When Robert Morris Sharp was born in 1834, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, his father, George Washington Sharp, was 33 and his mother, Artimissa Acker, was 24. He married M. Nicea or Nissa Herring on 15 September 1853, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Limestone, Texas, United States in 1870. He died in 1891, in Dialville, Cherokee, Texas, United States, at the age of 57.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Limestone, Texas, United States
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
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.
Possible Related NamesSharp, Robert M. Rank: Private Deserted 1862, Reenlisted, parolled in Talledega, Al on 16 June 1865 Unit: 3rd Battalion, Company G, 26th Alabama Infantry, Private, Wounded, admitted to hospital at …
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