Susan Sharp's Research Notes:
Death Record- Place of Death, Vinton County, Ohio, Village of Hamden, Registration No. 1309; Full Name, Mary Sharp; Sex, Female; Color or Race, White; Single Married or Widowed, Married; Husband's Name, Elias Sharp; Date of Birth, August 23, 1846 (NOTE: THIS DATE IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT SHOWN IN FAMILY RECORDS); AGE, 87 years, 5 months, 10 days; Occupation, Housekeeper; Industry in which work was done, Own Home; Date deceased last worked at this profession, Nov. 1928; Total time (years) spent in this profession, 60 years; Birthplace, Hebbardsville, Ohio; Father's Name, Joshua Bobo; Father's Birthplace, Ohio; Mother's Maiden Name, Sally Black (according to Helen Sharp Morris this name should be Mary Polly Black); Mother's Birthplace, Ohio; Informant, Mrs. Claude Jones, Hamden, Ohio; Burial, Keeton Cemetary, Vinton, Ohio, Feb. 6,1934; Undertaker, W.W. Tucker, McArthur, Ohio; Was body embalmed, yes; Embalmer's No. 3152A; Filed, Feb.7, 1934, Glenn Wilbur, Registrar; Date of Death, Feb. 3, 1934; I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from Jan. 10, 1934 to Feb. 3, 1934. I last saw her alive on Feb. 2, 1934. Death is said to have occurred on the date stated above at 2:30 P.M.; Principal cause of death, Uremia; Contributory causes, Chronic nephritis, Chronic endocarditis, stenosis; What test confirmed diagnosis, chemical findings; Signed, Thurman B. Hass M.D. Feb. 4, 1934 McArthur, Ohio.
Obit: McArthur, Ohio Wed, Feb. 7, 1934, The Republican Tribune, Mary Sharp, Mrs. Mary Sharp age 88 years last August, residence Zaleski, Ohio, who was brought to the home of her daughter Mrs. Claude Jones here about aweek ago in an ambulance and who has been ill since Thanksgiving passed away at 3 P.M. Saturday. She leaves 5 living children, Mrs. Daisy Jones of Hamden, Mrs. Anna McCoy of Toledo, Ohio, Charles Sharp, Tom Sharp of Nelsonville and Sam Sharp of Zaleski, Ohio. Funeral services at the home of Claude Jones on Main Street Tuesday fore noon at 10:00 A.M. with Rev. Barnhart in charge, burial in Keeton Cemetery at Hope, Ohio. W.W. Tinker funeral director. Hamden Corr.
According to Sherry Hunter Strickland, granddaughter of Samuel Madison Sharp, Mary N. Bobo's middle name was Northa. She said that her Grandmother, Bertha Webb Sharp told her this.