My Descending from Gov. - D. A. Sharpe

Register Report for William Bradford
Generation 9
Notes for Wanda Lee Wharton:
General Notes:
Her daughter, April, told me that her Mom's family background wasEnglish and French.
Harry Franklin Sharpe and Wanda Lee Wharton were married on 24 Mar 1967 in Tarrrant
County, Texas, Certificate #022461[114].They had the following children:
75. i. April Lee Sharpe[93, 115] was born on 05 Nov 1966 in Travis County,
Texas[93, 115]. She married Ronald McNeill in 1996[113].
Jessie Alline Floyd[93] was born on 06 Jul 1939[116].
Harry Franklin Sharpe and Jessie Alline Floyd were married on 16 Aug 1982 in Clark
County, Nevada[117].They had no children.
76. John Earle Sharpe-9 (Harry Simons-8, Henry Seth-7, Sarah Lavenna-6, Lansing-5,
Bradford-4, Mary-3, Mary-2, William-1)[95] was born on 24 Sep 1946[95]. He died on 31 Jan
1997 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.
Notes for John Earle Sharpe:
General Notes:
Johnny was born the year that Sir Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain"
speech at Westminster College in Fulton,Missouri on March 5, 1946. Sir Winston is the
eleventh cousin, once removed, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Johnny's half eighth cousin.
Source:http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa082400a.htm
Johnny served in the U.S. Navy and was employed by Sears and Roebuck Company for 20
years before involuntary retirement in its layoffs of 1992. He was not able again to attain
regular reliable work, and his terminal illness incapacitated him for quite some time.
Johnny and Harry, as brothers, inherited the family home after their mother passed away in
1988, built by their parents at 1601 Olive. Harry later sold his half to Johnny for what Harry
described as far more than fair. However, some sibling strains apparently existed as Harry
felt that Johnny did not adequately appreciate the opportune purchase he had made.
Johnny had had his childhood connection to the First Presbyterian Church in Georgetown,
but in latter years, it had not been a focus for him. His children and their family did not
associate with a church. So, as those parents did not have interest in having their child
baptized, Johny sensed a spiritual desire to have his grand child baptized, even though the
parents would not be present. He was disappointed when the Presbyterian pastor tried to
explain why the presenting for infant baptism was an act of parents, and not grandparents
or other friends concerned for the child. Johnny discussed this with me, but I was not
successful in helping Johnny to understand the import of what he was asking of the pastor.
This was viewed as rejection, and it alienated Johnny from the Presbyterian Church.
However, we can rejoice in that the pastor of the St. Johns United Methodist Church
developed a spiritual relationship with Johnny later that brought Johnny into that church. It
is the church the old folks in town call the Swedish Methodist Church. It was this pastor
who conducted Johnny's funeral service that afternoon on February 3rd, 1997, at the
Gabriel's Funeral Chapel. The chapel name comes from being located between the North
and the South forks of the Gabriel River. This is the river in which my father learned to
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