Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Martin Luther Sharps    
                Born: Jul-25-1856          in Taylor Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Dec-13-1928           1
              Buried:                      in Bakersfield, Kern Co, CA  1
             Resided:                      in Sycamore, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Father: George Sharps   (1809 -     ) 
              Mother: Priscilla Zinn   (1811 - 1891) 
                Wife: Hannah Etta Barr     
       Also known as: Marietta "Eliza" Barr 
             Married: Dec-30-1880          in Ritchie Co, WV  2,3,1
                Born: Nov- 3-1860          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  4,2,3
                Died: Mar-24-1937          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  4,5
              Buried:                      in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  6,1,7,8
              Father: Alfred Barr   (1839 - 1915) 
              Mother: Cynthia Ann Smith   (1837 - 1925) 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
           M Child 1: Amos Beaty Sharps      
                Born: Nov-17-1881          in Sycamore, Calhoun Co, WV  1,9
                Died: Nov-  -1967           10
             Resided:                      in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV  11,9
          Occupation:                      teacher (53 yrs) & genealogist  1
                Wife: Julia Beatrice Barnett  b. May-12-1887  d. Jan-17-1950  
             Married: May-15-1907          in Cornwallis, Ritchie Co, WV  1,12
           M Child 2: George Estey Sharps      
       Also known as: E. G. Sharps 11
                Born: Nov- 4-1883           3
             Resided:                      in Chesapeake, Lawrence Co, OH  1
             Resided: 1937                 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV  11
          Occupation:                      Carter Oil Co. and Hope Co.  1
                Wife: Emma G. Bee  b. Feb- 1-1891  d. Nov-  -1976  
             Married: Jun-26-1907          in Ritchie Co, WV  12
           M Child 3: Alfred Vance Sharps      
       Also known as: Vance Sharps 13
                Born: Jun-16-1889          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  3,9
                Died: Mar- 3-1978          in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH  3,9
              Buried:                      in Grandview Cemetery, Bremen, Fairfield Co, OH  3
             Resided:                      in Bremen, Fairfield Co, OH  11,14
          Occupation:                      oil worker  15
                Wife: Elizabeth Jane Gaston  b. Apr- 9-1890  d. Feb-23-1930  
             Married: Aug-13-1911          in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  16,17
                Wife: Clara Belle King  b. Oct- 7-1889  d. Jan- 1-1989  
       Also known as: Clara Belle Nixon 
             Married: Jun-21-1941           3,1
           M Child 4: Charley Barr Sharps      
                Born: May-15-1892           1,3,9
                Died: Nov-  -1978           9
             Resided:                      in Inverness, Citrus Co, FL  9 (see note 1)
             Resided: formerly             in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  11,1
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 2)

Sources:
(1) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family:  A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at 
West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) 
(2) Alfred Ray Sharps (1927-2007), Virginia Beach, VA. 
(3) Elizabeth Witter Clarke Lerman, Dayton, OH 45406 . 
(4) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) 
(5) Alfred Ray Sharps (1927-2007), Virginia Beach, VA, DR Bk 6, p. 298. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 236. 
(8) Obituary. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, But his nephew, Alfred Ray Sharps, reports death as occuring in 1964. 
(11) Obituary of mother. 
(12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(13) Obituary of son. 
(14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(15) Death record. 
(16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 8, p. 448. 
(17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.  Name listed in
SSDI as "Charley Sharps."
Note (2) In household of mother and stepfather Francis Marion Law.







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