Richard SHARP
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Note: Richard Sharp was ordained a deacon in the Methodist Church in 1812 in Richmond, Virginia. In 1818 he was elevated to the office of Elder in Louisville, Kentucky. After serving as a preacher in Virginia for more than 20 years, he came to Missouri in 1831. He was one of the earliest settlers in Madison, Shelby County. He then moved to Palmyra. Later he purchased a homestead 4 1/2 miles NW of Monroe City. He built a log church in 1833 called Sharpsburg Church. The community that grew up around it is called Sharpsburg. Rev. Sharp lived on the old homeplace there until his death in 1850. (History of the United Methodist Churches of Missouri) Other Marriages: 6 Mar 1832 Mary SAFFORD Child : William M. SHARP SOURCES: 1. 1850 Monroe Co., MO Census (FHL#443615) Other marriages: Ann M. Child: Thomas P. SHARP (2nd marriage to Rebecca Enoch) SOURCES: 1. 1850 Monroe Co., MO Census (FHL#443615)
Husband William M. Sharp SOURCES: 1. 1850 Marion Co., MO Census (FHL#443615) other marriages: Ann M.
He married Nancy Rowe 17 Oct 1808 at Albemarle, Virginia . Nancy Rowe was born at Albemarle, Virginia 1790 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
James A. Sharp
born 19 Jul 1809.
William M. Sharp
born 29 Jan 1811.
Elizabeth Rowe Sharp
born 9 Aug 1812.
John A. Sharp
born Abt 1815.
Temperance Sharp
born 1819/20.
Richard Sharp died 4 Feb 1850 at Marion, Missouri .
Nancy Rowe died 1820 at Kentucky .