J. E. Sharp, a retired capitalist of Santa Ana, was
born in East Tennessee, November 17, 1809, a son of Joseph and Sarah
(Lamb) Sharp, who had but 2 children: the subject of this sketch and a
boy named Prophet that died in 1850.
The parents died in 1828,
the father one day and the mother the next.
In 1830 Mr. Sharp
went to Illinois, where for years he farmed in Madison County; after
this he went into the merchantile business at Bunker Hill, Illinois, and
subsequently he moved to Litchfield in that same State.
In 1864
he came to California and spent the first 10 years in Sacramento County.
In 1874 he came to Westminster, where he followed farming two years,
then he purchased property in Santa Ana, and built two houses.
Since then, he has been in the real-estate business until about two
years ago. He also owns property in Pomana.
Mr. Sharp is a true
Christian gentleman, and has been active in the Baptist Church for over
54 years.
He was married first, in 1832, to Mary E. Robinson, a
native of North Carolina and daughter of Zachariah and Elizabeth
Robinson. By this marriage there was one child: Sallie A., now wife of
William Kell of Pomana.
Mrs. Sharp died June 12, 1873, and on
December 21, 1875, Mr. Sharp married Mrs. Clarissa M. Trask of
Jefferson, Maine; her parents were Alexander and Mary (Curtis) Trask,
who had 10 children."
Contributed by Crystal Jensen from the History of Orange County, California: Illustrated History of California, Lewis Publishing Company, 1890, pages 845-846 of 934.
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