Pocahontas County, West Virginia SHARP CEMETERY - JERICO ROAD, MARLINTON, WV This file was submitted by Becky Sharp, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm SHARP CEMETERY - JERICO ROAD MARLINTON, WV Located approximately 2.5 miles outside the town of Marlinton, WV (Pocahontas County) on Jerico Road, on property currently owned by the Austin McCoy Sharp family. This is a family cemetery established @ 1860s by John & Sarah Johnson Sharp family, John (1823-1904) being a grandson of William Sharp Sr., (1740-1833) Pocahontas County pioneer settler of the Huntersville vicinity. James A. Sharp 7/26/1859 - 10/29/1947 wife Eleanor Sharp 1854-1932 Lloyd I. Sharp 3/5/1904 - 8/26/1991 (son of Hattie Cloonan) wife Virginia L. Stewart Sharp (b. 1/25/1921 - still living in 1998) Jason Cloonan 1884-1937 wife Heather (Hattie) Elizabeth Sharp Cloonan 8/3/1884 - 12/17/1942 W.F. Dilley 1849-1920 wife Mary E. Sharp Dilley 1854-1899 baby marker W.F.D. (prob. Infant son of Wm. & Mary Dilley) baby marker J.S. (prob. Infant son of James & Eleanor Sharp) baby marker Eula Ann (infant dau. of James & Eleanor Sharp -twin to Elizabeth) baby marker L.E.S. (probably infant of James & Eleanor Sharp) Fred D. Sharp 4/15/1894 - 6/23/1975 wife Roxie M. Sharp 6/17/1899 - 8/9/1979 Ethel Sharp 7/6/1923 - 3/14/1926 (grandchild of Fred & Roxie Sharp, by son Calvin (?) Glen Sharp 5/26/1917 - 9/16/1917 (grandchild of Fred & Roxie Sharp, by son Calvin (?) John Sharp 1823 - 1904 wife Sarah Johnson Sharp 1820-1900 tombstone marked Mother is beside John & Sarah Sharp (believed to be their daughter Susan) next stone is baby marker Freddie Austin Sharp 1948-1949 (grandson of Fred D. Sharp) Danny E. Cloonan 1942-1943 (grandson of Jason & Hattie Cloonan) Patty R. Cloonan 1955-1955 (granddaughter of Jason & Hattie Cloonan) (cont. Pg. 2) SHARP CEMETERY - JERICO ROAD, Marlinton WV A marker M.E.D. is behind Cloonan infants & beside Wm. & Mary Dilley stones. David Warwick Sharp 1863-1925 wife of David Warwick Sharp - Amanda Beverage Sharp 1866-1915 David Sharp 1887-1889 3 yrs. 2 mo. (son of Luther E. Sharp) Harold Lee Cochran 9/2/1922 - 7/8/1944 Clifford I. Sharp 3/19/1892 - 11/6/1972 wife Thursa E. Sharp 11/19/1897 - 4/27/1974 Harvey K. Bright 1881-1962 wife Lena V. Sharp Bright 1892-1972 baby marker born & died 2/10 1930 (infant daughter of Harvey & Lena Bright) Sgt. Ted Bright 1/30/1919 - 7/24/1993 (served US Army Air Corps - WWII) Charles Miller Sharp 1929-1932 baby marker Leva L. Sharp 1925-1925 (granddaughter of Clifford Sharp) James I. Sharp 1914-1915 (grandson of Clifford I. Sharp) Lock Cummingham Sharp 12/4/1900 - 10/30/1928 Russell D. Sharp 2/2/1926 - 11/11/1960 Wanda Sue Sharp Jan. 6, 1959-Jan. 7, 1959 (daughter of Russell D. Sharp) Howard Andrew Sharp 1910-1935 (son of David Warwick Sharp) baby marker (infant of Lloyd Sharp) baby marker Madeline Sharp (infant of Lloyd Sharp) baby marker Anna Sharp (infant of Lloyd Sharp) Leva Frances Sharp Buckner 4/2/1890 - 12/18/1956 Raymond Garnet Dixon 8/17/1936 - 8/30/1936 John P. Sharp 10/13/1882 - 11/22/1960 (son of David Warwick Sharp) Birdie Vandevener 1882-1985 baby Sharp March 1966 Jimmie Hale Sharp 12/8/1958 (son of Don & Mildred Sharp) Stanley Ray Sharp 7/14/1954 (son of Earl & Mildred Sharp) Sylvia B. Sharp Moore 1922-1981 (daughter of Paul W. & Mary Catherine Sharp) Baby Sharp 1928 (dau. of Lanty James & Mary E. Sharp) Charles Jack Sharp 1899-1974 Oscar Warwick Sharp 3/13/1920 - 3/14/1966 Russell Warwick Sharp 5/12/1967 - 6/24/1984 (grandson of Oscar Sharp - memorial marker only) Paul Warwick Sharp 7/9/1875 - 6/10/1948 Wife Mary Catherine Sharp 8/16/1880 - 10/12/1969 William T. Waugh 11/19/1879 - 10/4/1974 wife Elizabeth J. Sharp Waugh 11/19/1889 - 4/7/1982 Nellie M. Lott 9/16/1917 - 7/16/1991 (dau. of Elizabeth & William Waugh) Milburn E. Waugh 1910-1930 (son of Elizabeth & William Waugh) Dexter C. Sharp 1888-1949 Stone marked Mother: Rosie Beverage Sharp (Rosa E. Sharp) 1890-1985 (Dexter's wife) Luther E. Sharp, son of D.W. & M.F. Sharp April 15, 1886 - June 26, 1899 Unmarked or Marked only by stones: (stone at foot of John & Sarah Sharp's grave) First burial in cemetery, stones facing opposite direction of other markers - their grandchild, an infant of their daughter Susan E. Sharp four other unmarked stones are located between Luther E. Sharp & baby marker L.E.S. Two unknown infants buried in same grave (flu epidemic 1918, unknown family passing thru) Near left fence - metal peg marker- very worn - no names - but stamped with following: Patented 1276798 Aug. 27, 1918 Patented 1573269 Feb. 16, 1920