When John Sharp Jr was born on 26 November 1799, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Sharp Sr, was 22 and his mother, Winifred Kirk, was 21. He married Rebecca Berry in 1830, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 26 August 1838, in Sharpsburg, Christian, Illinois, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Scottville West Cemetery, Macoupin, Illinois, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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