BIO: JOSEPH SHARPE HEMPHILL, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

   

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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,

  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 238-239

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    JOSEPH SHARPE HEMPHILL, one of the successful farmers and stock raisers of

  Newton township, and a prominent representative of one of the old and honored

  families of Cumberland county, was born Nov. 5, 1847, in Southampton township,

  on a farm four miles east of Shippensburg, son of Moses and Margery (Clarke)

  Hemphill.

  

    James Hemphill, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in

  Northampton county, Pa., and he died and was buried at Middle Spring. He was

  one of the leading members of the Presbyterian Church in that locality. He

  married Cynthia Jane Jack, of Newton township.

  

    Moses Hemphill, father of our subject, was born in 1799, in Hopewell

  township. Cumberland county. On March 25, 1830, he married Margery Clarke,

  born in 1811, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Fulton) Clarke, early

  settlers of Cumberland county, of Irish extraction. Moses Hemphill died in

  March, 1865, survived by his widow until 1872. They were the parents of ten

  children, all of whom survived to maturity, namely: Elizabeth, wife of James

  Quigley, of Hopewell township; Cynthia J., widow of David Quigley, of

  Hopewell township; Mary, who married the late Judge David McCulloch, of

  Peoria, Ill., and died in

  

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  1903; Caroline, deceased; James, a resident of Kansas; Robert, a farmer of

  Page Co., Neb.; William Jack, who died in 1865; Charles, who removed to

  Illinois and died there; Joseph S.; and Margaret Belle, who is matron of the

  ladies dormitory, C. V. S. N. S., at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

  

    Joseph Sharpe Hemphill received a common school education, and attended the

  school at Thorn Grove, in Southampton township, and later took a course at

  Academia Academy in Juniata county, where he remained one year. After this he

  returned to Southampton township and engaged in farming with his brother,

  until the spring of 1870. In 1871 he located on a part of the McCulloch

  homestead, where he is found today. Mr. Hemphill is recognized as one of the

  first-class farmers of the county, making use of modern methods and improved

  machinery, and keeping his stock up to the highest grade. He has an especial

  liking for Jersey cattle. Since his marriage Mr. Hemphill has resided on a

  part of what is known as the old McCulloch homestead. This farm contains 101

  acres, and is well-improved, with fine home and substantial bank barn, which

  was erected by the late James McCulloch. In addition to that farm he owns

  another, containing 104 acres, the latter being known locally as the Thomas

  McCulloch farm.

  

    In the autumn of 1870, Mr. Hemphill married Belle McCulloch, daughter of

  James and Martha (Brown) McCulloch, both of whom are deceased. They have a

  family of five children, namely: Margery Clarke, wife of Oliver Myers, of

  West Pennsboro township; James McCulloch, a farmer in Newton township;

  William Jack, at home; Thomas, engaged in teaching; and Joseph Sharpe, Jr., a

  student. In politics Mr. Hemphill is in sympathy with the Republican party,

  his ancestors having been Old Line Whigs. Both he and wife are members of the

  Big Spring Presbyterian Church, of which he has been a trustee for many

  years. Mr. Hemphill stands as one of the responsible and representative men

  of the township, the kind of man who is sure to be mentioned by those who

  wish to point out its wealth, intelligence and good citizenship.