Samuel Sharp was born in Coal Creek, Tn (now called Lake City or Rocky Top, Tn.). Samuel was a coal miner by occupation.
He married Sally Hatmaker on 13 June 1886.
When the coal mine in Coal Creek closed down in the late 1880s, he decided to move his family to Oklahoma, which was still Indian Territory and not yet a state of the republic at that time. It would be almost ten years before Oklahoma gained statehood.
After moving his family to Oklahoma, Sally bore two children named Maude and Alice. She also lost one or two children as infants.
One child died with wife Sally during childbirth in 1898. This left Samuel with three young children to take care of the family while trying to eke out a living with coal mining work. After having a rough time of it with small children in Oklahoma, Samuel decided to move his family back to Tennessee where he could get the support of family.
He moved the family back to Tennessee around Christmastime 1899 by train. He then went back to Oklahoma to settle his estate there. On leaving for Oklahoma, his family saw that he had a bad cough.
While away in Oklahoma, absent from his young family, he died. He is believed to be buried with Sally and infant, but no family was ever able to visit the area to be certain of his passing and burial.
Samuel, his wife Sally Hatmaker, and an infant Sharp, are all believed to be buried together in an old unknown cemetery south of Coalgate, OK. Family word of mouth tells that the cemetery was near an old one room schoolhouse. It is unknown by the family which cemetery this is and it is unknown whether there are engraved markers.
He married Sally Hatmaker on 13 June 1886.
When the coal mine in Coal Creek closed down in the late 1880s, he decided to move his family to Oklahoma, which was still Indian Territory and not yet a state of the republic at that time. It would be almost ten years before Oklahoma gained statehood.
After moving his family to Oklahoma, Sally bore two children named Maude and Alice. She also lost one or two children as infants.
One child died with wife Sally during childbirth in 1898. This left Samuel with three young children to take care of the family while trying to eke out a living with coal mining work. After having a rough time of it with small children in Oklahoma, Samuel decided to move his family back to Tennessee where he could get the support of family.
He moved the family back to Tennessee around Christmastime 1899 by train. He then went back to Oklahoma to settle his estate there. On leaving for Oklahoma, his family saw that he had a bad cough.
While away in Oklahoma, absent from his young family, he died. He is believed to be buried with Sally and infant, but no family was ever able to visit the area to be certain of his passing and burial.
Samuel, his wife Sally Hatmaker, and an infant Sharp, are all believed to be buried together in an old unknown cemetery south of Coalgate, OK. Family word of mouth tells that the cemetery was near an old one room schoolhouse. It is unknown by the family which cemetery this is and it is unknown whether there are engraved markers.
Samuel Sharp was born in Coal Creek, Tn (now called Lake City or Rocky Top, Tn.). Samuel was a coal miner by occupation.
He married Sally Hatmaker on 13 June 1886.
When the coal mine in Coal Creek closed down in the late 1880s, he decided to move his family to Oklahoma, which was still Indian Territory and not yet a state of the republic at that time. It would be almost ten years before Oklahoma gained statehood.
After moving his family to Oklahoma, Sally bore two children named Maude and Alice. She also lost one or two children as infants.
One child died with wife Sally during childbirth in 1898. This left Samuel with three young children to take care of the family while trying to eke out a living with coal mining work. After having a rough time of it with small children in Oklahoma, Samuel decided to move his family back to Tennessee where he could get the support of family.
He moved the family back to Tennessee around Christmastime 1899 by train. He then went back to Oklahoma to settle his estate there. On leaving for Oklahoma, his family saw that he had a bad cough.
While away in Oklahoma, absent from his young family, he died. He is believed to be buried with Sally and infant, but no family was ever able to visit the area to be certain of his passing and burial.
Samuel, his wife Sally Hatmaker, and an infant Sharp, are all believed to be buried together in an old unknown cemetery south of Coalgate, OK. Family word of mouth tells that the cemetery was near an old one room schoolhouse. It is unknown by the family which cemetery this is and it is unknown whether there are engraved markers.
He married Sally Hatmaker on 13 June 1886.
When the coal mine in Coal Creek closed down in the late 1880s, he decided to move his family to Oklahoma, which was still Indian Territory and not yet a state of the republic at that time. It would be almost ten years before Oklahoma gained statehood.
After moving his family to Oklahoma, Sally bore two children named Maude and Alice. She also lost one or two children as infants.
One child died with wife Sally during childbirth in 1898. This left Samuel with three young children to take care of the family while trying to eke out a living with coal mining work. After having a rough time of it with small children in Oklahoma, Samuel decided to move his family back to Tennessee where he could get the support of family.
He moved the family back to Tennessee around Christmastime 1899 by train. He then went back to Oklahoma to settle his estate there. On leaving for Oklahoma, his family saw that he had a bad cough.
While away in Oklahoma, absent from his young family, he died. He is believed to be buried with Sally and infant, but no family was ever able to visit the area to be certain of his passing and burial.
Samuel, his wife Sally Hatmaker, and an infant Sharp, are all believed to be buried together in an old unknown cemetery south of Coalgate, OK. Family word of mouth tells that the cemetery was near an old one room schoolhouse. It is unknown by the family which cemetery this is and it is unknown whether there are engraved markers.
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