Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Sharpe, W. F. 1849 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  W. F. Sharpe, a successful farmer and stock raiser of Johnson county, is a
Kentuckian, born in Estill county in April, 1849. His father, T. B. Sharpe, was
a native of the Blue Grass State. In 1854, T. B. Sharpe left his native State
with his family to seek a new home in the West; they located in Jackson county,
Missouri, where fortune seemed to frown upon the little family of pioneers for
the first few years. After they became comfortably settled in the wilds of
Jackson county, their home was destroyed by fire and their cattle all died from
Texas fever, and for a time the future seemed to hold out but little hope for
the Sharpe family. In 1863 they went to Nebraska, where they remained until
1866, when they returned to Missouri. By this time the boys of the family had
reached the age when they were of considerable help and from that time on the
Sharpe family prospered, and were soon in comfortable circumstances, and at the
time of the father's death, in 1903, he was a well-to-do man. W. F. Sharpe,
whose name introduces this sketch, is the youngest of a family of nine, seven
girls and two boys. He spent most of his early life in Jackson county, Missouri,
where he attended the public schools and after reaching his majority spent three
or four years in various sections of the country, and in [874 was united in
marriage to Miss Cassie Lee, a daughter of Hiram Lee, a native of Kentucky, and
an early settler in Jackson county, Missouri. Shortly after their marriage Mr.
and Mrs. Sharpe came to Johnson county, locating in Aubry township, where they
purchased a quarter section of land which is still their home and is one of the
finest farms in Johnson county. Mr. Sharp began life in Johnson county with
limited capital, but by industry and good judgment has accumulated a large
amount of property and is one of the successful farmers and stock raisers of
Johnson county. He has added to his original holdings and now owns 320 acres of
Johnson county land, besides 150 acres in Texas. To Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe have
been born the following children: Fillman, farmer, Aubry township; William,
farmer, Texas; Mayme and Robert, who resides at home. Mr. Sharpe, like his
father, is a stanch Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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