A Rufus J. Sharp is buried at the Stephenson cemetery, Chariton county, MO. Rufus J. Sharp died Nov 2, 1884 age 47 years, 7m, 12 days ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie Shaffer" <BJSHAFFER@prodigy.net> To: <SHARP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [SHARP-L] Rufus A. Sharp > To all ya'll out there. Right now I am in Calif. using > my husbands lap top but I have my Sharpe Genealogy and > Miscellany Book with me. I have to get off my hotel > phone so I can recieve calls from my children in TX. > I'll get back online later today and answer as many > questions as I can and look up what I can for ya'll. > Billie > --- Original Message --- > From: "Sandra Sharp" <sjsharp@hctc.net> > To: SHARP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SHARP-L] Rufus A. Sharp > > >I am also searching for a Rufus Sharp. He was born > ca 1833 in Alabama. The > >1860 census of Russell Co., AL shows Rufus A. in the > household of his > >father, John F. Sharp. Rufus was age 27. His > occupation was school > >teacher. A Rufus Sharp enlisted in the 1st City > Battalion, Ga. Infantry at > >Columbus, Ga. which is just across the state line > from Russell Co. Is this > >the same Rufus? Did he survive the War? The 1866 > state census of Alabama > >shows that two members of John F. Sharp's family did > not survive the War. > >I have not been able to find any reference to Rufus > A. Sharp after the 1860 > >census. > > > > > >==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > Billie Shaffer > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > > > > > >