I am looking for information on Sharps that lived in southern Illinois,in Madison County or surounding countys. Henry William/ William Henry, Mary, they had a half brother Charles Franklin,their Fathers name was suppose to be a John Sharp we have no names for his wife's< Henry an Mary's mother was suppose to have been a full blood cheroke Indian,who was over 6 foot tall. Henry married Rose Ham/Hamm daughter of Thomas an Julia Dawson Ham. On the back of a picture of two men on a very tall ladder it says Sharp and Kiley Sharp. I believe it is misspelled an should have been Kyle. The picture is from the late 1800s or very early 1900s. This family is one great big brick wall! If you know of this family at all Please let me know. R Sharp ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

I also am looking for Sharps from S. IL, in particular a Josiah Austin Sharp. Family records say he was born in Alexander Co., IL about 1872. Nothing is known about his parents or siblings. Rumor says his mother, too, was Cherokee, and "very mean". Josiah Austin Sharp married Martha Ann Coberly (sp.?) in Union Co., IL and had 12-14 children (not all survived). One of these kids was Charles Howard Sharp, my husband's father. Martha died (no wonder) in the early '20's and Josiah remarried, (?) to an Ethel Stokes. He made a living as a tinsmith and became quite well-to-do. The family moved to E. St. Louis at some point in time. All the kids left home as soon as possible; Josiah was an abusive father. Several wound up in S. CA. and one in Decatur, IL. Josiah died in E. St. Louis, year unknown. I am trying to find out if the rumors of Native American heritage are true. This is one hard family to trace. Joanne Sharp ruth sharp wrote: > I am looking for information on Sharps that lived in southern Illinois,in > Madison County or surounding countys. > Henry William/ William Henry, Mary, they had a half brother Charles > Franklin,their Fathers name was suppose to be a John Sharp we have no names > for his wife's< Henry an Mary's mother was suppose to have been a full blood > cheroke Indian,who was over 6 foot tall. Henry married Rose Ham/Hamm > daughter of Thomas an Julia Dawson Ham. On the back of a picture of two men > on a very tall ladder it says Sharp and Kiley Sharp. I believe it is > misspelled an should have been Kyle. The picture is from the late 1800s or > very early 1900s. > This family is one great big brick wall! > If you know of this family at all Please let me know. > R Sharp > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ====