LUSTER MAY SHARP

LUSTER MAY SHARP

Luster May Sharp was born January 19, 1896, in Grundy County, Missouri, the 2nd son of George and Alvena (Maxey) Sharp.  On August 8, 1915, he married Blanche Moore in Grundy County, Missouri.  They had 6 children, Sterling Monroe (6/11/1918-3/23/1976), Lois Jean Bosley (1/23/1923-2/18/2014), Donald Ray 7/2/1925-9/27/2011), Robert Lee (8/22/1927-9/7/1995), Mary Lou Smith (4/29/1930-.9/7/2007) and Jimmy Dean Sharp (3/26/1934 - 8/3/2011) all whom are deceased.  After Blanche died in 1934, Luster married Alma Brown-Vaughn on September 5, 1935 in Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri.  Luster and Alma had 4 boys and 2 girls.  Sons Woodson Ray (10/29/1945-9/30/2015 in Trenton, Jerry O. (10/26/1946-12/28/2017 in Trenton, Luster M. Jr. (10/9/1940-10/26/2020 in Savannah, MO and Allan (11/25/1936-8/14/2019 in Trenton, are deceased, One of their daughter's Alice (11/25/1936-1/29/2023 in Exira, IA is deceased.  Alma had a daughter from a previous marriage that she and Luster raised together, Verelle Rose Vaughn who passed away in 2009.  Allan and Alice were twins.

Luster and Alma lived in Grundy County all their married life, and had lived in Trenton since 1969.  Luster was a retired Rock Island engineer.  Luster and Alma were members of the Edinburg Baptist Church and Luster was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

Luster passed away in Bakersfield, Kern County, California.  He and Alma were visiting their children in the Bakersfield area when he suffered a heart attack.  Funeral services will be conducted from the Memorial Chapel of the Blackmore-Whitaker Funeral Home in Trenton, Missouri with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery, Trenton, Missouri.  Luster, Blanche and Alma are all buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.

BLANCHE MOORE was the daughter of Franklin H. "Dan" Moore and Elizabeth Frances Embry.  She was born January 18, 1900 in Missouri and died November 8, 1934 in Trenton, Grundy County, MO.

ALMA R. BROWN was the daughter of Charley J. & Lucy Brown.  Alma was born August 27, 1912 in Missouri and died June 14, 1989 in Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri.  Previous to marrying Luster, she was married to Fred Willies Vaughn on July 5, 1929 in Jackson County, Missouri.

CENSUS INFORMATION

1900 - Jackson, Livingston County, MO - Luster is listed as "Lucius M. Sharp" living with his parents and 3 siblings.

1910 - Jefferson, Grundy County, MO - Luster is listed as "Lester" living with his parents and 8 siblings.  He attended school and was able to read and write and it is noted his native tongue is English.

1920 - Trenton Ward 1, Grundy County, MO - Luster is listed as "Lester" and living with his wife, Blanche and son Sterling.  Luster is listed as a fireman within the industry of "Steam Railroad".  They are renting their home.

1930 - Trenton Ward 1, Grundy County, MO - Luster is listed as "Luster" and living with his wife, Blanche and 4 children, 3 boys and a girl.  Their address is listed as 128 S Main Street, which they own, with a home value of $3,000.  They have a radio set.  Luster is listed as a fireman in the Steam Railroad industry.

1940 - Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri - Luster is listed as "Luster" and living with his wife Alma with 5 children from his marriage with Blanche and 3 children born to Luster and Alma.  Alma's daughter from her previous marriage, Verelle, is not listed.   The family was living at 131 S Main Street, which they owned.   Luster is listed as working as a Locomotive fireman, working 52 weeks for an income of $2,000.  It is noted that his highest grade of school completed was 6th grade.  It is noted that Luster and Alma lived in the same place in 1935.  

1950 - Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri - Luster and Alma are living at 1205 E 10th Street in Trenton.  Luster is employed as a Locomotive Engineer.

GRAVESTONES - MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY

Luster Sharp and family at Sharp reunion 1957.

Loren and Luster Sharp 1957 Sharp reunion.

Sharp brothers - R-L Loren, Luster, Loyd, Lex, LD, Lewis

Draft registrations, WWI and WWII

 

Update on privacy issue

July 20, 2019

Update on privacy issue.

I recently posted newspaper articles that included the obituary for George and Alvena Sharp.  I have edited the post by deleting the names of the persons who attended the funeral, as some of those attending or who were pallbearers could still be living.

My only other option was to make the blog where each person viewing it would have to set up a Google account and have my permission to view it.  I have decided that it would be better to have
more people have access to it, so I am deleting information unless I have confirmed that everyone mentioned is deceased.

I have also made my Ancestry.com tree private but I will share the site with anyone who requests it as long as I know they are family.  Ancestry does a good job of not showing anyone that is living, but if I copy the obituary, the pictures are available for anyone to see.  Also Find A Grave, a website that shows the gravestones and cemetery location, sometimes will include a short biography of the person and might include living persons.

If anyone wants to see more information than what I blog about, please contact me and I will share My Ancestry tree with them.

I had someone check my blog and they mentioned the privacy issue - unfortunately in this time we live in, there are people trying to steal your information and I don't want to make it easier for them.

Debbie Sharp Iseminger

LOREN GILBERT SHARP

LOREN GILBERT SHARP

Loren Gilbert Sharp was born June 28, 1894 in Grundy County, Missouri, the oldest child of George William and Alvena (Maxey) Sharp.  He was a veteran of overseas duty with the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI classified as PFC US Army.  His enlistment date was July 5, 1918 and his release date December 12, 1919.

Loren married Clara Leo Mitts in Grundy County, Missouri on March 26, 1922.  They had three children 2 daughters and a son.  Loren and Clara farmed for several years, and in 1930, they moved to Trenton, where for several years Loren was employed by the Rock Island railroad.  During the 21 years prior to his retirement, Loren served as a custodian for the Trenton school system.  Loren and Clara were members of Fairview Baptist Church and transferred their membership to the First Baptist Church in Trenton in 1930.

Loren passed away on March 31, 1975 and Clara passed away on November 22, 1990.  They are both buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri.

Clara Leo Mitts was born December 11, 1904 and passed away November 22, 1990.  Their daughter, Leo Lorene Griffith born December 21, 1923 passed away December 15, 2009 in Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri, their daughter Edna Marie Thompson born 6 May 1926 passed away 16 December 2019 in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois and their son, Marvin LeRoy Sharp born July 7, 1928 passed away December 17, 2018 in Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri. 

CENSUS INFORMATION

1900 - Jackson, Livingston County, Missouri - Loren is listed as living with his parents.  The name listed on the census is Lorenzo G. Sharp.  

1910 - Jefferson, Grundy County, Missouri - Loren is listed as living with his parents, working as a farmer at age 15.

1920 - Jackson, Grundy County, Missouri - Loren is listed as living with his parents, stated he can read and write and is working as a farmer at age 25.

1930 - Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri - Loren is listed as living with wife, Clara and 3 children. They are renting a home on Kitty Street and the home value was $12.50.  He is listed as a laborer doing construction work and is listed as speaking English.

1940 - Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri - Loren is listed as living with wife Clara and 3 children. They are renting a home at 209 South Main, which is the same place where they lived in 1935 for $7 per month.  Loren is listed as a laborer doing road construction.  His income is listed as $480 and he worked 40 weeks in 1939. It is noted that his highest grade completed was 6th grade.

1950 - Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri - Loren is listed as living with wife Clara.  They are living at 1950 E. 10th Street in Trenton.  Loren is working as janitor at the Elementary School.

World War I Draft Registration Card

World War II draft registration

Loren Sharp gravestone Odd Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Grundy County, MO

Clara L. Sharp gravestone Odd Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Grundy County, MO

Sharp brothers - Loren, Luster, Loyd, Lex, LD, Lewis

Loren and Luster, 1957 Sharp reunion

George William Sharp Family Tree

Welcome to the George William Sharp and Alvena (Maxey) Sharp Family History Page.

I will be sharing via this blog the family history of George and Alvena Sharp, their descendents and their ancestors.  My Dad was Harold Sharp, oldest son of Loyd Sharp.

George and Alvena Sharp had 11 children, all their names beginning with the letter "L".  Loren, Luster, Loyd, Letha, Lewis, Leda, Lexie, Lucy, Lillie, Lizzie and L.D.

I welcome any additional information on each child and will update the information and republish with any corrections or additions. I will post some of the pictures I have and will add any that are sent to me.

Please share with your family members as I only have a limited amount of emails for the extended family.  The web address is https://georgesharpfamilyblog.blogspot.com

I am beginning with information I have on George and Alvena Sharp and then will publish their children's history oldest to youngest, starting with Loren Sharp.

Debbie Sharp Iseminger

7/6/2019

George and Alvena Sharp

George and Alvena Sharp family group sheet

Newspaper article reporting on George & Alvena Sharp's 50th wedding anniversary.