The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

A MoNG those who crossed the chan
Norman as well as the Anglo-Sax-
Hugo sharp. This would argue that
the sharps are Of Norman origin.
The variations in the photography
shape saa na@ sSha osn mss ana
almost invariably written with the. final
9; now it is more. frequently omitted.
Sharples and Sharpless are names which
doubtless have the same derivation, al
tho Sharples, by some authorities, is but
q corruption Of Chapples, township in
Lancaster, England, now called Shar-
ples
The Lord of Chapples or .sharples, by
an ancient tenure, claimed from the lord
Of q certain manor pair of gilt spurs
annually. also the free use Of the con-
tents Of his wine cellar for one. week
and and paid AID until az quite tie: recently. ~
Among. members Of the family, distin-
guished in one way or another, were
Abraham Sharp, one Of the great mathe-
and Charles Sharp, antiquarian and
RsFs:s wsS Il the EH Of HI Rss%
SHARP, MD, called by his friends Burke
and johnson, Conversation Sharp"
! The most famous preacher Of his day
was John Sharp; archbishop Of York. He
on the accession Of James H., and be-
came his chaplain. He was Of the same
stock as Thomas Sharp, the royalist of
Little Horton, who never, allowed his
beard to be cut after the beheading of
the martyr king.
One Of the anecdotes told of the
l q rah hi &c bot win l,
/. costed on the highway with "Your
money or your life he looked "with
great composure at the robber and re-
quested that he would remove that dan
gerous. weapon and tell him fairly his
condition. -
"sir, no words, tits not time for
words. Your money instantlyl"
do no less than give him his purse, with
the offer to make the sum up to the
required $50 if the gentleman would
call upon him at his home, and he gave
him his card. The bandit bold called,
got the money y, which VI ~ he promised to
good story, which is also true one,
the good archbishop's influence, re-
formed
eff everyone were like you nothing
would be done; if no one were like you
nothing would be we'll DONE" This was
some ones clever tribute to the accur-
acy on the one hand and the conscien-
tiousness on the other, Of Samuel
Sharpe, psychologist. He was nephew
and namesake of Samuel Rogers, the
poet, and was always present at the
famous Tuesday breakfasts given by
Rogers.
The hieroglyphic inscription for the
frieze Of the Egyptian section at Sy-
denham was written by Sharpe. One
paragraph reads:
HThe chief architects erected this
palace and; gardens with it's thousand
columns, it's thousand trees, it's thous-
and flowers, it's thousand birds and
beasts, its thousand fountains and
vases, as book of instruction for the
men and women Of all countries and
regions.'
| One ancestor of the Sharp family in
this country was William Sharpe, who
came over in the Starr, May, 1920, and
landed in Virginia. He antedates even
Mayfower pilgrims. Another settler
was Thomas Sharpe, born in England in
1880. He was appointed assistant to
Governor Endicott and came over in
the Arabella. He was the sixth mem
Der of the Boston church. Another
!, immigrant ancestor was Samuel Sharpe,
who was the bearer Of dispatches from
Charles I. to the Massachusetts colony.
He was the ruling elder of the church
r at Salem. so we find in the records.
! Another Thomas Sharpe settled in Con
: necticut about 100. He, also. came
NOTE-Miss Lexington will be pl
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