Joseph
Sharp
Born in Mandeville, St. Tammany, Louisiana
Ancestors 
Son of William Fritz Sharp
and Nancy Josephine (Spell) Sharp
Brother of
Eveline (Sharp) Jenkins, Theodore Todeal Sharp, William Sharp, George O. Sharp, Nancy (Sharp) Fussell, Laurance Sharp Sr., Louis Sharp, John Oliver Sharp and Hugh Sharp
Husband of
Caroline (Kimball) Sharp
— married
20 Jun 1847 in Louisiana, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Ira Sharp, James Thomas Sharp, Isabelle A. Sharp, Juliette J. Sharp, Nancy E. Sharp, Louis Angus Sharp, Edward Y. Sharp, William H. Sharp, Elizabeth Ann Sharp, Bolivar B. Sharp and Joseph Melton Sharp
Died
at age 73
in Louisiana
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Aug 2017
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Biography
Joseph was born on 13 September 1825 in Mandeville, St. Tammany, Louisiana. He was the son of William Sharp and Nancy Spell. He married Caroline Kimball in St. Tammany, Louisiana on 26 June 1847.
In the 1850 Census, Joseph was listed as age 25 living with his with his wife Caroline, 21, and 1 child, Charles J., age 2, in St. Tammany parish, St. Tammany, Louisiana.
According to the 1880 Census, Joseph's age was listed as 56 and his occupation was a Farmer. He was living with his wife Caroline, 49, and 9 children in Sandy Ford, St Tammany, Louisiana. Their children were listed as: James, 24, Isabella, 23, Juliette, 22, Angus, 20, Edward, 18, William, 16, Camile, 14, Bolivar, 12, and Milton, 11.
Joseph died in 1899 in Louisiana.
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Sources
- ↑ Profile created by Skip Weber through the import of Skip Weber's Joseph Wm Sharp Tree_2020-04-25.ged on Apr 25, 2020. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
"Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4CG-7MD : 4 December 2014), Joseph Sharp and Caroline Kimball, 26 Jun 1847; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,463,133.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCJ6-51Q : 12 April 2016), Joseph Sharp, St. Tammany parish, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States; citing family 721, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDXJ-Z2V : 13 August 2016), Joseph Sharp, Sandy Ford, St Tammany, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 366D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0471; FHL microfilm 1,254,471.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~1.56%
Harvey Spell
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member apheresis_hp
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~1.56%
Darline (Brady) Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Laflutterby
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~0.78%
Todd Bergeron :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XD4036145 [compare], Ancestry member t8778
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~0.39%
Skip Weber :
23andMe, GEDmatch FG9515381 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FG9515381 [compare], Ancestry member SkipWeber
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