Dallas Lore Sharp (1870 - 1929)

Born 13 Dec 1870 in Haleyville, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Hastings) Sharp — married 4 Aug 1895 in Maine

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1929 at age 58 in Haleyville, New Jersey

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Biography

Dallas Sharp is Notable.

Dallas Lore Sharp was an American author and university professor, born in the Haleyville section of Commercial Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey. He graduated at Brown University in 1895, served as a Methodist Episcopal minister for four years and graduated at the Boston University School of Theology in 1899. He married Grace Hastings and the couple had four sons, including Waitstill Sharp.

He was assistant librarian (1899–1902), assistant professor of English (1902–09), and thereafter professor at Boston University.

As a writer he became known through his charming magazine articles on native birds and small mammals and for his books.

Sources

• Sharp, Dallas Lore; and Millard, Columbus Norman. A Watcher in the Woods, p. viii. Century Company, 1911. Accessed July 23, 2014. "Dallas Lore Sharp was born on a farm in Haleyville, New Jersey, where the pine barrens, the marshes of Maurice River, and the great river swamps stretched out around him."
• Dallas L Sharp, "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2KD-SQ6 : 29 October 2015), Dallas L Sharp, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1217, sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,625.

• Dallas Love Sharp, "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFM7-3K6 : 14 December 2015), Dallas Love Sharp, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 18B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,726.

See also "* Wikipedia: Dallas Lore Sharp"