My Genealogy Hound

GEORGE SHARP, farmer, post office New Texas, was born in Plum township in July, 1813, a son of James and Isabella (Harkness) Sharp, natives of Ireland. James Sharp came here in 1807; he was a member first of the Secession and then of the Reformed Church, and died a member of the U. P. Church, Nov. 9, 1855, aged eighty-three years. His widow died Feb. 16, 1859, aged eighty-four years. Subject’s grandfathers were William Sharp and William Harkness. George received his schooling in the log schoolhouses of his day. His father bought all the land in his name, and the family worked together as long as he lived. Now only two brothers are left, and they have about one thousand acres of land lying close together. Mr. Sharp married, in 1861, Sarah McDowell, of Plum township, born in 1830, a daughter of Alexander and Jane (Lesley) McDowell, natives of Washington county. Mr. McDowell died in 1840, aged about fifty-eight years, and his wife in 1876, aged eighty-five years. The former was a farmer, and was all through the war of 1812. Mrs. Sharp’s grandfather was Archibald McDowell, and her maternal grandfather, John Lesley, was an officer in the war of 1812. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sharp: Isabella Jane (Mrs. James Greer), James Alexander, Nancy Martha, Margaret Ann, George Robert and Sadie J. (who died, aged four years and nine months). All are members of the U. P. Church. Mr. Sharp is well known in church circles, and is considered one of the best-posted men of the county on the Bible.