Here is my family story about our Sharp line: Somewhere in the last half of the 1800's a Sharp family came to Missouri from Mizzon England. The mother died (the father had died previously in England). Two of the older children went further west, but two of the younger children stayed in Missouri. One owned a meat packing plant later, but his children didn't keep the business well and it either folded or they sold it. Does this sound familiar to anyone? -Kathy