Burlington R Sharp

William Sharp and Nancy Riley had several children, Burlington Riley Sharp was born on April 28, 1857, the 5th and middle child.

He was a Baptist minister at the New Hope Baptist Church in Massac County, Illinois, and for the bread-and-butter was a farmer.

He married Nora Alice Poe on the 18th of April in 1880 in Johnson County, Illinois, presumably.

Burl is in quite a few census records, always in Massac or Johnson County, Illinois. He passed away on the 8th of March, 1936, and was buried on the 10th of the same month at the cemetery of the very church he preached at so many years, New Hope.



These photos came from one of our cousin's collections. Please do not print them, higher resolution copies are on the way. Below is a family reunion in 1923, Burl is down front and center- or almost in the center. We're not sure whose farm this was held at.

To the best of our knowledge, the individuals are as follows:

Back Row: Oscar Leukering holding Mary Ellen Leukering, Beulah (Smith) Leukering, Fred Sharpe holding Alice Elizabeth Sharpe, Violet Malinda (Stout) Sharpe, Alva Alex Sharp holding Olive Aline Sharp, Iva (Payne) Sharp, John Calvin Sharp, Hattie Orlena (Teague) Sharp, James Arthur McBride, Margaret Mae (Sharp) McBride.

Middle Row: Cora Alice (Sharp) Smith, Calvin F. Smith, Mary Eunice Sharp, William Joshua Teague holding Fred L. Teague, Ira Lannes Sharp, Opal (?) Sharp, Vance Smith, Jewell McBride.

First Row: Unk., Unk., Unk.,Burlington Riley Sharp, Ila Mae Teague, Golda Leone Sharp, Nora Alice (Poe) Sharp, Wilma Pauline Sharp, Unk., Victor McBride, Wayne Teague.