Joseph W. Sharrock

As printed in 1881

JOSEPH W. SHARROCK. Bucyrus; was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, Nov. 4, 1814. He is the son of Benjamin and Constantine (Williams) Sharrock, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Maryland. They were married in Guernsey Co., and removed from there to near Iberia. Morrow Co., in 1817. They were the parents of eleven children, six of whom are yet living. The father died Nov. 16, 1879, Joeing at the time over 100 years of age. He had been a soldier of the war of 1812, and was a man of much more than ordinary intelligence. The Sharrock family are descended from one James Sharrock, who came to America in 1775, as a British soldier. After learning the true cause of the revolt against the mother country, he, with others, deserted, and, Irom that time until the close of the war, fought with the American army under Washington and LaFayette. J joseph W. ShaiTOck was raised upon a farm. He received such education as the schools of that early day afforded. His wife, Jliss Mary Woodside, was born in Pennsylvania Oct. 17, 1818. They were married April 18, 1843, and are the parents of si.x children, viz., Garrett, Charles, Oscar, Benjamin F. and James, living. Gardiner was the name of the one deceased. Two years after his marriage, Mr. Sharrock came to

I Crawford Co., which he has since made his ] home. He owns 290 acres of well-improved 1 land, which he has obtained by his own hard work. He is a Democrat, and a man of broad and liberal views regarding man and religion. He is one of the county's early settlers, and a highly respected citizen.

As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.