Biographical Sketch of J. C. Sharp, Johnson County, Missouri.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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J. C. Sharp, was born in Henry county, Missouri in 1875.  He is a son 
of Frank S. and Nannie Sharp.  Frank S. Sharp was a son of Joseph 
Sharp, who emigrated from Scotland when he was a lad and came to Amer-
ica.  He located for some time in Illinois and thence moved to Henry
county, Missouri, where he settled and became a prosperous farmer and
stockman.  Frank S. Sharp was a child at the time his parents moved to
Missouri and he was reared and educated in Henry county and was there
married to Nannie Evans.  To Frank S. and Nannie (Evans) Sharp were
born two children: J. C., of this review; and Mrs. Anna B. Adams, of
Chilhowee, Missouri.  Miss Lizzie Culley was teaching school at Stony
Point at the time that J. C. Sharp started to school at that place. 
He was later taught by Miss Rena Dunham and Miss Julia Holland at
different times.  Mr. Sharp has often participated in the old fashion-
ed "spelling bee."  He recalls among the preachers of his boyhood 
days: Reverends A. M. Cockrell, Z. T. Orr, Finis King and J. H. Houx.
In 1898, Mr. Sharp purchased one hundred acres of land in Johnson 
county and began farming for himself.  Since that time, he has improv-
ed his place and now has one of the attractive homes of this state.
The residence is a neat, comfortable structure of six rooms and there
are two large well built barns on the place.  The farm is well watered
and an ideal place for stock, considering its size.  Mr. Sharp has
increased his holdings and is now the owner of one hundred twenty-five
acres of land, most of which tract is in meadow land and pasture.  In
1898, J. C. Sharp and Dora Anderson, the daughter of A. J. and Mary
Anderson, were united in marriage.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Sharp are held
in the highest esteem in Johnson county, where they are numbered among
the county's most valuable citizens.  The Sharp family has always
borne an enviable reputation in this section of Missouri, all being
honest, honorable, upright citizens.  J. C. Sharp's father was such a
man, pleasant, kindly, possessing a strong personal character, and 
high ideals and so was also his grandfather, Joseph Sharp, who died in
California, to which state he had moved in 1895.  The father is now 
living, his home being in Howell county, Missouri.  J. C. Sharp's 
mother died in 1913.  Mr. Sharp is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America and politically, he is a Republican.

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