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This site is focused broadly on all descendants of John Denboe, an indentured servant who came to the Crown Colony of Maryland in about the year 1664. Also, it maintains a special emphasis on the descendants of John Denbow (1797-1862) and his brother Bazeleel (1795-1857), early pioneers in the hills of Southeastern Ohio, as well as the descendants of Jón Jónsson (1841-1934) of Dalasýsla, Iceland, who was an Icelandic immigrant to Canada and now has progeny throughout North America.

Martha A. Sharp

Martha A. Sharp

Female 1798 - 1855  (57 years)


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  • Name Martha A. Sharp 
    Birth 1798  Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Marriage Bride 9 Mar 1818  Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • This marriage date, which differs by exactly one year from the one recorded in the Marriage License book for Harford County appears to be correct. I suspect a clerical error in the book.
      Witness Role: Principal: [F305] ...of John DENBOW and Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Bride: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1229] John DENBOW
    Marriage Bride 9 Mar 1819  Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F305] ...of John DENBOW and Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Bride: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1229] John DENBOW
    Living 1828  Harrison, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Deed, Harrison County, Ohio, 1828, Benjamin Sharp & Others to James Sharp, Index Book 1 (1812-1870), Deed Book D, Page 372
    Residence 1849  Monroe, Ohio, USA
    At Home
    Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Sharp v. Ayres states that Martha and John Denbow live in Monroe County, Ohio.
      Witness Role: Resident: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Resident: [I1229] John DENBOW
    Census Principal 2 31 Jul 1850  Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Bazzel Denbow, son, and family are listed as neighbors on this census.
      Witness Role: Principal: [I1229] John DENBOW
      Witness Role: Principal 2: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Head of Household: [I1229] John DENBOW
    Death 1855  Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Anecdote
    • In a letter to Susan Sharp from Laura Wagner of Carroll County, Ohio, dated August 15, 1994, Mrs. Wagner states that Iona Albaugh Burrier's uncle was Solomon Albaugh, husband of Kesiah Sharp. Mrs. Burrier wrote a little history of the Kilgore Area, Goose Run, and Mingo. In this booklet which is in the possession of Laura Wagner, Mrs. Burrier indicates that Martha Denbow is the daughter of Elias Sharp. She also says that Martha was born in 1798 and married John Denbow in Harford County, Maryland in 1818. Martha went to Monroe County, Ohio and she had six sons who served in the Civil War.
    Name Martha A. Denbow  [3
    Death 1855  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Thomas Sharp,   b. Mar 1728, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1802, Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)  (Grandfather) 
    Sarah Ware,   b. Abt 1774   d. Abt 1839, Vinton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I3860  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2025 

    Father James Elias Sharp,   b. 24 Apr 1771, Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1857, Vinton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ware,   b. Abt 1774   d. Abt 1839, Vinton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1789  Vinton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Witness Role: Groom: [I3833] James Elias SHARP
      Witness Role: Bride: [I5686] Sarah WARE
    Family ID F967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Denbow, Sr.,   b. 10 Feb 1797, Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1862, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 9 Mar 1818  Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • This marriage date, which differs by exactly one year from the one recorded in the Marriage License book for Harford County appears to be correct. I suspect a clerical error in the book.
      Witness Role: Bride: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1229] John DENBOW
    Married 9 Mar 1819  Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1229] John DENBOW
    Children 
    +1. Bazzel Denbow,   b. 14 Jan 1819, Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1896, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Ruth Tanner  m. 2 Jan 1845
    +2. Edith Denbow,   b. 1821, Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    William Cochrane  m. Abt 1845
    +3. James Denbow,   b. 20 Apr 1824, Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1863, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Rebecca Rogers  m. 1850
    +4. Elizabeth Denbow,   b. 1827, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1890, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    William N. Wise  m. 1845;   Hamilton Dillon  m. 1847;   Joseph Fisher  m. 1851
    +5. John Denbow, Jr.,   b. 9 Aug 1827   d. 21 Mar 1905, Wayne Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Sarah Ann Paith  m. 15 Apr 1856
    +6. Sarah Ann Denbow,   b. 1829   d. 1864 (Age 35 years)
    Henry Johanning  m. 1848
    +7. Susan Denbow,   b. 27 Jan 1831, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1888, Athens Lunatic Asylum, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    John H. Ayers  m. 1861;   Sebastian Cabot Kelley  m. 20 Oct 1861
    +8. Levi Denbow,   b. 29 Nov 1832, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1911, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Rachel Morris  m. 1857
    +9. George Washington Denbow,   b. 8 Aug 1834, Carroll, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1906, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Sarah Jane Rucker  m. 1855
     10. Jackson Denbow,   b. 8 Aug 1834   d. 1852 (Age 17 years)
    +11. William Denbow,   b. 25 Apr 1839, Carroll, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1919, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Anna Dillon  m. 12 Nov 1857
    +12. Martin Denbow,   b. 25 Sep 1842, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1913, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Mary Ann Scott  m. 1863
    Family ID F305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1849 - Monroe, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Martha Sharp
    Martha Sharp
    Media Date: ABT 1852
    Keywords: Picture

    Documents
    1850 U.S. Census, Monroe, Center Township (Multiple Related Families)
    1850 census monroe, centre tow
    Keywords: Picture

    Headstones
    Martha Denbow Grave
    Martha Denbow Grave
    Media Date: AFT 1855
    Keywords: Picture

    Histories
    Sharp v. Ayers
    Sharp v. Ayers
    Media Date: 18 SEP 1849
    Keywords: Document

  • Reference  Carl Jón Denbow. "Martha A. Sharp". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I3860&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Thomas W. Thompson, The Thompson Geneology [sic], 2nd Edition.

    2. [S16] Sandy Denbow Jameyson, Sandy Denbow Jameyson Correspondence with CJD.

    3. [S216] Harford County, Maryland Marriage Licenses, 1777-1865.

    4. [S86] Susan Sharp, Research by Susan Sharp on her husband's Sharp line..

    5. [S89] James Sharp v. Thomas Ayres.

    6. [S38] U.S. Census Bureau, 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Monroe County, Ohio (John and Martha Denbow Family).

    7. [S117] Sophisticated Wild Ass Guess.


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