My Descending from Gov. - D. A. Sharpe

Register Report for William Bradford
Generation 9
Notes for Harry Franklin Sharpe:
General Notes:
Harry is my first cousin. Our ancestors in common are our grandparents, Harry Seth Sharpe
and Mattie de Noailles Simons. We called them Papa Sharpe and Mama Sharpe.
The day Harry was born (August 14,1936) was the first anniversary of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's signing the Social Security Act into law, creating unemployment insurance and
pension plans for the elderly on August 14,1935. Roosevelt is the half eighth cousin of
Harry's and mine.
Harry, in his growing up years, was always the little man of the house, and kept himself
plenty busy managing his younger brother, Johnny. Their parents labored long and hard at
operating their dry cleaning and laundry business on the south side of the square in
downtown Georgetown, known as Acme Cleaners & Laundry. Shortly after entering
Southwestern University in Georgetown, he married Barbara and they initially settled for a
short term in Dallas, Texas, near the family of his Uncle Dwight (my family). Family
responsibilities did not permit Harry to return to a college education.
Harry worked at Wyatt Food Stores on South Buckner Boulevard in the Pleasant Grove part
of Dallas, which was wherre I worked as a teenager and as his first cousin. Their first child,
Steven, was born while they lived in Dallas. They later returned to Georgetown.
Harry worked most of his career in the Chevrolet automobile dealership business around
Williamson and Travis Counties. He even had a successful, but somewhat brief career at
telemarketing, as salesmanship was a forte of Harry's.
At one point, Harry and Alline formally adopted the two grandchildren who were children of
Steven Franklin Sharpe, to raise in their home. They are Steven Franklin Sharpe II and
Melissa Sue Sharpe.
At one point in the 1990's Harry relocated to San Saba, Texas. However, that did not last
but about a year, and he returned to Georgetown, reclaiming his hometown. Harry was
fortunate in the inheritance of some land from an estate on his mother's side of the family,
which enabled him to purchase a nice little home in Georgetown to secure his future there.
He has provided to me much genealogical information about our grandparents and their
ancestors, for which I am very grateful.
Barbara Jean Morris daughter of Anderson F. Morris and Mary Lessie Mitchell[93, 109]
was born on 19 Feb 1937 in Williamson County, Texas[109].
Harry Franklin Sharpe and Barbara Jean Morris were married in 1955.They had the following
children:
74. i. Steven Franklin Sharpe[93] was born on 02 Jul 1955 in Georgetown,
Williamson County, Texas[93, 110]. He married Linda Marie Moore on 26 May
1978 in Williamson County, Texas[111].
ii.
David Bradley Sharpe[93] was born on 01 Jun 1956 in Georgetown,
Williamson County, Texas[93]. He married Jeri L. McInroe on 29 Aug 1981 in
Earth County, Texas[112].
Notes for David Bradley Sharpe:
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