret Louise, Jack, J. R., Reba, Joanne, me Tommy (i riro hoki ia hei kaitoi whenua angitu). Ko ia te nuinga o te Ingarihi me te Scottish uri. I te mea he pakeke i kitea e ia tona ingoa ki te 11th-rau tau Fife, i muri i te hui ki te ka-laird o Falkland, Major Michael Crichton-Stuart. Cash Loch me ētahi atu wāhi i roto i Fife mau te ingoa o tona hapu. I te whanautanga, i huaina Cash J. R. I te wa i uru ia ki te United States Air Force, kihai i whakaaetia ia ki te whakamahi i tona ingoa tuatahi, na ka hurihia e ia ki John R. I roto i te 1955, ka mate ia ki te Sun, J. R., Reba, Joanne, me Tommy (i riro hoki i te kaitito whenua whenua angitu).
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