William Howard Sharp

1890 - 1967  (77 years)

• Name	William Howard Sharp  [1]
  Birth	2 Feb 1890	Ray Co, MO   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Mar 1967	Exs. Spgs., Clay Co, MO   [1]
  Person ID	I7331	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Mary Ella McMillen,   b. 17 Sep 1915, Plattsburg, Clinton Co, MO d. 27 Oct 1985, Jackson Co, MO (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1939	Platte, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Jr William Howard Jr Sharp,   b. private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Barbara Louise Sharp,   b. private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F69779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  William Howard Sharp Sr. as written by Helen Agnes Sharp Leeds Marlin The first thing I remember being told about my father was that as a young man he was offered a job on a K.C. baseball team as a pitcher, but couldn't pass a physical as he had a hernia. I was born on a farm some where between the Jesse James farm and Tryst Falls. The next thing I heard about, we lived near Lathrop where Lawrence was born. Daddy couldn't get in the Army during World Was I on account of the hernia. He boarded Gov't mules for the Army [at] Lathrop. Then we moved to the Rain's Farm near Liberty where Violet was born. There daddy went into partnership with the Jackson Bros, Oran and Leo. They were in the horse racing business. We owned a sulky race horse named Ole Pat who raced at the old race track in south Excelsior Springs. near Excelsior Springs High School. We then moved to Nebo Hill near Liberty. I was told that daddy lost money in 1922. We lived on the James Harvey Sharp farm south of Excelsior Springs near Greenwood School. Daddy hauled apples out of the Mo river bottoms in a lumber wagon (Hedspeth farms, I think) to KC Mo and broke horses to ride and to harness. He did that for several years. Then we moved to the Douglas farm west of town (Ex. Spgs) where he went to work for Claud Neise as a blacksmith. He then went to work for McDavid Bros. as a car mechanic. George Allen was born in 1927. Next he went to work for McDavid's as a truck driver hauling new cars from Detroit Mich. After that he drove a truck locally for Al Roberts. In about1932 he started the truck farming business. His first grocery store was in the last house on the left side of Isley going east. [This is probably the house that was Hill's Store, next to the plastic factory. bp] The next one was a few blocks west of there [next door to 618 Isley (Grandma Hof's) in the house Buck McGinnis owned.bp] and the last one was by the bridge on Isley.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1644] MyFamily.com, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 175, Ed. 1, (Release date: April-2005 Customer pedigree.).