Henry E. Sharp
Henry E. Sharp, who is engaged in business as a hardware merchant and is a partner in the flour and feed mill at Powell, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, September 28, 1860, and is a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Wiseman) Sharp.
The parents of Mr. Sharp removed from Lawrence to Gallia County, Ohio, and in 1866, from Gallia to Delaware County, where the mother died, in 1870, and the father, June 25, 1905, aged 72 years. Their surviving children are: Annie M., residing at Long Beach, California, where she is engaged in teaching school; Daniel Arthur, residing at Bridgeport, Nebraska; Henry E., residing at Powell; Charles, a resident of Arlington, Colorado; R. B.. who resides at Hugo, Colorado, where he has been engaged in sheep raising; Julian E., residing at Columbus, a traveling salesman for the Hanna Paint Company; and George E., residing in Powell.
Henry E. Sharp was reared and educated in Powell and with the exception of eight years, has made this place his home since he was six years old. Having gained some mercantile experience with his father, who conducted a general mercantile business at Powell, for a number of years, in 1893, he embarked in business for himself, opening up a well-stocked hardware store here, and he has a continued in the same business until the present time. Having been a resident here for 41 years, he is known to almost every one, and as a business man and as a private citizen, enjoys general esteem.
On June 18, 1897, Mr. Sharp was married to Laura Felkner, who is a daughter of J. L. and Ellen (Carr) Felkner, of Ostrander, Ohio. Nominally, Mr. Sharp is a Democrat, but he is liberal in his political views. For almost six years he served as township treasurer and has also filled the offices of assessor and clerk. Fraternally, he belongs to the Powell Lodge, No. 465, Odd Fellows, Powell Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Delaware Lodge of Elks, No. 76.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908