John E. Sharp
John E. Sharp, agent of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, Ravenna, was born January 25, 1830, in Sharon, Schoharie Co., N. Y., where his parents, John and Elizabeth (Bodine) Sharp, resided until their death. Our subject came to Shalersville, this county, in about 1850, where he completed learning the trade of mason. After remaining there about six years, he located in Ravenna. Here he married Miss Lavinna S. Kellogg, November 11, 1856. Her parents, Alanson and Caroline (Bishop) Kellogg, were natives of this county, and very useful in building up the young village of Ravenna. Mrs. Sharp died August 1, 1877, aged thirty-seven years, leaving three sons: Alfred L., in Jewett, Leon Co., Tex., holding the positions of Postmaster, express agent, and agent of the International & Great Northern Railroad; Dwight E., married to Miss Eva G. Jones (he is in the employ of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad at Ravenna); and Harry S. September 26, 1878, Mr. Sharp married Mrs. Mary E. Cope, widow of Homer Cope, and daughter of C. D. Thompson, of this place. They have one son—Charles R. C. D. Thompson, of Vermont, came to Ravenna while a young lad with his father—Jonathan Thompson. He married Mrs. Abi Sweet, a native of Connecticut, widow of Franklin Sweet. Their sons, Denison C. and W. Wallace, died of typhoid fever, former December 25, 1864, latter February 10, 1865. Mrs. Thompson died in 1863. D. C. Thompson, brother of Mrs. John E. Sharp, had one son, named Dennison C, now twenty-one years of age, unusually active in business for one of his age. He went into the hardware business in Garrettsville, Ohio, alone, when but eighteen years of age, and he is now a partner in the Pierce Manufacturing Company, in Warren, Ohio. John E. Sharp has been connected with the service of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad at this place since about 1865, and was appointed the agent of the company in 1874, In religious belief he is a Universalist. He is a F. & A. M. In politics a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885