When Barbara Elizabeth Lasswell was born on 21 July 1889, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States, her father, Daniel Layfette Lasswell, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Jennie Ladd, was 21. She married Edward Beverly Sharpe on 26 February 1909, in Obion, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 16, Obion, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Obion, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 3 March 1965, in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Memorial Park, Pinellas Park, Pinellas, Florida, United States.