Hi Gloria, This does not surprise me. My mother in law is the granddaugter to Philip Wilts son David from his first wife Elizabeth Martin. David ran away when he was young from the abuse suffered at the hands of Philip. He was raised by his dead mothers brother. It has been well known in our family that he had a bad temper, but I did not think attempted murder would be in there as well. George Tharp was the brother to Philips 3rd wife. Upon looking at my records further, this felony conviction happened before 1903 when he divorced his 2nd wife Fannie Shirkey. He served 2 years in jail and when he got out she wanted nothing to do with him anymore so he filed for divorce. Family dinners must have been real fun with this family. Thanks so much Lisa In a message dated 12/5/2010 6:47:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, Chochoruss@aol.com writes: > Lisa, Here is the story. Looks like some of the relatives bad tempers. > > The Shenandoah Herald > 26 July 1907 > Page 3, Column 3 > > SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW > > George Tharp, who lives near Shaeffertown, five miles northeast of New > Market in Shenandoah county, is recovering from a gunshot wound inflicted > a few > days ago by Philip Wilt, his brother-in-law. > The shooting followed a quarrel about a garden hoe, which Wilt carried > from the premises of Tharp and refused to return. During the quarrel > Tharp > is said to have hurled a shovel at Wilt and followed it with an ax. Wilt > then went to his house, got his shotgun, and fired a load of birdshot into > the > back part of Tharp's neck, head and shoulder, several shot piercing his > left ear. Tharp ran a short distance to his home and fell in his yard > from > shock and loss of blood. Dr,. J. E. Good of New Market, was phones for, > and > rendered the necessary surgical attention. > ----------------------- > Copied by Gloria Bushong >

Lisa, do you know names of the parents of George Tharp? ----- Original Message ----- From: LadyMist1@aol.com To: vashenan@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] WILT - chancery Hi Gloria, This does not surprise me. My mother in law is the granddaugter to Philip Wilts son David from his first wife Elizabeth Martin. David ran away when he was young from the abuse suffered at the hands of Philip. He was raised by his dead mothers brother. It has been well known in our family that he had a bad temper, but I did not think attempted murder would be in there as well. George Tharp was the brother to Philips 3rd wife. Upon looking at my records further, this felony conviction happened before 1903 when he divorced his 2nd wife Fannie Shirkey. He served 2 years in jail and when he got out she wanted nothing to do with him anymore so he filed for divorce. Family dinners must have been real fun with this family. Thanks so much Lisa In a message dated 12/5/2010 6:47:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, Chochoruss@aol.com writes: > Lisa, Here is the story. Looks like some of the relatives bad tempers. > > The Shenandoah Herald > 26 July 1907 > Page 3, Column 3 > > SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW > > George Tharp, who lives near Shaeffertown, five miles northeast of New > Market in Shenandoah county, is recovering from a gunshot wound inflicted > a few > days ago by Philip Wilt, his brother-in-law. > The shooting followed a quarrel about a garden hoe, which Wilt carried > from the premises of Tharp and refused to return. During the quarrel > Tharp > is said to have hurled a shovel at Wilt and followed it with an ax. Wilt > then went to his house, got his shotgun, and fired a load of birdshot into > the > back part of Tharp's neck, head and shoulder, several shot piercing his > left ear. Tharp ran a short distance to his home and fell in his yard > from > shock and loss of blood. Dr,. J. E. Good of New Market, was phones for, > and > rendered the necessary surgical attention. > ----------------------- > Copied by Gloria Bushong > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message