Samuel Edward Lee Sharp (1896 - 1951)

Born 30 Jan 1896 in Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Etta Mae (Timmons) Sharp — married 25 Nov 1920 (to 1951) in Calhoun, Alabama

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1951 at age 55 in Birminingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1896 in Talladega County, Alabama.^[1]He was the son of John Sharp and Minnie Roszell.^[2], ^[3]Veteran in WWI but did not go overseas. Got Spanish Flu of 1918.^[4], ^[5]. Married in 1920. ^[6] In his youth he farmed on his family farm but as an adult lived off the farm and was a mechanic for Birmingham street cars.^[7]. In 1930 census last name of Lee incorrectly applied to family. 1940 census record. ^[8]Helped raise his grandson David Pinson after daughter Inez's divorce and second marriage in 1946. ^[9]. He passed away in Birmingham hospital in 1951 from heart attack at age 55. ^[10], ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch [(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3P8-TXK : 25 December 2021),] Sam E Lee Sharp, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch[ (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZY-NVR : 11 March 2022), ]Samuel E Sharp in entry for John R Sharp, 1900.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK35-321 : accessed 29 May 2022),] Sam Sharp in household of J R Sharp, Coldwater, Calhoun, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 4A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 4; FHL microfilm 1,374,017.
4. ↑ "Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZJ-5T5L : 11 September 2019),] Samuel E L Sharp, 15 Jul 1918; citing Military Service, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States, Alabama Department of History and Archives, Montgomery.
5. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch[ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WWGM-FM2M : 26 October 2019),] Samuel E Lee Sharp, 19 Dec 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
6. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-3KXQ : 19 February 2021), ]Sam E. Sharpe and Katie Mae Timmons, 25 Nov 1920; citing Calhoun, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,035,499.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch[ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:32KF-NMM : accessed 29 May 2022),] Samuel E Lee, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 41B, line 62, family 418, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 24; FHL microfilm 2,339,759.
8. ↑ [1]
9. ↑ Personal family knowledge from Dorothy Inez Sharp and David Pinson-Weston to Wynn Weston Herbert
10. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch[ (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6QW-4SZ : 11 January 2021), ]Samuel Edward Sharp, 1951.
11. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch[ (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1D-MB2H : 15 December 2020),] Samuel Edward Sharp, ; Burial, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States of America, Forest Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 141125578, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.