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Elisha Sharp 1830–1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Dec 1830

Birth Location: Clinton County, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 5 Sep 1885

Death Location: Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA

Father: Henry Sharp

Mother: Mary St.Clair

Spouse(s): Ellen Houghson

Children(s): Temperance Sharp, Mary Sharp, Florence Sharp, Kate Sharp, Henry Sharp, George Sharp, Flora Sharp, Walter Sharp

Elisha Sharp was born in 1830 in Clinton County, Illinois, USA, the child of Henry Jonathan Sharp And Mary Ann Polly St Clair. Elisha Sharp married Eliza Jennings, Ellen Jane Houghson, and had children including Flora Sharp, Florence Sharp, George Wyman Sharp, Henry Oscar Sharp, Kate Sharp, Mary Sharp, Temperance Ann Sharp, Walter Sharp. Elisha Sharp passed away in 1885 in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Elisha Sharp was born in 1830 in Clinton County, Illinois, USA, the child of Henry Jonathan Sharp And Mary Ann Polly St Clair.
  • Elisha Sharp married Eliza Jennings, Ellen Jane Houghson, and had children including Flora Sharp, Florence Sharp, George Wyman Sharp, Henry Oscar Sharp, Kate Sharp, Mary Sharp, Temperance Ann Sharp, Walter Sharp.
  • Elisha Sharp passed away in 1885 in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Elisha Sharp's Ancestors

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Elisha Sharp
1830–1885
Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois, USA
Parents
Henry Jonathan Sharp
1797–1851
Buchans, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Ann 'Polly') St.Clair
1800–1875
Buncombe Co, North Carollina
Grandparents
Henry Sharp
1772–1825
Sussex, New Jersey
Hannah
1778–1815
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elisha Sharp's Descendants

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Elisha Sharp (4 Dec 1830–5 Sep 1885) m. Ellen (Jane) Houghson (10 Feb 1833–22 Apr 1880)
  1. 1. Temperance (Ann) Sharp 1853–1888 m. Thomas Settles 1847–1929
    1. 1. Myrtle (Rowena) Settle 1878–1929
    2. 2. Walter Settle 1881–
    3. 3. Flora (Adaline) Settle 1875–1953 m. George (Walter) Towle 1866–1940
      1. 1. Arthur (Russell) Towle 1910–1945 m. Irene (Frances) Carman 1910–1999
      2. 2. Leona (Irene) Towle 1917–1987 m. Irvin (Dale) Pruitt 1916–1992 m. Arthur (Bethel) Marlow 1902–1975
        1. 1. Michael (Dale) Pruitt 1942–1959
      3. 3. Walter (Laverne) Towle 1897–1961 m. Iva (Grace) Knott 1896–1971
        1. 1. Walter (Eugene) Towle 1919– m. Edna Collins 1923–2003
        2. 2. Mary (Ruth) Towle 1925–
        3. 3. June (Louise) Towle 1926–
        4. 4. Helena (Flora) Towle 1922–
      4. 4. Myrtle (Alberta) Towle 1905–1994 m. Henry Michael 1898–1961
        1. 1. Maxine Michael 1924–
        2. 2. Joe (Robert) Michael 1925–1930
        3. 3. Peter (Jay) Michael 1932–1998 m. Gloria (Ann) Klefgen 1937–2005
        4. 4. Glenda (Sue) Michael 1932–2015
      5. 5. Nellie (Edna) Towle 1907–1925 m. Charles (Edward) Garringer 1902–1984 m. Farris (M.) Hill 1886–1969 m. Oral DeGolyer 1907–1988 m. Raymond (Harold) Lewis 1903–1967
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Lewis 1925–2019 m. George (Everett) Montgomery 1924–1980
      6. 6. Lula (May) Towle 1913–1913
      7. 7. Roy Towle 1913–1913
      8. 8. Raymond (Thomas) Towle 1914–1996 m. Maud (Eveline) Osborn 1920–2004
        1. 1. Roberta (Jean) Towle 1935–1965 m. James (Rex) Dukeman 1932–1991
  2. 2. Mary Sharp 1868–
  3. 3. Florence Sharp 1865–
  4. 4. Kate Sharp 1873–
  5. 5. Henry (Oscar) Sharp 1862–1864
  6. 6. George (Wyman) Sharp 1870–
  7. 7. Flora Sharp 1859–
  8. 8. Walter Sharp 1856–1862

Elisha Sharp's Timeline

2 Records

1830
4 Dec 1830
Birth of Elisha Sharp in Clinton County, Illinois, USA
Clinton County, Illinois, USA
1885
5 Sep 1885
Age 55
Death of Elisha Sharp in Shattuc, Clinton, Illinois, USA
Shattuc, Clinton, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1830
    Event Place: Clinton County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Illinois, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Sep 1885
    Event Place: Shattuc, Clinton, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Illinois, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Illinois, Find a Grave Index

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