Don Nicholson Sharp lost his 18 year old brother Clinton in 1892 when Don was only two years old. He never knew his oldest brother Scott who died at age 3 in 1871 almost 20 years before Don was born.
The 1920s were challenging for Don. Don lost his father in 1921, his sister Ethyl in 1923 and his mother in 1926.
The Depression years were hard for Don too. Don lost his brother Judd in 1930, his sister Estella in 1934, and his sister Maggie in 1937.
Don host his younger brother Harry Isaac Sharp in 1945 around the end of World War II, and his sister Elda in 1951 after the Korean War began.
Don lost his brother James Arthur Sharp in 1964 as the county was going to war in Vietnam, and the Voting Rights Act was passed.
Don Nicholson Sharp passed away in 1988. outliving all of his siblings. He was 98 at the time of his passing.
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