Joshua Williams Sharpe

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Husband Joshua Williams Sharpe ¹

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           Born: 24 May 1831 1
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           Died: 7 Apr 1881 - Jaffa, Palestine 1
         Buried:  - Protestant Cemetery, Jaffa, Palestine

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         Father: Dr. William M. Sharpe (1798-1835) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane Wilson (1794-1876) 1 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Joshua Williams Sharpe

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He was a distinguished soldier of the Civil War. He entered the service Aug. 16, 1862, as First Lieutenant of Company E, 130th P. V. I., and was promoted to be captain Dec. 13, 1862, his promotion dating from the battle of Fredericksburg. He was breveted major for meritorious conduct in that battle, and after the war was appointed First Lieutenant, U. S. A.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 67.

2 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 450.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 18.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 66.