Delaware County IN Archives Biographies.....Sharp, Thompson November 12, 1827 - January 11, 1910
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Source: A Twentieth Century History of Delaware Co, Indiana
Author:  G. W. Kemper. 

Farmer, Land owner.Thompson Sharp, a prominent farmer of Washington township, 
Delaware Co, is a native of Indiana born in the county of Henry the November 
12, 1827. His father, Edward Sharp, was born January 4, 1801, in Tennessee, and 
his mother, Anna Thompson, was a native of Virginia, where her birth occurred 
on 18th of January, 1808. Edward Sharp in an early day accompanied his parents, 
William and Elizabeth Sharp, to Ohio, this being in 1813, where they remained 
for a few years, and then came further west, locating in 1820 in Henry county, 
Indiana. Thompson remained under the parental roof until his majority, working 
on the farm during the summer months, clearing the wilderness, and attending 
school about three months of each year until reaching the age of thirteen 
years. Consequently his is not an educated man in the knowledge of books, but 
in the practical affairs of life possesses a knowledge such as institutions of 
learning fail to impart. Immediately after his marriage, which occurred on the 
15th of November, 1849, he removed to his present farm in Washington township, 
where he has since resided, actively engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. At 
that time the farm consisted of one hundred and twenty acres of timber land, 
with a little log house. He cleared the land and added to it until he had three 
hundred and twenty acres, while in 1868 he built him a fine brick house, in 
which he now lives and his improvements upon the farm make it among the best in 
the township and county. Mr. Sharp has surrounded himself with all the modern 
improvements and conveniences of agriculture and home life. He is recognized as 
one of the intelligent and substantial pioneers and citizens of the community, 
and he manifests a lively interest in everything that pertains to the material 
and moral well being of the township of which he has so long been a resident. 
As an active worker in the Republican Party he is widely and favorably known 
through the community. As a reward of his party service he has been twice 
elected to the responsible position of county commissioner, first in 1888 and 
second in 1892, the duties of which he discharged with ability and most 
commendable fidelity. His marriage, as already noted, was solemnized on the 
15th of November, 1849 with Miss Christena Bowers, who was born March 20, 1828 
the daughter of Jacob and Susannah (Andes) Bowers, who were natives of the 
state of Virginia, born respectively in the counties of Shenandoah and 
Rockingham. They became residents of Salem township, Delaware county, Indiana 
in 1841, purchasing a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, upon which the 
remaining years of their lives were spent, the father dying at the age of sixty-
two years, and the mother when she had reached the advanced age of eighty 
years. They were members of the Presbyterian church, he was a Jackson Democrat 
politically. In their family were seven children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sharp have 
been born the following children: Jemima A. who married Orlistus Powell 
Clawson, Florence O., Otto who married Kate Stradling, Ora L, the wife of John 
Hall, Noah, who married Amanda Prim, George, Nelson Grant, Dora, the wife of 
James Lewis and Ozora T., who is a graduate of one of the leading literary and 
law schools of the county,DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism, and 
was admitted to the Federal and Supreme courts of Indianapolis,  in June, 1893. 
He married Miss May White and at the present time superintends the work of the 
home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp also have twenty-three grandchildren and seven 
great-grandchildren. His retentive memory recalls to mind many pleasant 
reminiscences of the early days of Delaware county, when the deer and other 
wild game were plentiful, and his mother saw two different droves of deer. Mr. 
Sharp cast his first vote for General Scott for president. 

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