Elijah Mattison Sharp
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Elijah Mattison Sharp (1832-1891) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Sharp was born on October 21, 1832, in Reading, New York;{{cite book|author=R. M. Bashford|year=1875|title=THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN|edition=14th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4HjAAAAMAAJ&q=Elijah+Mattison+Sharp%2BWisconsin+336&pg=PA336|location=Madison, Wis.|publisher=Smith & Cullaton|page=336|access-date=2015-07-18}} he moved to Delavan, Wisconsin in 1850. On September 30, 1862, Sharp married Sarah A. Williams. They had seven children.{{cite book|title=HISTORY OF WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwalwort01west|quote=Elijah Mattison Sharp+Wisconsin.|location=Chicago|publisher=Western Historical Company|year=1882|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofwalwort01west/page/718 718]–719|access-date=2015-07-18}} Sharp died in 1891.
Career
Sharp was a member of the Assembly in 1872 and 1875. Other positions he held include Treasurer of Delavan and member of the Walworth County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. He was a Republican.
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External links
- [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mikemather63&id=I2932 RootsWeb]
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Category:People from Schuyler County, New York
Category:People from Delavan, Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:County supervisors in Wisconsin