William Percy Sharpe
{{Short description|American politician (1871–1942)}}
William Percy Sharpe (1871-1942) was an American Democratic politician. He served as Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1922 to 1923.
Early life
William Percy Sharpe was born in Anderson, South Carolina in 1871.[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/mayors.html Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN]{{cite news |title=Rites For Sharpe To Be Held Today. Former Mayor Dies At Madison Sanitarium |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/147914112/?terms=%22percy%2BSharpe%22 |accessdate=June 23, 2018 |work=The Tennessean |date=November 14, 1942|page=2|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }} He moved to Nashville circa 1900.
Career
Sharpe sold furniture. He was the co-founder of Sharpe & Wherry, followed by Sharpe Furniture Co.{{cite news |title=Mayor Wilson Is Ousted by Council; Percy Sharpe Elected. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119343349/?terms=%22percy%2BSharpe%22 |accessdate=June 23, 2018 |work=The Tennessean |date=November 25, 1922|pages=1; 5|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}
Sharpe was elected by the city council to replace Mayor Felix Zollicoffer Wilson, who was ousted. He served from November 24, 1922 to June 5, 1923. He served on the Davidson County Court from 1924 to 1930.
Personal life and death
Sharpe was married to Julia Margaret Nichol. They had a son, William Percy Sharpe, Jr., and a daughter, Elizabeth Sharpe Deener.{{cite news |title=Ex-Mayor Sharpe's Will Probated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/147938466/?terms=%22percy%2BSharpe%22 |accessdate=June 23, 2018 |work=The Tennessean |date=November 20, 1942|page=50|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }} He attended the West End Methodist Church.
Sharpe died in Madison, Tennessee on November 13, 1942. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. His house in Nashville burned down a week after his death.{{cite news |title=Sharpe Property Burned |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/147941278/?terms=%22percy%2BSharpe%22 |accessdate=June 23, 2018 |work=The Tennessean |date=November 22, 1942|page=16|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}
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{{succession box | before = Felix Zollicoffer Wilson | title = Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee | years = 1922-1923 | after = Hilary Ewing Howse}}
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Tennessee
Category:Politicians from Anderson, South Carolina
Category:Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee
Category:Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)
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