Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George Sharps    
                Born: Sep-26-1809           1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Priscilla Zinn     
             Married: Apr-29-1829           1
                Born: Feb-11-1811           1
                Died: Jan- 4-1891           1
              Buried:                      in Sycamore, Calhoun Co, WV  1
              Father: William Zinn 
              Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Martin 
Notes 
           M Child 1: John W. Sharps   2   
       Also known as: John Sharpes 1
                Born: ca 1840              in Taylor Co, (W)VA  3
                Wife: Susan Hathaway  b. ca 1845  
             Married: May-23-1865          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
           M Child 2: Joshua S. Sharps      
                Born: Sep-26-1841          in Taylor Co, (W)VA  1,4
                Died: Feb- 5-1935           1
                Wife: Marietta Barr  b. Dec-23-1852  d. Jul-25-1921  
             Married: Sep- 2-1875          in Calhoun Co, WV  5
           M Child 3: B. T. Sharps      
                Born: ca 1848              in Taylor Co, (W)VA  4
                Wife: Colombia Goff  b. ca 1852  
             Married: Aug-11-1869          in Calhoun Co, WV  4
           F Child 4: Rachel M. Sharps      
                Born: Sep-26-1849          in Taylor Co, (W)VA  1,4,6
                Died: Jan- 5-1903           1,6
              Buried:                      in Barr Cemetery (on Sycamore, Rt 16/21), Calhoun Co, WV  6
             Husband: Worth Barr  b. May-13-1855  d. May- 5-1939  
             Married: Jan-15-1877          in Calhoun Co, WV  7,8 (see note 1)
           M Child 5: 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  
                Wife: Hannah Etta Barr  b. Nov- 3-1860  d. Mar-24-1937  
       Also known as: Marietta "Eliza" Barr 
             Married: Dec-30-1880          in Ritchie Co, WV  9,10,1

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) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(4) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) 
(5) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
Joshua S. Sharps, age 32, b. Taylor Co, res. Calhoun Co, son of George & Pricella [sic]; and Margetta [sic] Barr, age 
22, of Calhoun Co, dau of William & Rachel.  Married Sep 2 1875. 
(6) Headstone, http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/cemetery/betholdcem.htm. 
(7) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) 
(8) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
Worth Barr, age 22, of Calhoun Co, son of James & Matilda; and Rachel M. Sharps, age 24, b. Taylor Co, res. Calhoun Co, 
dau of George & Priscilla.  Married Jan 15 1877. 
(9) Alfred Ray Sharps (1927-2007), Virginia Beach, VA. 
(10) Elizabeth Witter Clarke Lerman, Dayton, OH 45406 . 

Event Notes
Note (1) Amos Beaty Sharps, in "The Samuel Barr Family," incorrectly reports marriage
date as Jan 15 1872.







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