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Elizabeth “Lizzie” <I>Sharp</I> Dye

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Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sharp Dye

Birth
California, USA
Death
4 May 1913 (aged 62)
Saint Helena, Napa County, California, USA
Burial
Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California, USA Add to Map
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Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 567. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.

Elizabeth Sharp was the daughter of John Sharp, one of the pioneers of the county and the founder of Walnut Grove. She was born at Dry Creek, Eldorado County, soon after her parents arrived in California; but she received her elementary schooling at Walnut Grove and finished her education at Hesperian College, Woodland, after which she engaged in teaching school till her marriage to Sperry Dye on July 4, 1869 at the Capital Hotel in Sacramento.

They had five children, including one set of twins. Lizzie passed away at the St. Helena sanitarium and was survived by her sons Sperry, Corodon, and Milo, as well as daughter Amy. Predeceased by her husband Sperry and an baby son John.
Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 567. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.

Elizabeth Sharp was the daughter of John Sharp, one of the pioneers of the county and the founder of Walnut Grove. She was born at Dry Creek, Eldorado County, soon after her parents arrived in California; but she received her elementary schooling at Walnut Grove and finished her education at Hesperian College, Woodland, after which she engaged in teaching school till her marriage to Sperry Dye on July 4, 1869 at the Capital Hotel in Sacramento.

They had five children, including one set of twins. Lizzie passed away at the St. Helena sanitarium and was survived by her sons Sperry, Corodon, and Milo, as well as daughter Amy. Predeceased by her husband Sperry and an baby son John.


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  • Maintained by: J&D Peterson
  • Originally Created by: Kathie-M.
  • Added: Apr 9, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178252708/elizabeth-dye: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sharp Dye (Mar 1851–4 May 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 178252708, citing Sharp Family Cemetery, Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California, USA; Maintained by J&D Peterson (contributor 46859770).