Davidson County TN Archives Obituaries.....Sharpe, Benjamin Sharpe, Jr. March 17, 1848
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THE NASHVILLE WHIG TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1848
  “THE LATE BENJ. SHARPE, Esq.

It may seem out of place at this late hour, to employ the pen of eulogy even 
upon the character and merits of one so estimable as the deceased friend and 
subject of these remarks. But justice to the memory of one, esteemed and 
beloved by all, will excuse the lateness of the hour in which a friend may 
recur to the scene of dissolution of spirit and body,  that marked the Eternal 
destiny of an upright sojourner on earth. Allied by close native, local 
proximity, and subsequently, far from thence, by a friendly and familiar 
intercourse until the day of his lamented departure, to commemorate his 
worth, ‘tis but a tribute due to himself, and the many endearments, present 
and remote, which he was associated.

The subject of this imperfect encomium was born on the 21st of February 1800, 
in Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. At the age of about twenty-five 
years he came to Nashville in the year 1825, where, as the result of exemplary 
deportment and correct business habits, he soon commanded the respect and 
confidence of all, and was soon entrusted with much of the interests of the 
opulent, influential and business portion of this community, to which a 
faithful devotion of his time and talent was unswervingly given. Affable and 
agreeable in his intercourse with all men, he was in the year 1842 elected one 
of the Justices of the Peace for Davidson county, the duties of which office 
he discharged to his own credit and the satisfaction and approval of all 
concerned. He was again re-elected in 1848 almost by acclamation, and a short 
time before the sad intelligence of his untimely end had reached the ears of 
his distressed family and many friends.

In the hour of earthly prosperity, prospects and usefulness, he has been 
stricken down by the fell hand of death, and his spirit has ascended to 
that “source from whence no traveller returns.” Truly are the ways of 
Providence inscrutable, and his works surpassing human comprehension. 	
						G.D.F.”
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Additional Comments:
NOTE:  The following entries appeared in days just prior to and following 
Benjamin Sharpe’s death:

‘The Nashville Union,’ March 2, 1848 listed Candidates for Office: 
Town: “Benjamin Sharpe is a candidate for the re-election of Justice of the 
Peace, in district No. 1 – which includes the Corporation of Nashville.”  

‘The Dailey Union,’ on Tuesday, March 7, 1848, page 2, in a column with the 
heading: “Monday March 6, 1848” announced City Election results 
including “Sharpe” for “Justice of the Peace [District 1]  872 votes”. 

It has not been determined as of this submission who the author ("G.D.F.") of 
this obituary is.

NOTE: The Friday, March 24, 1848 ‘Politician and Weekly Nashville Whig’ 
printed the following notice on p. 812: 
“Benj. Sharpe, Esq., a highly esteemed citizen of this place, was yesterday 
accidentally drowned, in the vicinity of town.”

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