Table Of ContentSharp/Reece Ancestry 40 Generations to Charlemagne
Generation No. 1
1. Mary Virginia Sharp, born August 31, 1895 in Roadstown, NJ; died September 1984 in Carlisle, PA.
She was the daughter of 2. Ezra Bradway* Sharp and 3. Ruth Ella Reece. She married (1) Frank E.*
Masland II 1918 in Trinity United Methodist Church, Mullica Hill, NJ. He was born December 08, 1895 in
Philadelphia, PA, and died July 30, 1994 in Carlisle, PA. He was the son of Frank Elmer Masland and Mary
Esther Gossler.
More About Mary Virginia Sharp:
Burial: Carlisle, PA
Notes for Frank E.* Masland II:
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Masland preserved jobs and nature
By John Hilton
Sentinel Reporter
Frank E. Masland Jr. was an adventurer, an astute businessman, a devoted husband and father and a noted
philanthropist.
But most of all, he was squarely focused on the success of C.H. Masland & Sons in Carlisle.
Frank Masland in 1948
Masland was the driving force behind the company for 52 years, helping establish it as a national player in the
carpet business and a major employer in Cumberland County.
"He didn't let anything interfere with the success of the business," says his son, Frank E. "Mike" Masland III of
Carlisle.
Born Dec. 8, 1895, in Philadelphia, Masland was one of four sons of the late Frank E. and Mary Esther Gossler
Masland.
He became acquainted with Carlisle when he attended Dickinson College. His college days, however, were
interrupted by World War I, and Masland was a Navy ensign "subchaser" seeking out German U-boats, his son
says.
After graduating from Dickinson in 1918, Masland began his 66-year marriage to Virginia Sharp, who died in
1984.
Initially the family's Philadelphia-based Masland carpet company was stuck in old buildings and a "bad labor
situation," Mike Masland says. Familiar with the Carlisle area through Dickinson College, the Maslands built a
new plant here in 1919.
Grew to employ 1,200
F.E. Masland Jr. would help build it into a power that employed 1,200 at its peak.
However, the company did not enjoy overwhelming success right away, Mike Masland says.
Although the company received a shot in the arm in 1922 when it began making carpets for Ford's Model T, "they
really struggled in the 1930s to keep their heads above water," he says.
Mike was born in 1921 and a brother, David, came along four years later.
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In 1934 F.E. Masland Jr. bought a farm off Route 34 in South Middleton Township. At its peak, the farm
consisted of about 250 acres and included a polo field where Masland entertained.
He was not just a businessman. He was one of the founding fathers of Carlisle Kiwanis Club, serving as its first
president in 1921. He later led the United Way of Carlisle and generously supported the Carlisle YMCA. He was
active at Allison Church as a life-long Methodist, helping to build the present building on Mooreland Avenue
after the High Street church was destroyed by a 1954 fire.
"C.H. Masland & Sons may have been his obsession, but he did not shortchange the community he proudly called
home," Bishop D. Frederick Wertz, pastor emeritus of Allison United Methodist, said at Masland's 1994 funeral.
In the 1960s, when tensions between the races were running high, it was Masland's hand that made peace possible
in Carlisle and his leadership that brought the races together, Wertz said.
Conservation his legacy
But perhaps Masland's work as a conservationist is what will be best remembered.
That fascination with the outdoors likely began in 1948 when Masland -- at age 50 -- took his first trip down the
Colorado River. He took another trip the following year and wrote a book about it titled "Adventure begins at
50."
In the book, Masland describes life in three stages -- the Silver, the Pewter and the Golden. "The Silver age
begins at birth. It's the irresponsible age, embracing youth," he wrote.
Pewter is the age of responsibility, including family and marriage.
But the Golden age is the time for travel and adventure.
And travel Masland did -- visiting the Antarctic, the Galapagos Islands, Navajo reservations, the Darien Jungle in
Panama and more trips to Colorado.
Those experiences translated to efforts to preserve natural resources.
Most notably, Masland gave about $200,000 to help the state buy Children's Lake in Boiling Springs from a
private owner and preserve it. He also negotiated the transfer of the Kings Gap estate to the state for development
as a state park.
In addition, Masland helped establish the 3,000-acre Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary in Perry County for Dickinson
College and protected the huge, 8,000-year-old box huckleberry plant near New Bloomfield. That plant is
believed to be the oldest living thing in the world.
He established a wildlife preserve on his South Middleton farm, helped create Thornwald Park and worked to
preserve 1,000 acres at Laurel Run full of hemlocks and white pines. The Laurel Run preserve in Perry County
later was named in his honor.
Worldwide influence
Masland's influence in the conservation movement extended nationally and even worldwide.
As chairman of the National Parks Advisory Committee, Masland was influential in drawing up the original plans
for Everglades National Park in Florida. He also explored and drew the boundaries for Canyonlands National
Park in Utah.
Reporting to several U.S. secretaries of interior, Masland made trips to the national parks of Kenya, Uganda and
Tanzania and to the wildlife preserves in Jordan. After several meetings with Emperor Haile Selassie, Masland
helped develop the National Park Service of Ethiopia.
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On the business front, Masland served as general manager of the Carlisle plant for 11 years and was named
president in 1930. He served in that capacity for 30 years before being named chairman of the board.
By that time Masland & Sons had a rule its chairman would retire at age 75 and Masland did so in 1971.
Not happy to be public
During Masland's reign the carpet company went through many changes and innovations.
During World War II the company ceased production of carpet and operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week
manufacturing blankets, guns, torpedo heads, tarpaulins and other items for the war effort.
Following the war the company thrived -- and Carlisle thrived along with it, as nearly everyone in town either
worked for Masland & Sons or knew someone who did.
Adhering to it slogan "Always better than need be," Masland produced its famed Argonne carpet, which survived
the "sidewalk test." In that test, the carpet was laid outside to be abused by rain, cold weather and passers-by.
In 1968, the company went public, a move Mike Masland says his father did not like.
"He would never have taken the company public because he didn't want anyone to know what his salary was," his
son recalls with a chuckle.
Although working side-by-side with family members can be problematic, Mike Masland says he always got along
with his late father.
The younger Masland recalls his father as a "dictaholic," putting out memorandum after memorandum.
"As far as he was concerned, if it wasn't written down, it didn't exist," Masland says. "I told him, 'If you go before
I do, I'm going to buy a little tape recorder and put it in your casket.'"
His son did just that Aug. 4, 1994, when he was buried. Frank E. Masland Jr. died July 30, 1994, at age 98.
Masland left behind his second wife, Florence Corey Masland, whom he married when he was 93.
Among his other accomplishments, Masland was a school board member from 1927-33, a member of the Carlisle
Hospital Board of Trustees, director of Carlisle Trust Co. and First National Bank of Mt. Holly Springs, and
president of the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce.
He also served as former chairman of the American Carpet Institute, vice chairman of the Dickinson College
Board of Trustees, a trustee of the Peddie School and Shippensburg University, and director both of the
Pennsylvania Manufacturer's Association and the National Association of Manufacturers.
He earned honorary degrees from Lycoming College and Lebanon Valley College and received the YMCA
"Master of Men" Award.
"He worked hard (and) he was good to his kids," Mike Masland says of his father.
"We did a lot of things together. He had a very deep religious faith. His main thing was the success of the
company in Carlisle."
"Fish Eyes" Runs His Last Rapid
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Frank E. Masland, Jr., one of the tribal elders of Grand Canyon river runners, ran his last rapid on July 30,
1994. Just short of 99 years of age, “Fish-Eyes” Masland made the Marston list of the first 100 people on their
first complete traverse of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. With Norm Nevills in 1948, “Fish-Eyes”
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joined veteran Colorado River runners Garth and Dock Marston and young Frank Wright, also on his his first trip.
As most Grand Canyon river runners know, Nevills’ cataract boats had no seats for passengers, thus requiring
them to perch on the decks. Running the “Roaring 20s” on July 13th, Frank’s “...companions started calling me
‘Fish-Eyes.’ It seems the usual way for the person riding the stern of the boat to go through a rapid is sitting up,
but being blissfully ignorant of the approved technique, I stretched out face down with my head overhanging the
stern. Since the boats go through the rapids stern first, I was under water most of the way. The first time I went
through, Norm, who was waiting at the foot, wondered what happened to me, since most of the time I had been
out of sight. After two or three trips in this submerged position, they began talking about the fish-eye view I had
of the water, and soon ‘Fish-Eyes’ was the name. I kept on riding that way, since it added greatly to the sport. It
was like diving through ocean breakers along the seacoast.”
Frank made quite a few other river trips and wrote self published pamphlets and journal articles about them and
other excursions into the canyon and arch country. Francis P. Farquhar’s annotated Selective Bibliography of The
Books of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon lists two of Frank’s works in this elite compilation: By the
Rim of Time: Being the Diary and Impressions of Frank E. Masland, Jr., a Member of Norman Nevills’ 1948
Colorado River Expedition; and The Goat Run, a San Juan river trip that ended at Lees Ferry. Special Collections
and Archives, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University, has copies of most, if not all, of Frank’s publications.
A few hours reading them would be time well spent.
Also instrumental in establishing and protecting areas of the National Park System, Frank “received the
National Parks and Conservation Association’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award for his ‘awesome’
contributions over a period of 50 years to the national park system.” He was also honored by having an arch he
discovered named after him while he was still alive, contrary to rules of the Board of Geographic names. To
bypass the rule disallowing the use of the name of a living person for a geographical feature, the euphemism
“Fisheye Arch” was suggested. Today the roar of the Colorado may be implied in the name of this delightful arch
in the south end of Canyonlands National Park.
On behalf of the entire Grand Canyon river running community, our condolences are extended to the family of
Frank E. Masland Jr., ‘Fish-Eyes.’ His river running style will oft’ be remembered around the campfires of our
lives and minds.
More About Frank E.* Masland II:
Burial: Carlisle, PA
Generation No. 2
2. Ezra Bradway* Sharp, born October 15, 1861 in Hayleyville, NJ; died August 16, 1916 in Haleyville,
NJ. He was the son of 4. Reuben* Lore Sharp and 5. Mary Denn Bradway. He married 3. Ruth Ella Reece.
3. Ruth Ella Reece, born September 27, 1871; died January 01, 1965 in Carlisle, PA. She was the daughter
of 6. John* Peterson Reece and 7. Mary Adelaide Stratton.
Notes for Ezra Bradway* Sharp:
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Born in Hayleyville, Ezra went to school until the age of sixteen. He was in algebra class and was arguing with
the teacher about the solution to a math problem. Ezra was so sure that hew was right that he picked up his books
and left school, taught himself at home and eventually went to medical school. Worked in foundry in Bridgeton at
18 and then read medicine with Dr. Enoch Fithian in Greenwich, NJ. Went to Maryland Medical School, returned
to Greenwich to take over practice of Dr. Fithian. (Dr. Fithian lived to over 100 years of age and was much
beloved by the people of Greenwich. There is an exhibit in his honor in the Historical Society of Greenwich.) He
then moved to Roadstown and purchased an old inn where they lived. For two years he practiced medicine in
Roadstown, then moved to 504 Broadway, Camden, NJ. later Mullica Hill farm
More About Ezra Bradway* Sharp:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
Occupation: Physician
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More About Ruth Ella Reece:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
Children of Ezra Sharp and Ruth Reece are:
1 i. Mary Virginia Sharp, born August 31, 1895 in Roadstown, NJ; died September 1984 in Carlisle, PA;
married Frank E.* Masland II 1918 in Trinity United Methodist Church, Mullica Hill, NJ.
ii. Dr. Reuben* Lore Sharp, born August 14, 1897; died October 17, 1968 in Haleyville, NJ; married Mary
Elizabeth Chambers; born November 16, 1902; died April 15, 1985 in Haleyville, NJ.
Notes for Dr. Reuben* Lore Sharp:
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
HEADQUARTERS
FLEET MARINE FORCE, PACIFIC
C/O FLEET POST OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO
In the name of the President of the United States, the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific,
takes pleasure in awarding the GOLD STAR in lieu of a second BRONZE STAR MEDAL to
COMMANDER REUBEN LORE SHARP,
(MC) UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
for service as set forth in the following
CITATION:
"For meritorious achievement in connection with operations against the enemy while serving as assistant
division surgeon of a Marine division and commanding officer of a medical battalion on IWO JIMA,
VOLCANO ISLANDS, from 19 February to 16 March, 1945. Commander SHARP while under artilery,
mortar and sniper fire, capably supervised the installation of an excellent revetted and camouflaged three
hundred and fifty bed division hospital on bare terrain less than one mile behind the front lines. His
tireless and efficient management of this hospital for a period of two weeks under enemy fire resulted in
the saving of many lives. In addition, he performed, in an outstanding manner, the many administrative
duties incumbent upon the commanding officer of a medical battalion. His courageous conduct and
outstanding leadership contributed materially to the success of this operation and were in keeping with
the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."
/s/ ROY S. GEIGER, Lieutenant General, U. S. Marine Corps.
Certified to be a true copy:
L. C. THOMPSON,
Lieutenant Commander, USNR.
iii. Phebe Lore Sharp, born January 11, 1901; died 1952 in Syracuse, NY; married Rev. Albert Lawrence
Baner; born November 07, 1896 in Quinton, NJ; died March 1984 in Syracuse, NY.
iv. John Reece Sharp, born October 20, 1903; died December 18, 1990 in Carlisle, PA; married Mabel Lacy
June 29, 1929; born March 12, 1903; died March 21, 1974.
v. William* Bradway Sharp, born October 11, 1908; died February 18, 1992 in Carlisle, PA; married
Mary* Ellen Snyder March 31, 1934 in Morrisville, PA; born January 18, 1914 in Carlisle, PA; died
August 08, 1981 in Carlisle, PA.
Notes for William* Bradway Sharp:
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From the remarks of Bishop Frederick Wertz at the funeral of William Bradway Sharp:
"There was something very special about William Bradway Sharp. We call him "Uncle Bill". Almost
everybody here knew him as Uncle Bill. There was something very special
about Uncle Bill. How do you touch the soul of a man? You cannot reach out and caress a heart that has
known love, and faith, and courage. You cannot package the soil on his
hands, so that it tells of his love for the good earth and of all things that grow and produce a harvest. You
cannot bottle the sunshine of his smile that illumined every room into which he ever entered. You cannot
wipe the blisters and callouses from his hands, that speak of toil in the field and on the farm and in the
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orchard. You cannot touch the soul of a man with your hands. But somehow, there is a song that sings
out of the soul of a man that speaks of who he was and what we all knew him to be. And that is why we
call him Uncle Bill.
The folder I have says that William Bradway Sharp died on the fifteenth of February, 1992. I am here to
tell you that, in a larger sense, Uncle Bill is not dead. He lives in every word he ever said, because he
spoke of love and faith and hope, and these things do not die.
Uncle Bill is not dead. He lives in every seed he ever sowed, because the seed has a remarkable way of
reproducing itself.
Uncle Bill is not dead. He lives in every tree he ever planted, because the fruit contains within itself the
promise of resurrection.
Uncle Bill is not dead. He lives in the life of everyone who ever knew him: family and friends, and the
extended family of faith in which we are united today because the songs of faith carol on forever.
Uncle Bill is not dead. He lives in the eternal purpose that God has for those who love him and serve
him: who till the soil and care for the lonely, and sit by the side of the road and minister to all those who
pass by."
Notes for Mary* Ellen Snyder:
Mary Snyder was the daughter of William J. and Jeanette Bole Snyder. Bill Snyder was a successful
Carlisle merchant, establishing and running a hardware business known as "Snyder's Farm Supply" until
his death in 1938. Mary became known as "Billie" as a result of friendly kidding while Jeanette was
pregnant. The family would often kid about little "Bill" before Jeanette gave birth. Born a female
instead of the anticipated male child, she was nicknamed "Billie" ; the name followed her throughout her
life and few ever addressed her as "Mary Ellen" afterward. Billie Snyder was in every sense one of the
"local beauties" of Carlisle society in the late 1920s and early 30s.
Billie Snyder quit the York (Pa.) School of Nursing in 1934 to marry William Bradway Sharp. They
eloped and were married on March 31, 1934, in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, by their brother-in-law, the
Reverend Albert Baner. Their marriage was a complementary union of two diverse personalities. Bill
Sharp was the steady, silent, quiet type; Billie on the other hand was vivacious, out-going, and spirited,
with a wonderful wit and sense of humor. As a loving and social pair, Bill and Billie Sharp established
and maintained a wide circle of friends in the Carlisle and Boiling Springs area. To the family, Aunt
Billie was greatly beloved by her many nieces and nephews due to her youthful demeanor, loving manner
and joyous sense of humor. No one could be as witty as "Aunt Billie" at her best. A woman of great
style and adventurous spirit, she worked many years as a floral designer at George's Flowers and later as
a window dresser for several Carlisle millinery stores. Plagued by many heart and lung ailments, she was
forced into early disability retirement. She died an early death in 1981 at age 67 from lung cancer and is
buried in the little Springville Cemetery with her loving husband. An English Boxwood, planted by
Bill, still grows by their headstone as a wonderful testament to their love.
vi. Ruth Reece Sharp, born February 1911; died October 1990; married John Howard Miller September
1945; born 1907; died July 1964.
vii. Joseph Sharp, born 1912; died 1915 in Pittman, NJ.
viii. Ezra B. Sharp, born Private.
Generation No. 3
4. Reuben* Lore Sharp, born September 16, 1829 in Mauricetown, Cumberland County, New Jersey; died
October 23, 1875 in Haleyville, Cumberland, NJ. He was the son of 8. Enoch* Sharp and 9. Ruth Lore. He
married 5. Mary Denn Bradway September 08, 1858 in Cohansey Twp, Cumberland, New Jersey.
5. Mary Denn Bradway, born July 31, 1840 in Mauricetown, Cumberland, NJ; died 1930 in Haleyville,
Cumberland, NJ. She was the daughter of 10. John Ware* Bradway and 11. Rhoda Butcher.
Notes for Reuben* Lore Sharp:
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Reuben Lore Sharp married twice. His first wife, Phebe, died after only one year of marriage. Mary Denn
Bradway was 15 years old at the time of Reuben's marriage and, upon congratulating him at his wedding,
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Reuben, putting his hand under her chin, said to her, "never mind, Mary, I shall marry thee the next time." They
married three years later when Mary was 18.
He was an oysterman.
More About Reuben* Lore Sharp:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
More About Mary Denn Bradway:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
Children of Reuben* Sharp and Mary Bradway are:
i. Mary Sharp
ii. Phoebe Sharp, born November 23, 1859 in Haleyville, NJ; died March 28, 1896 in Haleyville, NJ;
married William Morgan June 06, 1894 in Haleyville, NJ; born Abt. 1854.
Notes for Phoebe Sharp:
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after her sister, Mary, died, Phoebe married her brother in law, William Morgan, DD
2 iii. Ezra Bradway* Sharp, born October 15, 1861 in Hayleyville, NJ; died August 16, 1916 in Haleyville,
NJ; married Ruth Ella Reece.
iv. Joseph Butcher Sharp, born December 22, 1865; died March 15, 1949; married Sarah Paullin; born
October 26, 1869; died January 03, 1936.
v. Dallas* Lore Sharp, born December 13, 1870; died November 29, 1929 in Haleyville, NJ; married Grace
Hastings August 04, 1895; born January 22, 1866; died June 06, 1935 in Haleyville, NJ.
Notes for Dallas* Lore Sharp:
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[dallas lore son of reuben lore sharp.FTW]
Dallas Lore Sharp, son of Reuben and Mary Den Bradway Sharp.
Naturalist after whom the Dallas Lore Sharp reading room at the Bridgeton Public Library in Bridgeton,
NJ, was named.
He attended So. Jersey Institute where he prepared for college. Graduated from Boston University in
1895 and took theological courses at Boston University after which he held a pastorate at Weymouth for
4 years. Later he became an instructor of English at Boston University becoming Professor in 1908.
Since holding his professorship he has written prodigeously on both education and nature studies. Chief
among his books: Roof and Meadow, The Whole Year Round, The Magical Chance, The Face of the
Fields, The Lay of the Land, etc.
More About Dallas* Lore Sharp:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
More About Grace Hastings:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
vi. Jennie* Sharp, born February 06, 1873; died June 21, 1940 in Haleyville, NJ.
Notes for Jennie* Sharp:
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Jennie Sharp, daughter of Reuben Sharp and Mary Den Bradway, was a physician
Took an active part in W.C.T.U. and her abilities as a lecturer have been widely recognized and much
sought after.
Practiced in Camden, NJ
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More About Jennie* Sharp:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
vii. Noah B. Sharp, born 1868 in 1869.
6. John* Peterson Reece, born November 08, 1839 in Elbridge Hill, Salem, NJ; died November 1916 in
Mullica Hill, New Jersey. He was the son of 12. George* H. Reece and 13. Ruth Peterson. He married 7.
Mary Adelaide Stratton December 24, 1862 in Old Swede's Church, Philadelphia, PA.
7. Mary Adelaide Stratton, born December 12, 1844 in Woodstown, Salem, NJ; died August 1928 in
Mullica Hill, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 14. Thomas* J. Stratton and 15. Mary Hewitt.
Notes for John* Peterson Reece:
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Partner in a carriage making business called Hoffman/Reece carriages, he was a "trimmer" by trade. He and Mary
eloped and were married in Old Swede's Church in South Philadelphia when Mary was 18. This is interesting also
in view of the fact that Ruth Peterson, John's mother, was of Swedish descent, from the immigrant, Mans Peterson
who came to New Sweden (on the Delaware) on the ship "Eagle" with Governor Rising in 1654 as the governor's
provost marshal. They first lived on Main Street in Mullica Hill but eventually they took over the farm that John's
father owned.
Notes for Mary Adelaide Stratton:
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After her three daughters were born, May Stratton Reece told her husband, "Don't worry, John, I'll keep on having
children until a son is born." George arrived shortly thereafter.
Children of John* Reece and Mary Stratton are:
3 i. Ruth Ella Reece, born September 27, 1871; died January 01, 1965 in Carlisle, PA; married Ezra
Bradway* Sharp.
ii. George Reece, born 1873; died 1953; married Mary; born 1873; died 1954.
iii. Virginia Reece
iv. Emma Reece
Generation No. 4
8. Enoch* Sharp, born January 01, 1786 in Baileytown, NJ; died June 04, 1848 in Mauricetown, NJ. He
was the son of 16. John* Sharp and 17. Mary Parent. He married 9. Ruth Lore Abt. 1818 in Downe,
Cumberland, NJ.
9. Ruth Lore, born Abt. 1786 in Dividing Creek, Cumberland, NJ; died June 05, 1871 in Haleyville,
Cumberland, NJ. She was the daughter of 18. Reuben* Lore and 19. Ruth Robins.
Notes for Enoch* Sharp:
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farmer at Haleyville
More About Enoch* Sharp:
Occupation: Farmer
Children of Enoch* Sharp and Ruth Lore are:
4 i. Reuben* Lore Sharp, born September 16, 1829 in Mauricetown, Cumberland County, New Jersey; died
October 23, 1875 in Haleyville, Cumberland, NJ; married (1) Phebe Glann; married (2) Mary Denn
Bradway September 08, 1858 in Cohansey Twp, Cumberland, New Jersey.
ii. Peter Sharp, born May 25, 1821 in Haleyville, NJ; died May 12, 1885 in Commercial Township,
Haleyville, NJ; married Sarah Robbins Bef. 1842; born April 04, 1822 in Port Norris, NJ; died
December 01, 1897 in Commercial Township, Haleyville, NJ.
iii. Parent Sharp, born January 12, 1823 in Mauricetown, NJ; died January 18, 1897 in Haleyville, NJ;
married (1) Elizabeth Bef. 1847 in Cumberland County, NJ; born September 05, 1826; died August 11,
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1847 in Haleyville, NJ; married (2) Jane S. Yates November 30, 1848 in Cumberland County, NJ; born
August 05, 1829; died October 02, 1902 in Haleyville, NJ.
iv. Enoch Sharp II, born 1828; married Anna Bef. 1853 in Cumberland County, NJ; born 1837 in
Pennsylvania.
v. Hannah Sharp, born Abt. 1825; married David Haley; died 1889 in Boston, MA.
vi. Imly Sharp, born 1832 in Mauricetown, NJ; married Abigail Haley 1853 in Haleyville, NJ; born 1832 in
Mauricetown, NJ.
vii. Ruth Sharp, born September 16, 1829.
10. John Ware* Bradway, born April 07, 1808; died February 27, 1880. He was the son of 20. Ezra
Bradway and 21. Mary Denn. He married 11. Rhoda Butcher January 03, 1838.
11. Rhoda Butcher, born November 26, 1813; died July 26, 1879. She was the daughter of 22. Dr.
Joseph* Butcher III and 23. Harriet Elkington.
Notes for John Ware* Bradway:
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Quakers who ran a station on the underground railway for runaway slaves and a member of the New Jersey state
legislature.
More About John Ware* Bradway:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
More About Rhoda Butcher:
Burial: Haleyville Methodist Church Cemetary
Children of John Bradway and Rhoda Butcher are:
i. Emma C. Bradway, born March 04, 1847 in Haleyville, NJ; died November 22, 1883 in Haleyville, NJ;
married David Duffield Sharp March 28, 1866 in Haleyville, NJ; born January 20, 1846 in Haleyville,
NJ; died July 26, 1930 in Haleyville, NJ.
5 ii. Mary Denn Bradway, born July 31, 1840 in Mauricetown, Cumberland, NJ; died 1930 in Haleyville,
Cumberland, NJ; married (1) William S. Snagg; married (2) Reuben* Lore Sharp September 08, 1858 in
Cohansey Twp, Cumberland, New Jersey.
iii. William Bradway, born Abt. 1854 in Haleyville, NJ; died Aft. 1918 in Haleyville, NJ; married Hannah
Sharp September 17, 1873 in Cumberland County, NJ; born May 01, 1856 in Haleyville, NJ; died Abt.
1918 in Haleyville, NJ.
iv. Harriett Bradway
v. Rhoda Bradway
vi. John Ware Bradway II
12. George* H. Reece, born October 18, 1806; died July 04, 1888 in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. He married
13. Ruth Peterson June 22, 1833.
13. Ruth Peterson, born October 18, 1806; died December 04, 1888 in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. She was
the daughter of 26. John Peterson and 27. Alice Collins.
Notes for George* H. Reece:
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Owned iron foundry which, according to George, produced first iron safes in city of Philadelphia and created
ornate ironwork gates and fence for Girard College in Philadelphia. Retired early and purchased a farm in
Mullica Hill, New Jersey. After he and his wife became unable to care for the farm, his son, John Peterson Reece,
moved in with his wife, Mary, and took over the management of the farm and cared for their elderly parents.
Mary Stratton's parents came to live on the farm as well.
More About George* H. Reece:
Burial: Mullica Hill Baptist Church
More About Ruth Peterson:
Burial: Mullica Hill Baptist Church
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Child of George* Reece and Ruth Peterson is:
6 i. John* Peterson Reece, born November 08, 1839 in Elbridge Hill, Salem, NJ; died November 1916 in
Mullica Hill, New Jersey; married Mary Adelaide Stratton December 24, 1862 in Old Swede's Church,
Philadelphia, PA.
14. Thomas* J. Stratton, born January 06, 1805 in Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey; died
August 30, 1886 in Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, New Jersey. He was the son of 28. Jacob Stratton and 29.
Mary Riley. He married 15. Mary Hewitt Abt. 1826 in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey.
15. Mary Hewitt, born 1809 in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey; died September 08, 1886 in
Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 30. Thomas Hewitt and 31. Mary Smith.
Notes for Thomas* J. Stratton:
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Thomas was a prosperous farmer. He and Mary raised many foster children as well as six of their own. As each
child married Thomas gave them a farm. Supposedly Mary Adelaide was not given a farm since she married a
wealthy man, John Peterson Reece.
More About Thomas* J. Stratton:
Burial: Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetary, Mullica Hill, NJ
Census: 1850, Harrison Twp., Gloucester County, New Jersey
Occupation: Farmer
More About Mary Hewitt:
Burial: Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetary, Mullica Hill, NJ
Children of Thomas* Stratton and Mary Hewitt are:
7 i. Mary Adelaide Stratton, born December 12, 1844 in Woodstown, Salem, NJ; died August 1928 in
Mullica Hill, New Jersey; married John* Peterson Reece December 24, 1862 in Old Swede's Church,
Philadelphia, PA.
ii. Edward* S. Stratton, born 1835; died 1879 in Mullica Hill, NJ; married Mary Summerset 1855.
Notes for Edward* S. Stratton:
Attorney at law and soldier during Civil War
iii. Jacob L. Stratton, born 1827; died 1900 in Gloucester Co., NJ; married Sarah Murphy 1846.
iv. Susan Stratton, born February 17, 1828 in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey; died December 19,
1904 in Pittsgrove Twp., Salem County, New Jersey; married Richard C. Goslin 1846 in Woodstown,
Salem County, New Jersey; born January 15, 1824; died August 27, 1902.
More About Susan Stratton:
Burial: Baptist Cemetery, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey
More About Richard C. Goslin:
Burial: Baptist Cemetery, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey
Occupation: Master Carpenter
v. Elizabeth Stratton, born 1830.
vi. Charles* T. Stratton, born 1833 in Woodstown, NJ; married (1) Sarah Fenimore November 29, 1865;
born 1838 in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey; died 1880; married (2) Sophronia Jordon 1894;
born Abt. 1835 in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey.
Notes for Charles* T. Stratton:
He was a teacher of music, then civil engineer. He built the cliff wharf on Chester River and was agent
for the Chester River Steamboat Co. at Chestertown, MD
"Book of Strattons"
vii. Thomas C. Stratton, born 1836; died Aft. June 14, 1900; married Rosey Oliver Diamond December 12,
1861 in Philadelphia, PA; born April 1840 in New York; died Aft. June 14, 1900.
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Description:Dallas* Lore Sharp, born December 13, 1870; died November 29, 1929 in Dallas Lore Sharp, son of Reuben and Mary Den Bradway Sharp.
