WILLIAM SHARP, 102, DIES HERE
William Sharp, who fought under Robert E. Lee but remembered Lincoln better when he celebrated his one hundred second birthday last March 3, died Monday at 5:10 pm at the home of his daughter, Mrs Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street. The aged Civil War veteran had been ill three weeks.
Mr. Sharp, who had lived in Ft. Worth five years, was born in Sharp's Grove, Alabama, where he operated a grist mill for many years after the termination of the Civil War. He also engaged in farming and worked in planing mills before moving to Texas at the age of 77. He worked for some time in a gin machinery factory in Dallas until his retirement 15 years ago.
Mr. Sharp was married twice. His first wife died in Sharp's Grove, his second wife died in Shady Grove, where Mr. and Mrs. Sharp lived for a time with another daughter. The seven children who survive Mr. Sharp vary in age from that of Mrs. Willie Whitely of Huntsville, Alabama who is 82, to that of Raymond Sharp, Arcadia Park, who is 32.
It was the observance of Mr. Sharp's last birthday which brought his residence here to the attention of the Julia Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The chapter presented him with a new Confederate uniform, which he wore to the dedication of the old Van Zandt homestead as a Confederate memorial on June 4, and in which he will be buried.
Mr. Sharp's death leaves two survivng Confederate veterans who make their home in Fort Worth. They are Henry Jones and M. P. Cope.
On his last birthday Mr. Sharp recalled seeing Lincoln as he passed through Huntsville, Alabama, stopping to make a speech and review a torchlight parade in his honor.
Also, surviving Mr. Sharp are two other daughters, Mrs. Madeline Nelson of Long Beach, California and Mrs. Eddie Bell, Huntsville, Alabama; two other sons, S. E. Sharp of Dallas and G. E. Sharp of Denton; a brother, Charles Sharp, Huntsville, Alabama; 25 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 1941
WILLIAM SHARP
Funeral services for William Sharp, the last but two of Fort Worth's Confederate veterans, who died Monday at the age of 102, will be held Wednesday at 4:30 pm at the Diamond Hill Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Confederate plot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Sharp, a retired farmer, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street, after a brief illness.
Fort Worth Star Telegam, June 1941
William Sharp, who fought under Robert E. Lee but remembered Lincoln better when he celebrated his one hundred second birthday last March 3, died Monday at 5:10 pm at the home of his daughter, Mrs Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street. The aged Civil War veteran had been ill three weeks.
Mr. Sharp, who had lived in Ft. Worth five years, was born in Sharp's Grove, Alabama, where he operated a grist mill for many years after the termination of the Civil War. He also engaged in farming and worked in planing mills before moving to Texas at the age of 77. He worked for some time in a gin machinery factory in Dallas until his retirement 15 years ago.
Mr. Sharp was married twice. His first wife died in Sharp's Grove, his second wife died in Shady Grove, where Mr. and Mrs. Sharp lived for a time with another daughter. The seven children who survive Mr. Sharp vary in age from that of Mrs. Willie Whitely of Huntsville, Alabama who is 82, to that of Raymond Sharp, Arcadia Park, who is 32.
It was the observance of Mr. Sharp's last birthday which brought his residence here to the attention of the Julia Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The chapter presented him with a new Confederate uniform, which he wore to the dedication of the old Van Zandt homestead as a Confederate memorial on June 4, and in which he will be buried.
Mr. Sharp's death leaves two survivng Confederate veterans who make their home in Fort Worth. They are Henry Jones and M. P. Cope.
On his last birthday Mr. Sharp recalled seeing Lincoln as he passed through Huntsville, Alabama, stopping to make a speech and review a torchlight parade in his honor.
Also, surviving Mr. Sharp are two other daughters, Mrs. Madeline Nelson of Long Beach, California and Mrs. Eddie Bell, Huntsville, Alabama; two other sons, S. E. Sharp of Dallas and G. E. Sharp of Denton; a brother, Charles Sharp, Huntsville, Alabama; 25 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 1941
WILLIAM SHARP
Funeral services for William Sharp, the last but two of Fort Worth's Confederate veterans, who died Monday at the age of 102, will be held Wednesday at 4:30 pm at the Diamond Hill Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Confederate plot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Sharp, a retired farmer, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street, after a brief illness.
Fort Worth Star Telegam, June 1941
WILLIAM SHARP, 102, DIES HERE
William Sharp, who fought under Robert E. Lee but remembered Lincoln better when he celebrated his one hundred second birthday last March 3, died Monday at 5:10 pm at the home of his daughter, Mrs Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street. The aged Civil War veteran had been ill three weeks.
Mr. Sharp, who had lived in Ft. Worth five years, was born in Sharp's Grove, Alabama, where he operated a grist mill for many years after the termination of the Civil War. He also engaged in farming and worked in planing mills before moving to Texas at the age of 77. He worked for some time in a gin machinery factory in Dallas until his retirement 15 years ago.
Mr. Sharp was married twice. His first wife died in Sharp's Grove, his second wife died in Shady Grove, where Mr. and Mrs. Sharp lived for a time with another daughter. The seven children who survive Mr. Sharp vary in age from that of Mrs. Willie Whitely of Huntsville, Alabama who is 82, to that of Raymond Sharp, Arcadia Park, who is 32.
It was the observance of Mr. Sharp's last birthday which brought his residence here to the attention of the Julia Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The chapter presented him with a new Confederate uniform, which he wore to the dedication of the old Van Zandt homestead as a Confederate memorial on June 4, and in which he will be buried.
Mr. Sharp's death leaves two survivng Confederate veterans who make their home in Fort Worth. They are Henry Jones and M. P. Cope.
On his last birthday Mr. Sharp recalled seeing Lincoln as he passed through Huntsville, Alabama, stopping to make a speech and review a torchlight parade in his honor.
Also, surviving Mr. Sharp are two other daughters, Mrs. Madeline Nelson of Long Beach, California and Mrs. Eddie Bell, Huntsville, Alabama; two other sons, S. E. Sharp of Dallas and G. E. Sharp of Denton; a brother, Charles Sharp, Huntsville, Alabama; 25 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 1941
WILLIAM SHARP
Funeral services for William Sharp, the last but two of Fort Worth's Confederate veterans, who died Monday at the age of 102, will be held Wednesday at 4:30 pm at the Diamond Hill Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Confederate plot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Sharp, a retired farmer, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street, after a brief illness.
Fort Worth Star Telegam, June 1941
William Sharp, who fought under Robert E. Lee but remembered Lincoln better when he celebrated his one hundred second birthday last March 3, died Monday at 5:10 pm at the home of his daughter, Mrs Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street. The aged Civil War veteran had been ill three weeks.
Mr. Sharp, who had lived in Ft. Worth five years, was born in Sharp's Grove, Alabama, where he operated a grist mill for many years after the termination of the Civil War. He also engaged in farming and worked in planing mills before moving to Texas at the age of 77. He worked for some time in a gin machinery factory in Dallas until his retirement 15 years ago.
Mr. Sharp was married twice. His first wife died in Sharp's Grove, his second wife died in Shady Grove, where Mr. and Mrs. Sharp lived for a time with another daughter. The seven children who survive Mr. Sharp vary in age from that of Mrs. Willie Whitely of Huntsville, Alabama who is 82, to that of Raymond Sharp, Arcadia Park, who is 32.
It was the observance of Mr. Sharp's last birthday which brought his residence here to the attention of the Julia Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The chapter presented him with a new Confederate uniform, which he wore to the dedication of the old Van Zandt homestead as a Confederate memorial on June 4, and in which he will be buried.
Mr. Sharp's death leaves two survivng Confederate veterans who make their home in Fort Worth. They are Henry Jones and M. P. Cope.
On his last birthday Mr. Sharp recalled seeing Lincoln as he passed through Huntsville, Alabama, stopping to make a speech and review a torchlight parade in his honor.
Also, surviving Mr. Sharp are two other daughters, Mrs. Madeline Nelson of Long Beach, California and Mrs. Eddie Bell, Huntsville, Alabama; two other sons, S. E. Sharp of Dallas and G. E. Sharp of Denton; a brother, Charles Sharp, Huntsville, Alabama; 25 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 1941
WILLIAM SHARP
Funeral services for William Sharp, the last but two of Fort Worth's Confederate veterans, who died Monday at the age of 102, will be held Wednesday at 4:30 pm at the Diamond Hill Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Confederate plot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Sharp, a retired farmer, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Phelps, 3518 Oscar Street, after a brief illness.
Fort Worth Star Telegam, June 1941
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