Avery Lloyd Sharp (1877 - 1956)

Born 16 Jun 1877 in Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Lola Myrtle (Crampton) Sharp — married 3 Jun 1903 in Mercer, Ohio, USA

Died 2 Aug 1956 at age 79 in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States

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Biography

The son of Jacob Sharp and Florence Brady. Avery Lloyd Sharp, 79, Prominent canning company operator and civil leader of Celina, died at 3:30 pm Thursday in Gibson Hospital here after a long illness. Mr. Sharp was head of the Sharp Canning Co., which has plants in Rockford and Ohio City. His son, Richard, has managed the plants in recent years but his father has been active in the operations of the business. Mr. Sharp was also the director in the Citizens Bank of Celina, the Ohio General Telephone Co. and the Ohio Canner Assn. He also was president of the Official Board of St. Paul's Methodist Church here. Mr. Sharp moved to Celina in 1906 and became associate with his father in law I. E. Crampton, in the operation of the latter's canning company which later was purchased by Stockley. In 1925, Mr. Sharp formed his own firm and established a cannery in Rockford. He formerly served on Council and the Board of Education in Celina, was a past president of the Celina Kiwanis Club and the North Shore Country Club here. He also was a past master of the Masonic Lodge, past patron of the Order of Eastern Star, past master of the Celine Chapter, Royal Arch Masons and a member of the council of Royal and Select Masters at St. Marys, the Knights Templar commandery at Van Wert, the Scottish Rite consistory at Toledo and Antioch Temple of the Shrine at Dayton. Surviving are his widow Lola, the son Richard, a sister Mrs. Harry McCreery of Gaston, Ind. and a foster sister Mrs. William Bradfield of Gaston. Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday in the Vale Funeral Home with Dr. Donald Mueller in charge. Burial will be made in North Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Vale Funeral Home.

Sources

• family tree
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMP-RQ5 : 12 November 2020), Avery L. Sharp in household of Jacob Sharp, Delaware, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 178, sheet 276C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,274.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBT-23K : accessed 17 February 2021), Lloyd Sharp in household of Jacob E Sharp, Gaston, Washington, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 5A, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,368.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZTX-7WB : 26 August 2019), Avery Lloyd Sharp and Lola Myrtle Crampton, 03 Jun 1903; citing Marriage, Mercer, Ohio, United States, p448, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLXX-KS1 : accessed 17 February 2021), Avery Lloyd Sharp, Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 2B, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1214; FHL microfilm 1,375,227.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6NM-DLW : 20 January 2021), Avery Lloyd Sharp, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDR3-TGX : 3 February 2021), Avery L Sharp, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4HH-57D : accessed 17 February 2021), Avery L Sharp, Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 9B, line 51, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1850; FHL microfilm 2,341,584.
• Obituary
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 June 2018), memorial page for Avery Lloyd “Lloyd” Sharp (16 Jun 1877–2 Aug 1956), Find A Grave Memorial no. 48370005, citing North Grove Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Mike Dearbaugh (contributor 919) .
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48370005