Ancestry of
Martha Luella Thomas

(1866–1951)

Norman Sharp

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• • Grandfather of Martha Luella Thomas — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • William Sharp 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Sep 1808 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Sep 1846 
  • Death Location:
  • Arkansas River 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Jane Sargent
  • Marriage Date:
  • Sep 1845 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Sarah Ellen Sharp (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Norman Sharp died after accidently shooting himself in the arm on 20 SEP 1846 during the march of the Mormon Battalion from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Pueblo, Colorado. He was left behind to be cared for by some Arapaho Indians. He died four days later from his wounds. He was buried in an unmarked grave near the Arkansas River.

• Sources for Norman Sharp

  • ¹ Members of the Mormon Battalion, Record for daughter Sarah Ellen Sharp.
  • ² Members of the Mormon Battalion, Record for Norman Sharp.
  • ³ Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Membership record for daughter Sarah Ellen Sharp.
  • ⁴ Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Membership record for Norman Sharp.
  • ⁵ Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835-1846, Record for Norman Sharp.
  • ⁶ Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards, Record for Norman Sharp.
  • ⁷ Esshom, Frank, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company (1913), 1048, 1309.
  • ⁸ Mormon Battalion Association, The Valiant, 2009, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 3-4.