Susan Sharp Research Notes
Book: Marriages in Vinton County, Ohio 1850-1870 by Mary J. Hixon and Frances Hixon.
Elias Sharp and Mary Bobo 4 April 1867.
Death Certificate
Place of Death, Vinton County, Ohio, Brown Township, Registration District 1308, File No.1; Full Name, Elias Wayne Sharpe; Sex, Male; Color or Race, white; Date of Birth, February 27 1837; NOTE: THIS DATE DIFFERS FROM FAMILY RECORDS; Age, 77 years, 10 months, 17 days; Single, Widowed, or Married, Married; Birthplace, Ohio; Occupation, Farmer; Name of Father, Thomas Sharp; Birthplace of Father, Maryland; Maiden Name of Mother, Margaret Stine; Birthplace of Mother, Ohio; Informant, S. M. Sharp; Zaleski, Ohio; Filed Jan. 15,1915, C.E. Martin, Registrar; Date of Death, Jan. 13, 1915; I hereby certify that I last attended the deceased from 1895 to Jan.13, 1915, that I last saw him alive on Jan.13, 1915 and that death occurred, on the date above, at 3:30 P.M.; The cause of death was as follows: Chronic Endocarditis; Duration, years; Contributory, age 7 severe cold, fever cold on lungs; Duration, 20 days; signed A.A. Bool M.D.; Jan.14, 1915, Zaleski, Ohio; Place of Burial, Keeton Cemetery; Date of Burial, Jan. 16, 1915; Undertaker, W. L.Hooper, Zaleski, Ohio.
Source: Newspaper article appearing Oct. 26, 1961, Vinton County's Living Pioneers. Paper Unknown. According to an article about Sam M. Sharp published in a Vinton County Newspaper on Dec. 28,1961, the Sharp family moved from Vinton Furnace to the Hope area in the spring of 1900. The eight children in the Sharp family attended the old Prattsville school, later the Hubbins school. According to Sherry Hunter Strickland, granddaughter of Samuel Madison Sharp, Samuel Notestine (husband of Barbara Sharp Notestine) built the old Sharp farmhouse that Elias and then Samuel Madison Sharp lived in. Sherry said that she, too, lived there for a while. Information given to me by Sherry Hunter Strickland states the date of birth as 27 February 1837. This is also the date listed on the death certificate. Records of Robert Henderson Sharp give the 5 April death date. US Census 1870, Ohio, Vinton County, Madison Twp., Page 10, Enumeration date 8 July 1870, Dwelling number 119, Family number 106, Sharp, Elias, age 33, male, white, occupation farmer, value real estate blank, value personal property $425, Birthplace, Ohio, male citizen 21 years of age & upwards checked; Mary N.; age 28, female, white, occupation keeping house, birthplace Ohio, William age 2, male, white, birthpalce, Ohio, Andrew V., age 6/12, male, white, birthplace, Ohio.