Rev. Alexander Sharp and Elizabeth Bryson

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Husband Rev. Alexander Sharp ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Jun 1796 - Newton Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 28 Jan 1857 3
         Buried:  - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: Capt. Alexander Sharp (1756-1824) 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret McDowell (Abt 1759-1810) 4 7

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       Marriage: 17 Aug 1824 2

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Wife Elizabeth Bryson ^{2 8}

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           Born: 11 Sep 1797 2
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           Died: 27 Jan 1870 3
         Buried:  - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: William Bryson (      -1818) 8 9
         Mother: Jane Harkness (      -      ) 8 9

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Children

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1 M Dr. Alexander R. Sharp ^{10 11}

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         Spouse: Ellen Dent (      -      ) 3

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2 F Jane Elizabeth Sharp ^{3 11}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M William Harkness B. Sharp ^{3 11}

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4 M John Riddle Sharp ^{3 11}

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         Spouse: Martha F. Woods (      -      ) 11 12
           Marr: 2 Feb 1860 11

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5 M Thomas E. Sharp ^{2 3}

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           Born: 6 Dec 1836 - Newton Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 12
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         Spouse: Helen C. Rice (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Aug 1873 2

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6 M Robert Elder Sharp ³

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         Spouse: Delia Fitzgerald (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Mar 1873 2

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7 F Margaret Ellen Sharp ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Thomas Patterson (      -      ) 2 12

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8 M Robert Bryson Sharp ¹¹

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9 M Elder McDowell Sharp ¹¹

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Alexander Sharp

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He graduated from Jefferson College in 1820, studied theology and was ordained a minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. On June 29, 1824, he was installed as pastor of the church of that denomination at Big Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. About the same time he was elected Professor of Theology in the Associate Reformed Seminary at Oxford, Ohio, but he declined the professorship and continued as pastor of the Big Spring Church up to the time of his death. The Presbytery of Big Spring included small congregations at Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Concord, Gettysburg, Lower Chanceford, and one in Rockbridge county, Virginia. These churches were often without pastors, and at such times it fell to Mr. Sharp to minister to them, and being so widely scattered his duties required much exposure and a great amount of horse-back riding, which impaired his health and finally caused his death.
Physically Rev. Dr. Sharp was a large and commanding person, and his character was so rounded and balanced that it was hard to detect in him any prominent traits or angles. He possessed a vigorous, comprehensive mind, and a manner that was simple, kind and courteous. He was a true and reliable friend, much respected by his ministerial associates, and throughout the Synod of Pittsburg, to which the Presbytery of Big Spring belonged, was commonly spoken of as "Father Sharp." His home at the head of the Green Spring was the regular stopping place for the ministers of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church when visiting this part of the state. His neighbors, regardless of religious affiliations, often applied to him for advice and assistance in material affairs. He had rare presence of mind, and in case of emergency was remarkably quick to see what was the best thing to be done. As an illustration of this characteristic the following incident is related of him: One evening, just before retiring, an affrighted neighbor rushed into his house with the information that a candle moth had gotten into his daughter's ear, causing her intense suffering. Instantly it flashed upon his mind that the rye straws, with which the children had been playing in front of the door, might be of use in the case. He started off with his anxious neighbor on a run, picking up some of the straws as he went. On reaching the patient Mr. Sharp cut a straw to a length to suit the purpose. and, inserting one end in the ear, applied his mouth to the other and sucked out the fluttering insect to the great relief of the young lady.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 18.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 66.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 20.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 17.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 64.

6 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 13.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 65.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 19.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 131.

10 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 20, 67.

11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 67.

12 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 21.