It sounds like we are talking about the same Thomas D. Sharp if the time frame is right. In my previous e-mail, I was only approximating the dates of birth, marriage, etc. of my great grandfather and grandmother. I actually only knew my great grandmother Sharp. She died in the spring of 1957, in Columbus, Ohio, and is buried in McArthur. Thomas Sharp ran a brick plant southeast of McArthur, Ohio. He too is buried in McArthur. As for my Shockey lineage, my name is spelled without the L,,,SHOCKEY. The original first of our Shockey line came from the Palatinate area of Germany, and his name was Christophel Schaake. That last name pronounced in german sounds like the way our present name is pronounced in english. The Shockeys landed at Philadelphia in 1737, fought in the revolutionary war and subsequent wars, and moved thru York County, Pa., Berkley and Morgan Counties of Virginia (some of which is now WV), then on to southern Ohio, and eventually merged with the Sharp family of McArthur. My grandma Sharp (Myrtle, daughter of Margaret Wilson Sharp) married John F. Shockey (about a 7th generation Shockey). That is a short summary of how I became a Shockey from the Sharp lineage. What is your web site address, or maybe you could just send me some info on the Sharp line back to ??? England. I have some info about where they came from but I am missing all of the 'in betweens'. Thanks for any help you can give me. John D Shockey 6851 Bevelhymer Rd JohnDShock@cs.com New Albany OH 43054