Brief Life History of Gideon Joseph
When Gideon Joseph Sharp was born in April 1869, in Alabama, United States, his father, Hardy J Sharp, was 30 and his mother, Mary Jane Crouch, was 26. He married Eula L Pippin on 19 October 1903, in Newton, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Beat 5, Newton, Mississippi, United States in 1920.
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- Gideon J Sharp, "United States Census, 1920"
- G J Sharp, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- Jos Sharpe in entry for John L Sharpe and Carrie E Brown, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1877 · Mississippi State Board of Health is Created
In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English sharp(e) ‘sharp, quick, smart, acute, keen-witted’ (Old English scearp).
Irish: when not the English or Scots name in 1 above, an Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Scharf ‘sharp-cutting’ or of any of several other European names with similar meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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