obits: Alexander Sharp, Indiana County, PA

SUBJECT: Alexander Sharp Obit.
SUBMITTER: Amy Timmerman-Sheehan
EMAIL: antique3rd@aol.com
DATE: Oct 17, 1999
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SURNAMES: Sharp, Dunbar, Stively, Watson, Silcox, Timmerman
Obituary for Alexander Sharp:
Alexander Sharp Sr. , at his residence in Kentland, Ind., on Monday
moring, April 9th, 1883, at 9 o'clock, of Bright's
disease of the kidneys, in his 73rd year. Alexander Sharp, Sr., was
born on the 27th day of May, 1810, in Indiana county
Pennsylvania, where he lived until the year 1838, when he removed
to Crawford couty, Ohio, where he marrried his
companion who passed away at this place four years ago the 7th day
of March last. During the year 1838, he left Crawford
county, Ohio, and settled in Marion county, of that State, and resided
there till March 1857. During his residence there he
was elected to and filled the office of county treasurer for four
years, and also held the office of Justice of the Peace during
most of the years he resided in Marion county, and with a brother
and John Peacock, the latter now of Rensselaer, engaged
largely in canal and railway building. Alexander Sharp, left Marion
county, Ohio, the year 1857, for Indiana and settled in
this county, then Jasper county, and began the pursuit of farming
in what now is Jackson township: and on the organization
of Newton county in 1860, Mr. Sharp was chosen Auditor, and he then
became a resident of Kentland, which was laid out
for the county seat in Feb., 1860, where resided to the day of his
death. After his tem of four years as Auditor had
expired, Mr. Sharp was engaged by the late Alexander J. Kent, and
his book-keeper and business manager, in which
position he served his employer with perfect acceptability up to the
period when he again entered upon the duties of Auditor
of the county, as in 1878, he was again called by a majority of his
fellow citizens to that trust for a second time, but did not
enter upon his duties of the office until April 21 st 1880, and at
the date of his disease lacking one year and 12 days of having
served out his term of 4 years. In this connection it may be said
in all truth, that his offical services were entirely effcient and
accurately performed, and in accodance with his well known principles
of fiddlity to a public trust. He leaves a family of four
sons and one daughter- all having arrived at man's and women's estate,
and all of whom survive him. All the immediate
family were here at the time of his decease, excepting one son-Thomas-
who had recently gone to Dakota, and was telegraphed
as soon as his dangerous condition became apparent. Alexander Sharp,
along with his two sisters and a brother-in-law, Mrs.
John MaKeever and Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Peacock, now of Rensselaer,
joined the M.E. Church in the year 1837, since which
time the deceased was a faithful communicant and attendant upon the
various services of the Church. it is but a public matter
known of all men here, that Mr. Sharp was always faithful in attendance
upon the various servies of the chuch in Kentland,
and as well a never failing teacher in the Sabbath School when health
and weather permitted. In fact he was in his pew at
devine service when the more favored in health were absent. He will
be missed from his accustomed place, and the Church
has lost an upright and christian man, and the community a citizen
whose vacant place will not soon be filled by as
conscientious and upright a man. He went to his rest in peace and
as a dream comth. Though in fair health apparently for
one of his age, up to a weed ago last Sunday evening, the great Harvester
of the Universe beheld. His harvest ripened and
ready for the sickle and it was thrust in, and that so suddenly! Mr
Sharp was conscious and cheerful to the end, never
betraying a fear of the result of his illness. To say that he was
ready to go, is but to repeat a fact which all of his
community well know. Funeral rites were held at the M.F. Church at
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Revs. Streeter and Meyers,
officiating, and the remains interred south of town.



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