Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Sharpe, George W. 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

GEORGE W. SHARPE, a Missourian by birth, was engaged in the saloon business at
Rich bar, east branch, in 1852. He left the river in the fall, and came to
American valley, where he resided when the first election occurred in April,
1854. Sharpe was the successful candidate for sheriff. He was re-elected in the
fall of 1854, for a full term. In common with many others, Sharpe was addicted
to gambling, and early in the spring of 1855 it became rumored that he was not
paying into the treasury the revenue he collected from foreign miners' licenses.
An investigation being ordered, he absconded early in July. Though it was
afterwards learned that he had made a clandestine visit to his family in May,
1856, his whereabouts was never ascertained. In 1859 his wife applied for a
divorce from him, on the ground of desertion, which was granted, and she
afterwards married Elisha H. Pierce. [For further particulars, see article on
Finances.]

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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