The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-11-27

oh. eauErzss3 q the DgEt representa-
-vs WA Il he State, i named the
Car-Ens S1z-ve Cat Il bongr q the
12a- Z Mrs. Gorge ". Sharpe,
F-s5z-s.1 an TzDsytoEn woman
NJ. All Nm. Gsggs " Sharpe
rsrs IL rereua= 4. ssTsa children, two
& wbe1 rs= % Elsses q considerable
zzsrz1sziaa 1 daughter, the late Mrs.
Virginia Sharpe Paners1n. became
w55.-y kBeEa tie s9sntry over q Al
zz-ter. lst1rez zB3 naturalist.
Tt cthe-- the Toz1-a- son, C9loDel
AIRED c. Shzrre. [. : 4, von much
1c-55s II t-zzery II tie cary Indian
Esrs I lie Dzko1zs and Wyoming and
ls-sr u S4n Juan 81 T. CzDe7. Dur
II tie r4sus-r11rig q r=rioi q Porto
R5ee Il vs. appointed JUICE advocate 4
IL 5ssDl dy Przs55e1t Mckinley. For
3 re-r511 e IL Taft administration be
W. military s97arn1. Il Z4mbczngo II
tie PhzlFE5nes- He : noE detailed at
Daa7s Il charge q Tie department q
III Ca,or45o.
Au11- the Eel kueEB grandchildren
q Ger-s n. Sharp ASIDE fEon I'm
b1ss5or Sharp. ar Rev. Howard NJ
A7sa. q Akr51- 0h;9. his asta. Ms.
Czrlvu MeAvze. 0gil7ie. q Des
M-i1az Ia eiito, zsi publisher Of
Ihe Mi5wace-n m2-z1De. and Mss
Virginia P2ttsrs5a. q Kokomo. dzugh
IL 4 Mrs. Virginia Sharpe Patterson.
whou Gg7erBo. Rzls.ou, q Indiana,
Is p2me3 10 s1a1ea3 LEI ATE mother =
head u The Indiana E7ers 2Di hzrbo-s
TIE BsE zntszssslor 10 Frsnoe / the
so1 u t1e lzts Geor-e :. Sharpe. oder
soo q THE FRKDEaICz CITIZEN :
ezrlT Publisher and eiitor. He wzs
t1r1 a VT. 5Illizi. Ohio. in 1859. and
-ra3uatei frou the { University Of Mich
i-an. Altar seeking z location IN the
nostbHest. h returned 70 Ohio Ehere
be ss.tl-i n Ely1ia.
In 1884 he vas elected prosecuting
attorney d Lgrzibe eo1usy. Ohio. in The
Democratic lzn3sli5e Of that year.
Later be gave Up his Fraetiee and en-
b4rkei IN The msnutaetare q chemicals
and u. inn. and his business Developed
until twenty years later it became The
lap-e>- Of IL kind il the COUNTRY.
In 1892 he vas . presidential eleetor
q tie Ohio Democratic ticket. In 1900
he vas nominated fgr Congress but was
defeated. In 1904 he vas elected q
dele-zte-2t large from Ohio to the Dem
cerstic National Convention al S.. Louis.
In 1905 he made a sesond race for
Congress and that time was elected bv q
majority Of ,726. In 1910 he vas
reelected by a majority Of 6 S23. And
in 1912 he WAS reelected for a third
consecutive term by a plurality Of 1881.
In 1910 he was defeated in the Ohio
Democratic caucus for United States
Senator by small vote by Senotor Pom
crime. At the last Democratic State
Convention al Toledo in June, 1912. he
was deferted for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation to succeed Governor Harmon by
james Cox, the present Governor.
In his appointment to the American
ambassadorzhip in France. President
Wilson has made no mistake. Mr..
Sharp Is a man Of marked ability. in
heriting much Of the brilliance which
characterizes the entire Sharpe family.
In addition to his many other pursuits he
has found time to devote much study to
astronomy and is one Of the foremost
authorities on the subject in the coun-
Try.
In his commission to the French re.
public he succeeds Myron 7. Herrick.
Of Cleveland, former Governor of Ohio.
who !. the last of the old Mark Hanna
faction Of Ohio Republicanism.
Early in life Mr.. Sharp changed the
spelling of his name from that of the
Sharpe family in general. by dropping
the final Sc" His claim for this, it is
said, IS that it was the original spelling
Of the name which is somewhat substan-
tiated by the fact that on the tomb
stones Of his grandfather George W.
Sharpe. Of Frederiek), mother and sis
ter, Mrs. Anne Sharp and Miss Mary
Sharp, in Mt. 0livet cemetery in Fred
eriek viii be found the spelling of the
Sharpe name as the new ambassador
spells it, without the final re.