Sam Madison Sharp

1879 - 1963  (83 years)

• Name	Sam Madison Sharp
  Birth	2 Oct 1879	Elk Twp., Vinton, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Marriage Groom	5 Feb 1925
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F6] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Bride: [I4470] Bertha L. WEBB Witness Role: Groom: [I3877] Sam Madison SHARP
  Note	Birth Record: Probate Court Birth Record Book 1 (1867-1884), VintonCounty, Ohio, Page 272, No. 454. Full Name, Samuel M. Sharp; DOB,1879, October 2; Place of Birth, Ohio, Vinton County, Elk Township;Sex, male; Color, white; Name of Father, Elias Sharp; Name of Mother,Mary Bobo; Parent's Place of Residence, McArthur, Ohio; Reported byHenry Reynolds. Death date from tombstone in the Keeton Graveyard inLake Hope State Park, Vinton County, Ohio. Sam held many jobs. Hisfirst job was hoeing corn for neighbors at 25 cents a day. He dugcoal with a pick at the old Lake Mine when he was fourteen years old.He was a coal miner for 20 years, then he fired a locomotive for theB&O for three years and then became a B&O bridge carpenter, builthouses as a carpenter and worked on the state highway department. Heworked for the Overland Motor Co. in Toledo, operated a coal-cuttingmachine in a mine, drove an ice wagon in Nelsonville, Ohio and farmedthe 52 acres of the Sharp farm. He also laid brick for the arches forboilers. Sam lived on the family farm since 1900. Source: Newspaperarticle published Dec 28, 1961, Vinton County's Living Pioneers.According to Sherry Hunter Strickland, granddaughter of SamuelMadison Sharp, Sam told her that the Sharp family began in thiscountry when James Sharp came to Maryland from Scotland as anindentured servant. (Telephone conversation 6 September 1994)According to Sherry Hunter Strickland ( letter dated 21 March 1995)the date of marriage was 5 February 1925. Records in the possession ofRobert Henderson Sharp give the date 25 February 1925.
  Death	5 Apr 1963	Athens, Ohio, USA
  	Named after Athens, Greece; home of Ohio University
  Burial	Lake Hope, Vinton, Ohio, USA
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Sharp,   b. Mar 1728, Ireland d. Apr 1802, Harford, Maryland, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Garner   d. Jun 1813, Virginia, USA   (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I3877	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	5 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Elias Wayne Sharp,   b. 27 Feb 1837, Carroll, Ohio, USA d. 13 Jan 1915, Brown Twp., Vinton, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Northa Bobo,   b. 23 Aug 1845, Hebbardsville, Athens, Ohio, USA d. 3 Feb 1934, Hamden, Vinton, Ohio, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1867  [1]
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I585] Mary Northa BOBO Witness Role: Groom: [I3821] Elias Wayne SHARP
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha L. Webb,   b. 26 Jan 1904, Zaleski, Vinton, Ohio, USA d. 3 Jun 1991, Perry, Taylor, Florida, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1925
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I4470] Bertha L. WEBB Witness Role: Groom: [I3877] Sam Madison SHARP
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "Sam Madison Sharp". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I3877&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).