SHARP, Theron L. ^{2 3}

   Cause of his death was Infirmities of age and injury to head from fall.⁴

   Another name for Theron was SHARPE, Theron.⁴

  General Notes:

Listed as a Hotel Keeper in 1881 Canadian Census. Listed as a Bailiff in 1901 Census.

Theron Sharp was the census taker for Winchester in 1901 for the district where his daughter Zillah and her husband David Melvin lived.

In 1901 Census, it indicates that Theron immigrated from the US in 1878 with his wife and children. It also indicates that he and his wife lived with his son Charles and his family.

In 1881 census, both his mother and mother-in-law were living with him. ^{6 7}

  Facts and details for Theron L. Sharp:

• An alternative source document lists his birth date as 1 Mar 1837 and birth location as , , New York, United States. ⁴

• He lived in Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, Canada in 1861. ⁸

• He worked as a farmer in 1870 in Waddington, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. ⁹

• He lived in Waddington, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1870. ⁹

• He immigrated from the USA to , , , Canada in 1878. ¹⁰

• He owned land Commercial Hotel, West Winchester in 1878 in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. ¹¹

• He worked as a hotel keeper in 1881 in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. ¹²

• He lived in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada in 1881. ¹³

• He lived in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada in 1891. ¹⁴

• He worked as a Census enumerator in Apr 1901 in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. ¹⁵

• He lived in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada on 2 Apr 1901. ¹⁰

• He lived at Main St. In Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada in 1911. ¹⁶

• He was buried at the Maple Ridge in Maple Ridge, Dundas, Ontario, Canada in Mar 1913. ³

• His biographical sketch was written on 29 Feb 2016 by William Brooks Hull. This is an extract relate to Theron Sharp from the biographical sketch of Elizabeth Brockway Sharp written by William Brooks Hull.

"John Wesley Sharp and his youngest brother, Theron, stayed on the home farm for many years. John held renown as a river pilot, transporting people and goods across the surging waters of the St. Lawrence to Iroquois Point, Ontario. People said he knew the river like the back of his hand.

Like many of their neighbors along the river, the Sharp brothers engaged in smuggling. And one day John W. Sharp was caught in the act. The authorities took this offense very seriously, and he ended up on trial in the United States District Court in Utica on March 25th, 1875. After both sides presented their case, John W. Sharp was convicted of smuggling: raisins! (as well as tea, flour, other groceries, and lumber).

Theron could see the writing on the wall, and planned ahead. One day in 1878, the authorities had the evidence to press charges, and came down from Ogdensburg to arrest him. As they rounded the last bend on the road before the Sharp farm could be seen in the distance, they noticed a boat in the river trailed by a raft piled high with furniture. Theron Sharpe, his wife and children, and mother Elizabeth Brockway Sharp, were halfway to Canada!

Theron "Thede" Sharpe embellished his surname with a final curlycue so fashionable in the Victorian era. This branch of the Sharpe family settled at Winchester, Ontario, and Theron purchased the Commercial Hotel in that village the following year.".

Theron married Emily PORTEOUS, daughter of Robert PORTEOUS and Euphemia PORTEOUS, on 5 Apr 1867 in , St. Lawrence County, New York, United States.¹ (Emily PORTEOUS was born on 3 Apr 1842 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States,^{1 17} died on 22 Nov 1908 in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada ^{17 18} and was buried in Nov 1908 in Maple Ridge, Dundas, Ontario, Canada ^{5 17}.). The cause of her death was not known.⁴