Husband: Ebenezer Hayes Tharp
Born: Jan- 9-1837 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: Apr-12-1899 1
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Resided: 1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2
Occupation: farmer
Father: Timothy Tharp (1802 - 1881)
Mother: Sarah Cox (1805 - 1884)
Wife: Amanda Wass Married: Feb-20-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 4
Born: Dec-12-1836 in Somerset Co, PA 2,5,1 Died: Jul-12-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 5,1 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1910 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2 Father: John Wass (1804 - 1863) Mother: Barbara Aletha Bowyer (1808 - 1884)
M Child 1: Alvin Tharp Born: ca 1858 2 Wife: Hulda J. Adams b. ca 1858 Married: Apr-11-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
M Child 2: Silas Milton Tharp Also known as: Milton Tharp 6,7,8 Born: Nov- 9-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9,6,8 Died: Nov-23-1945 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 9 Buried: in Peterson Cemetery, McGuire Park (Weston), Lewis Co, WV 9,10 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 9 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 9 Wife: Almira V. Britton b. Jul- -1860 d. Jan- 3-1945 Also known as: Almyra Britton 6 Married: ca 1884 8
M Child 3: John M. Tharp Born: Feb-26-1860 11 Died: Sep-10-1883 1 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3
F Child 4: Sarah B. Tharp Born: ca 1862 12 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 5: Rosa Bird Tharp Census name: Rozena B. Tharp 12 Born: Mar-18-1864 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14 Died: Feb-20-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV 5,14 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Husband: Rolandus H. Wright b. ca 1854 Married: Sep-14-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
M Child 6: Sedrick Samson Tharp Census name: Samson S. Tharp 12 Born: 1866 12,14 (see note 1) Died: Jan-19-1930 in Ritchie Co, WV 16,14 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Wife: Mary Virginia "Molly" Bailey b. May- 5-1874 d. Dec-25-1966
M Child 7: Edwin L. Tharp Census name: Edmund L. Tharp Born: Jun-28-1868 5,14 Died: Aug-17-1938 5,14 Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1920 in Leatherbarke, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Wife: Priscilla Jane Goff b. Aug-30-1868 d. Oct- 1-1947 Married: Jan- 6-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 8: Ida Bell Tharp Born: Aug-13-1873 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 18,14,19 Died: Sep-16-1959 in Ritchie Co, WV 19 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1930 at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Ruben Sylvanis Bode b. Dec- 7-1875 d. Jul-25-1954 Also known as: Sylvanis Bode 2,6,20,21 Married: Apr-11-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as E. H. Tharp, 20, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of T. & S. Tharp; and A. Wass, 20, b. Somerset Co PA, res. Ritchie Co, dau of J. & B. Wass. Married Feb 20 1857 in Ritchie County. MR p. 3 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537396&Type=Marriage. (5) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (6) Death record of son. (7) Franklin Marion Brand, The Wade Family, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia (1927), p. 388. (8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) Findagrave.com. (11) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (12) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (13) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (14) Headstone (year only) (15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (16) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Sedrick Samson Tharp, son of Ebenezer & Amanda (Wass) Tharp, died Jan 19 1930, age 66y 7m 21d. (17) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (18) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 144. (19) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (20) Obituary of father. (21) Obituary of brother. Event Notes Note (1) Age 66y 7m 21d in death record put birth date at May 29 1863. But age 4 at 1870 Census puts birth in 1866, which is also the date on his headstone.