Sharp, Henry

SHARP

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/10/2008 at 16:38:35

Henry Sharp

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.205, Norwalk Twp.)
Henry Sharp, farmer, P. O. Downsville, was born in Lincolnshire, England, June 3, 1857. He is the son of Spencer and Martha (Holmes) Sharp. His father was a farm bailiff, was born in England about 1820, and died in 1866. His mother was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1825, and died in 1863. He received his education in Christ's Hospital, London, which was founded in 1552 by Edward the VI. Leaving school at the age of sixteen, he came to America. He left Liverpool May 6, 1873, arriving in New York the 17th, and in Council Bluffs the 24th day of the same month. From this time, until 1875, he worked at home. In 1875, he and his brother rented the home farm. In 1877, in company with an elder brother, he rented a farm near Weston. During the year 1878, he worked for Mr. Heywood. He rented land for the following two years. In December, 1880 he bought forty acres of land from a brother, and in the spring of 1882 he added forty acres more, and is engaged in breaking the same. Mr. Sharp is not married. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and in politics a Republican.