Christena (Bowers) Sharp (1828 - 1906)

Born 20 Mar 1828 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thompson Sharp — married after 15 Nov 1849 in Delaware Co, Indiana

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1906 at age 77 in Delaware, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Born in 1828. The daughter of Jacob Bowers andSuzanna Andes. Christena was united in marriage to Thompson Sharp in 1849. Some of the children were Jemima Ann, Jacob E, Otto Millard, Oral L, Noah Sigel, Dora Viola and Ozora T. No others could be verified. She passed away in 1906.

Sources

• A Twentieth Century History of Delaware Co, Indiana by G.W. Kemper. Buried in Thompson Cemetery, Gaston, Delaware co, Indiana
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NG-1KV : 13 December 2017), Christina Sharp in entry for Thompson Sharp, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXN-4GX : 12 April 2016), Christena Sharp in household of Thompson Sharp, Indiana, United States; citing p. 20, family 159, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,809.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM5-98B : 14 August 2017), Christiena Sharp in household of Thompson Sharp, Washington, Delaware, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 177, sheet 273D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0274; FHL microfilm 1,254,274.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBT-1RS : accessed 31 July 2019), Thompson Sharp, Washington Township (south half) Gaston town, Delaware, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 10B, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,368.
• In 1900 census daughter Jemima had moved back home with her four boys Claude, Clayton, Clarence and Orlistus Clawson. Jemima divorced her husband and later remarried him. Also living there were Ozora and Wife Mary (White) Sharp.
• "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7N-RBC : 3 December 2014), Christena Sharp, 18 Mar 1906, Muncie, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." County Health Office, Muncie.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138995649/christena-sharp