Sixth Generation

408. Emily Roberta BIRD was born on 5 May 1863 in Navarro County, Texas.¹²² She died on 28 April 1937 at the age of 73 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.

The Bird Genealogy by William Bird Wylie, St. Louis, MO, 1903, is available at archive.org.
Says that Roberta married J. E. Sharp of Cleburne, TX on 26 Jul - but has the year as 1789 - I believe it was 1897.

1900 Census. Denton, Ward 4, Denton Co, TX
Hh 431
Joe E. Sharp, b. Mar 1856, age 44, married for 3 years, b. TN, parents b. England, Proprietor, general store
Emily R., b. May 1863, age 37, has had 1 child, b. TX, father b. KY, mother b. MO
Mary, dau, b. Jul 1899, age 10 months
Elizabeth Evans, boarder, b. May 1865, age 35, b. KY, parents b. KY, school teacher

1910. Corsicana, Ward 3. Navarro Co, TX
Listed as head of household, Benjamin "J" Harris, age 58, married 1 time for 28 years. Born England. Says he came in 1864, naturalized. Engineer, stationary [which is a puzzle! - I have no clue what a stationary engineer might be....]
Mary E., wife, age 48, has 3 children living [she also said she'd had 3, but she must have misunderstood the question, or the enumerator wrote it down wrong]
Benjamin E., son, age 19
Wilbur M., son, age 16
ElaBird, dau, age 12
[apparently Katie has died, but she could be married and gone from home given how the questions was answered about the number of children]
Listed in the same residence but as head of household - actually Mary's sister Emily Bird.
Emily R. Sharp, age 46, widowed, 2 children, b. TX, father b. TN, mother b. TX, proprietor, corn mill
Mary A., dau, age 10
Susie C., dau, age 8
Mattie Pennington, age 29, lodger, b. TX, father b. TX, mother b. AR, telephone operator
Andrew J. Bridges, lodger, age 64, widowed, b. AR, father b. NC, mother b. KY
Horace A. Bridges, lodger, age 30, b. TX, father b. AR, mother b. TX, engineer at the ice plant
Edward O. Bird, lodger, age 55, widowed, b. TX, parents b. MO, blacksmith, self-employed [Mary's brother]

1920 Census. Corsicana, Navarro Co, TX, Hh 141
Sharp, E. R. head of household, female, age 56, widow [This is Mary E. "Bettie" s sister Emily]
Mary, dau, age 20
Susie, dau, age 18
E. O. Bird, brother, age 65, widowed, blacksmith
M. E. Hockaday, sister, age 66, widowed
R. L. Bird, brother, age 50, single
Mary R. Eagleton, boarder, age 22, student

FindAGrave.com:
Emily Roberta Bird Sharp.
Birth: May 5, 1863, Navarro County, Texas, USA
Death: Apr. 28, 1937, Corsicana
Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana.

Christopher Barrington Sutherland is also buried at Oakwood. He was born 11 Jan 1858 in New York, died 4 Nov 1928 in Corsicana.

Texas Death Certificate #22677 for Mrs. E. R. Sharp, who lived at 508 N. Main in Corsicana. She died at home on the 28th of April 1937 of a heart attack and chronic nephritis - she was also diabetic. She was a widow. Emily was born 5 May 1863 in Texas, daughter of M. H. Bird and Araminta Frey, both born in Missouri. Mrs. Bettie Harris, her sister, was the informant. The undertaker was J. McCammon and she was buried Oakwood Cemetery on April 29th.

Emily Roberta BIRD and Joseph Edwin SHARP were married in 1897. Joseph Edwin SHARP was born on 17 March 1855 in Tennessee. He died on 20 July 1905 at the age of 50 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.

Emily Roberta BIRD and Joseph Edwin SHARP had the following children: