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Joseph A. “Joe” Sharp

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Joseph A. “Joe” Sharp

Birth
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Death
31 Dec 1903 (aged 57)
Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec E, Bl 7, Lot 1, space 1
Memorial ID
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son of Andrew Sharp (1807-1863) & Anna Mariah Wirtz (1818-1885)

OH marriages
Name: J. A. Sharp
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1874
Marriage Place: Hardin, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Mattie A. Stively

IN death certificate
photographer
married-Mattie
father-Andrew Sharp b. PA
mother-Ann Wertz b. PA
d. tuberculosis

The Semi-Weekly Rensselaer Republican
5 Jan 1904, pb. 1, col. 4
Obituary of Joseph Sharp
Joseph Sharp was born at Frankfort, Kentucky, April 26, 1846, and his age at death was 57 years, 7 months and 4 dayas. When 9 years old he moved with his parents to Marion, Ohio, and at 21 started to learn the photograph business at Ballfontaine, Ohio. Later he lived in Kenton, O., for 4 or 5 years, and in 1877 came to Rensselaer, which has ever since been his home, except for a year or two spent at Morocco and traveling with a wheeled photograph gallery. He always followed photography for a living, being incapacitated by lamelesss, from a hip disease, for more active occupation.
He married Oct. 8, 1874 to Miss Mattie Shively, who survives him. He also leaves two half sisters and a half brother, Mtrs. Thos. Thorpe, and Thomas Moon, of Marion, Ohio, and Mrs. Wm Gooding of Girard, Kans. A number of cousins live in Renssleaer, including Joseph Sharp, Erastur Peacock, Mrs. M.B. Alter, Mrs. J.W. Williams, Mrs. Almira Stockton, and others.
The funeral was held last Saturday forenoon at Trinity M.E. church, Rev. H.L. Kindig conducting the religious services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. The pall bearers were T. J. McCoy, John Egar, G.W. Goff, A.F. Long, N.B. Warner and W.J. Eger.
son of Andrew Sharp (1807-1863) & Anna Mariah Wirtz (1818-1885)

OH marriages
Name: J. A. Sharp
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1874
Marriage Place: Hardin, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Mattie A. Stively

IN death certificate
photographer
married-Mattie
father-Andrew Sharp b. PA
mother-Ann Wertz b. PA
d. tuberculosis

The Semi-Weekly Rensselaer Republican
5 Jan 1904, pb. 1, col. 4
Obituary of Joseph Sharp
Joseph Sharp was born at Frankfort, Kentucky, April 26, 1846, and his age at death was 57 years, 7 months and 4 dayas. When 9 years old he moved with his parents to Marion, Ohio, and at 21 started to learn the photograph business at Ballfontaine, Ohio. Later he lived in Kenton, O., for 4 or 5 years, and in 1877 came to Rensselaer, which has ever since been his home, except for a year or two spent at Morocco and traveling with a wheeled photograph gallery. He always followed photography for a living, being incapacitated by lamelesss, from a hip disease, for more active occupation.
He married Oct. 8, 1874 to Miss Mattie Shively, who survives him. He also leaves two half sisters and a half brother, Mtrs. Thos. Thorpe, and Thomas Moon, of Marion, Ohio, and Mrs. Wm Gooding of Girard, Kans. A number of cousins live in Renssleaer, including Joseph Sharp, Erastur Peacock, Mrs. M.B. Alter, Mrs. J.W. Williams, Mrs. Almira Stockton, and others.
The funeral was held last Saturday forenoon at Trinity M.E. church, Rev. H.L. Kindig conducting the religious services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. The pall bearers were T. J. McCoy, John Egar, G.W. Goff, A.F. Long, N.B. Warner and W.J. Eger.


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