HISTORY OF RUCH COUNTY, INDIANA:  From the earliest time to the present,
with biographical sketches,notes, etc.  Illustrated; Chicago: Brant &
Fuller, 1888, p. 362. Harrison County.

WILLIAM SHARP was born in Harrison County, Ky., June 12, 1827, and is the
son of Archibald and Elenor (McClure) Sharp. The father of our subject was
born in Harrison County, Ky., in 1802, and died in Rush County, Ind. in
1833.  His mother was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1801, and died in
Starke County, Ind., in 1868.  The subject of this sketch came to Rush
County in 1832, and settled in what is now Anderson Township.  Mr. Sharp
was raised on the farm and attended the early schools of the county.  In
early life he learned the carpenter's trade, which he continued a short
time, and in 1850 he settled on the farm where he now lives.  Mr. Sharp was
married July 17, 1851, to Miss Clementine Henderson, who was born in
Kentucky December 25, 1831.  Mr. and Mrs. Sharp are the parents of six
living children, viz.:  Gustus E., Sarah A., James N., Josephine, William
W., and Frank.  The death of Mrs. Sharp occurred January 24, 1883. 
Politically, Mr. Sharp is a Republican and is highly esteemed by all who
know him.  The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Sharp McClure Henderson
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Rush-IN Bourbon-KY Starke-IN 

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