William J. Sharp and Martha Cowden

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Husband William J. Sharp ¹

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            AKA: [Unk] Sharp 2
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         Father: John Sharp (      -      ) 1
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Wife Martha Cowden ^{1 2}

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         Father: Robert Cowden (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Amy Lowry (      -      ) 3 4

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Children

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1 F Emma J. Sharp ¹

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         Spouse: Lee Rowland (      -      ) 1

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2 F Eva Sharp ¹

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         Spouse: Frank G. Book (1869-Aft 1908) 5
           Marr: 6 May 1891 1

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3 F Edith A. Sharp ¹

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4 M Robert C. Sharp ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William J. Sharp

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New Bedford, Lawrence Co, PA

He was a veteran of the Civil War, in which he saw long and active service. In religious attachment he was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he was also an elder.

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Cowden

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from Mahoning Co, OH

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 973.

2 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 31.

3 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 30.

4 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 378.

5 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 666, 972.