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1.  GEORGE CLIFTON⁴ SHARP  (WILLIAM WASHINGTON³, ROBERT STOCKTON², WILLIAM¹)¹ was born May 16, 1859 in Estill Springs, Franklin Co., TN, and died October 30, 1930 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas².  He married (1) IDA IRENE HOLLOWAY^3,4 July 29, 1894 in Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas.  She was born November 15, 1869 in Mississippi, and died November 28, 1903 in Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas⁵.  He married (2) CELIA LEAH MURPHEY 1915 in Tennessee?, daughter of JOHN MURPHEY and JEMIMA FRANCIS.  She was born January 20, 1874 in Georgia, and died September 29, 1955 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas.

 

Notes for GEORGE CLIFTON SHARP:

 

1880 census shows a George Sharpe, Laborer/Boarder in the house of a widow Mary McCallum, and her two sons, Rbt & Thos.

Hill County is a neighboring county to Navarro, which is where his mother and siblings resided in 1880, and although the surname is shown as "Sharpe", all other entries appear to correctly represent him.

 

1900 census shows George with his wife Ida and their 3 children, Robert (Bob), William (Billy), and George (Clif).

 

1910 census shows George with his 5 children, Robert (Bob), William (Billy), and George (Clif), Sally (Virginia), and Henry (Dick).

 

More About GEORGE CLIFTON SHARP:

Burial: Lot 48-3, Plainview Cemetery, Hale Co, TX

Cause of Death: heart attack

Census 1: 1860, Elk River, Franklin Co, TN⁶

Census 2: 1870, Decherd, Franklin Co., TN⁷

Census 3: 1880, Hill Co., TX - E. D. 78 pg 425?

Census 4: 1900, Mansfield, Tarrant Co., TX⁸

Census 5: 1910, Saginaw, Tarrant Co., TX⁹

Census 6: 1920, Plainview, Hale Co., TX¹⁰

Census 7: 1930, Plainview, Hale Co, TX ED95-2 pg2A¹¹

 

Medical Information: Watching a battle near his house during the Civil War, he fell off of a fence & broke his arm. No Doctor was available, resulting in a permanently crippled arm.

Occupation 1: Bet. 1894 - 1930, Farmer

Occupation 2: 1880, Laborer

Residence 1: 1880, Hillsboro, Hill Co., TX

Residence 2: Abt 1890, Plainview, Hale Co., TX

Residence 3: Bet. 1894 - 1905, Mansfield, Tarrant Co., TX

Residence 4: 1806-1813, On Blue Mound Road in Saginaw, TX

Residence 5: Bet. 1914 - 1930, Plainview, Hale Co., TX

 

Notes for IDA IRENE HOLLOWAY:

 

Search by Tarrant County Clerks office shows no record of Ida's death.

 

I could not find her either in the 1870 or 1880 census for Texas or for Mississippi.

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Copied from cemetery records found at www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/cemetery/rehobeth.htm

 

Rehobeth (aka Rehoboth) Cemetery in Tarrant County, Texas is located north of Mansfield on South Cooper Street (Hwy. 157), and west of the Rehoboth Baptist Church. The earliest marked grave is that of Mary Miller (1869 - 1871), and the last one was in 1981. Although many stones are illegible or unrecognizable stones, familiar names of early settlers are found here - Sublett, Hiett, Poe, Leath, Newson, and Kelly. Descendants of these settlers have reunions at this cemetery, which was originally a part of the Sublett Community.

 

SHARP, Ida I.

wife of G. G.

Nov. 15, 1869 - Nov. 28, 1903


FINLEY William N.
Husband
Nov. 18, 1859 - Jun. 18, 1891

FINLEY, Willie N.
dau of W. N. & Ida
Feb. 18, 1892 - March 3, 1892
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Ida's will was located in Tarrant Co. Probate office (Probate Record: Sharp Ida I.; instrument-Will; #2444)

 

The witness A. F. Mayfield m: Elizabeth unknown and they had a son LeRoy b: 12/9/1907 d:4/18/1919, also buried Rehobeth.

 

More About IDA IRENE HOLLOWAY:

Burial: Rehobeth Cemetery, Arlington, TX

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Census: 1900, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas¹²

 

More About GEORGE SHARP and IDA HOLLOWAY:

Marriage: July 29, 1894, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas

 

Notes for CELIA LEAH MURPHEY:

Was Celia from Nashville, Tennessee?

Both the 1920&30 census records show Celia as born in Georgia, and that her parents were both born in Ohio.

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More About CELIA LEAH MURPHEY:

Burial: Lot 48-3, Plainview Cem, Hale Co, TX

Cause of Death: Series of strokes

Census 1: 1930, Plainview, Hale Co, TX ED95-2 pg2A¹³

Census 2: 1900, Franklin Co., TN - Dist 17, pg 265¹⁴

Census 3: 1920, Plainview, Hale County, Texas¹⁵

Religion: Baptist

 

Marriage Notes for GEORGE SHARP and CELIA MURPHEY:

George told his children that he had held Celia in his lap when she was just a baby.  This would most likely have occurred while his family was still in Tennessee.

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Celia's sister, Ella married Charles Henry Corn, George's second cousin. Charles Corn was the administrator for the estate of George's father (William Washington Sharp) in 1905, when the suit against the United States was settled.

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There were no children from this marriage.

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More About GEORGE SHARP and CELIA MURPHEY:

Marriage: 1915, Tennessee?

       

Children of GEORGE SHARP and IDA HOLLOWAY are:

                   i.    ROBERT THOMAS⁵ SHARP, b. May 20, 1895, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas; d. August 23, 1959, Portales, Roosevelt, NM; m. GLADYS NAOMI SHAHAN, August 19, 1927, Texas; b. October 23, 1908, Bandera, Texas; d. June 22, 1992, Portales, Roosevelt, NM.

 

Notes for ROBERT THOMAS SHARP:

In 1942, Bob visited his sister Virginia in San Antonio, Texas, where she was living with her two younger children. Virginia later said that when Bob visited her, he was then living in Clovis, New Mexico.

 

 

 

 

More About ROBERT THOMAS SHARP:

Burial: Rest Lawn Mem Park, Roosevelt Co, NM

Cause of Death: Electrocution

Census 1: 1900, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas¹⁶

Census 2: 1910, Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas¹⁷

Census 3: 1920, Plainview, Hale County, Texas¹⁸

Census 4: 1930, Hale Co., TX Roll2339 Bk2 P184A¹⁹

MILI: Military: 1917, WWI

Occupation 1: 1930, farmer & rancher

Occupation 2: 1920, Laborer on farm

Residence 1: 1937, Hale County, Texas

Residence 2: 1942, Clovis area (probably Portales), NM

Social Security Number: Bef. 1951, 525-26-0978 (issued in NM)

 

Notes for GLADYS NAOMI SHAHAN:

Gladys Shahan Sharp's father was Elry Doran Shahan and mother was Mary Ellen Louis.  She was born somewhere in Blanco Co around Sandy, but I don't know the exact date.  She was the youngest child, a very pretty woman. 

Her oldest brother was born in 1892 and since she was the youngest of 8 children, I suspect she was born in early 1900's.She and her husband had two girls and 5 boys and the only thing I know is that she moved to New Mexico. 

I am fishing to see if I can find someone in her family that knows more about her grandfather Andrew Jackson Shahan  and Rosenan Mourfield Shahan.

(above from Sue Shahan - BArmstr999@aol.com)

 

More About GLADYS NAOMI SHAHAN:

Burial: Rest Lawn Mem Park, Roosevelt Co, NM

Census: 1930, Hale Co., TX Roll2339 Bk2 P184A¹⁹

Social Security Number: 585-16-0168 (issued in NM)

 

More About ROBERT SHARP and GLADYS SHAHAN:

Marriage: August 19, 1927, Texas

 

                  ii.    WILLIAM HENRY SHARP, b. August 23, 1897, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas; d. March 09, 1985, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM; m. (1) FLAVA MARIE ERB, November 23, 1923, Floydada, Floyd County, Texas; b. June 01, 1904, Marion County, Iowa; d. July 24, 1937, Lubbock, Texas; m. (2) MARY UNKNOWN, Aft. 1946, New Mexico; d. Abt. 1998.

 

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY SHARP:

Billy had an automobile dealership in Floydada, Texas before WW II.

Then, at the beginning of the war, as a widower, he moved with his daughter Lajuana Jo and housekeeper Mrs. Mayhew, to Vallejo, California where he worked at Mare Island Shipyard.  Billy's sister Virginia and her two younger children joined him in Vallejo in the summer of '42, staying with him and his family during part of the summer before moving to the Carquinez Heights area of Vallejo.  Virginia left Vallejo in early 1943, moving to Los Angeles, and had little further contact with Billy.

Family recollection is that after Lajuana Jo married in about 1947, Billy returned to Texas. In Austin, Texas he found a widow that he and Flava had known years before. He married her, and presumably spent the remainder of his life with her. However, I found a William Sharp in the Soc. Sec. database that was the right age to be Billy. This William Sharp died in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The birth date is consistent with census information. The Soc Sec Death Records also show a person with his brothers name (George) and age that died in Albuquerque in 1980 (only 5 years prior to William). I believe these two records truly are for Billy and Clif, and so it's likely they spent their last years together. 

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More About WILLIAM HENRY SHARP:

Burial: Austin, Travis County, Texas

Census 1: 1900, Tarrant County, Texas (3yrs)²⁰

Census 2: 1910, Tarrant County, Texas (12yrs)²¹

Census 3: 1920, Plainview, Hale County, Texas²²

Census 4: 1930, Floydada, Floyd Co., TX Roll2332Bk2Pg148B²³

MILI: Military: WWI

Occupation 1: 1920, Engineer - Gas Station

Occupation 2: 1930, Partner - Auto Repair Shop

Social Security Number: 467-26-3857 (issued in TX)

 

More About FLAVA MARIE ERB:

Burial: July 25, 1937, Olton Cemetery, Lamb Co., TX

Cause of Death: Stomach Cancer

Census: 1930, Floydada, Floyd Co., TX Roll2332Bk2Pg148B²³

 

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM SHARP and FLAVA ERB:

He moved to Vallejo, Ca and worked at Mare Island shipyard during WW II. After WW II, he moved to Austin, Texas and remarried.

 

 

More About WILLIAM SHARP and FLAVA ERB:

Marriage: November 23, 1923, Floydada, Floyd County, Texas

 

More About WILLIAM SHARP and MARY UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Aft. 1946, New Mexico

 

                 iii.    GEORGE CLIFTON SHARP, JR., b. June 29, 1899, Mansfield, Tarrant, Texas; d. June 16, 1980, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM.

 

Notes for GEORGE CLIFTON SHARP, JR.:

In his father's obituary, it is stated that Clif was then (1930) living in Houltom, Maine.

 

Clif was in the Merchant Marines in 1941. The following information may be used to further research:

 

Records pertaining to the service of merchant marines are on file with the United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20590 Records of discharged, deceased and retired merchant marines are in the custody of the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132 Records of officers and active or reserve personnel prior to 1929 are in the custody of the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20590.

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SANDIA MEMORY GARDENS

9500 San Pedro N.E.

Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

505-262-1454

 

To find cemetery, take I-25 to Alameda Exit.  Head EAST to stop sign which is San Pedro.  Turn left (North) and go approximately 1/4 mile. Sandia Memory Gardens in on East side of street with the entrance located near the north side of cemetery.  There is not an office on the grounds, nor any public buildings.  This cemetery is under the auspices of Fairview Park Cemetery which is located in the Southeast part of town.  The phone number goes directly to Fairview.

 

Clif is located in the "Apostles" Section of the cemetery. On his inscription is the word "Brother". Most likely his brother William placed the marker there.

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More About GEORGE CLIFTON SHARP, JR.:

Burial: Sandia Memory Gardens, Albuquerque, NM

Census 1: 1900, Tarrant County, Texas²⁴

Census 2: 1910, Tarrant County, Texas (10yrs)²⁵

Occupation: December 1940, merchant marine

Social Security Number: 706-09-2188 (retired railroad workers)

 

                 iv.    SALLY VIRGINIA SHARP, b. July 22, 1901, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas; d. January 15, 1990, Los Angeles, California; m. JESSE HOUCK MELTON, Abt. 1923, Tarrant County, Texas; b. May 08, 1902, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX; d. September 21, 1966, Dallas, Dallas, TX.

 

More About SALLY VIRGINIA SHARP:

Burial: Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, California

Census 1: 1910, Tarrant County, Texas²⁵

Census 2: 1920, Plainview, Hale Co, TX ED99 pg3A²⁶

Census 3: 1930, Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX²⁷

Occupation 1: Bet. 1943 - 1962, Waitress

Occupation 2: 1922, Telephone Operator, Ft. Worth, TX

Occupation 3: Bet. August 1942 - February 1943, Shipfitter, Mare Island, Vallejo

Residence 1: Bet. 1923 - 1927, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Residence 2: Bet. 1927 - 1930, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas

Residence 3: Bet. 1930 - 1942, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Residence 4: Bet. March - July 1942, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Residence 5: Bet. August 1942 - February 1943, Vallejo, California

Residence 6: Bet. 1943 - 1947, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co. CA

Residence 7: 1947, San Francisco, California

Residence 8: Bet. 1947 - 1948, Van Nuys, Los Angeles Co. CA

Residence 9: Bet. 1948 - 1990, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co. CA

Social Security Number: Bef. 1951, 466-26-3644 issued in Texas

 

Notes for JESSE HOUCK MELTON:

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Jesse was working in a church when he died.  Just before he died, he said to the man he was working with "I think this is the most beautiful church I've ever seen". Just after saying that, the man he was with heard a thud. Jesse had fallen dead from a heart attack  in the aisle of the church.

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More About JESSE HOUCK MELTON:

Burial: September 1966, Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX

Cause of Death: heart attack

Census 1: 1920, 806 W. Weatherford St. Ft. Worth²⁸

Census 2: 1910, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX²⁹

Census 3: 1930, Weslaco, Hidalgo, TX³⁰

Medical Information: He was hard of hearing and wore a hearing aid.

Occupation: electrician

Residence 1: Bet. 1902 - 1927, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX

Residence 2: Bet. 1927 - 1930, Weslaco, Hildago, TX

Residence 3: Bet. 1931 - 1955, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX

Residence 4: 1966, Dallas, Dallas, TX

Social Security Number: 467-07-9206-TX

 

Marriage Notes for SALLY SHARP and JESSE MELTON:

Obituary for Virginia's father dated 10/30/1930 stated that Virginia was living in Weslaco then.

 

More About JESSE MELTON and SALLY SHARP:

Divorce: Abt. 1942, Tarrant County, Texas

Marriage: Abt. 1923, Tarrant County, Texas

 

                  v.    HENRY FINCH SHARP, b. Bet. May - October 1903, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas; d. Bet. 1977 - 1978, San Francisco,, CA.

 

Notes for HENRY FINCH SHARP:

He worked for a railroad company, and was in the hospital with tuberculosis in the early 1940's.

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From his father's obituary, Dick was living in Cheyenne, Wyoming when his father died in 1930.

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A Henry Sharp is shown in the Soc Sec Recs (ssn 243-01-4814 issued NC) who was b 9/1903 d 4/1948

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More About HENRY FINCH SHARP:

Census: 1910, Tarrant County, Texas (6yrs)³¹

Medical Information: He had weak lungs, and I think he had T.B.

Residence: October 1930, Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Sands, John A., Jr., "Finch," Private publication, Shown as "George Sharp."

2.  "Plainview Evening Herald," October 30, 1930, George C. Sharp a pioneer of Plainview country died this morning at 2:50 o'clock at his home, 357 Broadway, after an illness of a month. He had a heart attack at that time, but the disease became acute ten days ago.

3.  Rehobeth (aka Rehoboth) Cemetery Inscription Records; Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX, "Electronic,"www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/cemetery/rehobeth.htm#f.

4.  Sands, John A., Jr., "Finch," Private publication, pg 13.

5.  Rehobeth (aka Rehoboth) Cemetery Inscription Records; Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX, "Electronic,"

6.  Census, 1860, TN, Franklin Co, Elk River, Roll1249, Pg145a.

7.  Census, 1870, TN, Franklin Co, Decherd, Roll1527, Pg115b.

8.  Census, 1900, TX, Tarrant Co, Mansfield, Roll1671, Bk2, Pg252a.

9.  Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Saginaw, Roll1590, Bk1, Pg92a.

10.  Census, 1920, TX, Hale Co, Plainview, Roll1801, Bk1, Pg54a.

11.  Census, 1930, TX, Hale Co, Plainview, Roll233, Bk2, Pg28a.

12.  Census, 1900, TX, Tarrant Co, Mansfield, Roll1671, Bk2, Pg252a.

13.  Census, 1930, TX, Hale Co, Plainview, Roll233, Bk2, Pg28a.

14.  Census, 1900, TN, Franklin Co, roll1570, p265b.

15.  Census, 1920, TX, Hale Co, Plainview, Roll1801, Bk1, Pg54a.

16.  Census, 1900, TX, Tarrant Co, Mansfield, Roll1671, Bk2, Pg252a.

17.  Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Saginaw, Roll1590, Bk1, Pg92a.

18.  Census, 1920, TX, Hale Co, Plainview, Roll1801, Bk1, Pg54a.

19.  Census, 1930, TX, Hale Co, Roll233, Bk2, Pg184a.

20.  Census, 1900, TX, Tarrant Co, Mansfield, Roll1671, Bk2, Pg252a.

21.  Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Saginaw, Roll1590, Bk1, Pg92a.

22.  Census, 1920, TX, Hale Co, Plainview, Roll1801, Bk1, Pg54a.

23.  Census, 1930, TX, Floyd Co, Floydada, Roll233, Bk2, Pg148b.

24.  Census, 1900, TX, Tarrant Co, Mansfield, Roll1671, Bk2, Pg252a.

25.  Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Saginaw, Roll1590, Bk1, Pg92a.

26.  Census, 1920, TX, Hale Co, Plainview, Roll1801, Bk1, Pg54a.

27.  Census, 1930, TX, Hidalgo Co, Weslaco, Roll235, Bk2, Pg210a.

28.  Census, 1920, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, Roll1848, Bk2, Pg88b.

29.  Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, roll1590 Bk2 p79a.

30.  Census, 1930, TX, Hidalgo Co, Weslaco, Roll235, Bk2, Pg210a.

31.  Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Saginaw, Roll1590, Bk1, Pg92a.