When Eleanor Ann Sharp was born on 14 February 1828, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, Joseph ( Hof) Sharp, was 25 and her mother, Ann ( Nancy) Armstrong, was 31. She married Elijah Jones on 21 August 1851, in Miami, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Springdale, Lincoln, Dakota Territory, United States in 1880 and Canton, Lincoln, South Dakota, United States in 1900. She died on 6 December 1915, in Spooner, Washburn, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 87.