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Sharp, Thomas Coke
Biography
25 Sept. 1818–9 Apr. 1894. Teacher, lawyer, newspaper editor and publisher. Born in Mount Holly, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Son of Solomon Sharp and Jemima Budd. Lived at Smyrna, Kent Co., Delaware, June 1830. Moved to Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, 1835. Graduated from Dickinson College, 1840, in Carlisle. Admitted to Cumberland Co. bar, 14 Apr. 1840. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, July 1840. Moved to Warsaw, Hancock Co., Illinois, Sept. 1840. Edited Western World (later Warsaw Signal), 1840–1842, 1844–1846. Attended cornerstone laying ceremony for Nauvoo temple, 1841, at invitation of JS. Married first Hannah G. Wilcox, 6 Sept. 1842. Indicted for murder of JS and Hyrum Smith, 1844; later acquitted. Moved to Carthage, Hancock Co., Dec. 1865. Married second Anna E. Hewitt, 25 Nov. 1881, in Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri. Died in Carthage.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 4 May 1841
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Editor, circa 21 February 1844
- Letter from Lyman O. Littlefield, 14 March 1842
- Letter to Thomas Sharp, 26 May 1841
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor