Margaret Sharp

Family

Capt. Alexander Sharp was married to Margaret McDowell, daughter of John McDowell, of Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin county, and by her had five sons and one daughter :

1. John married Jane McCune, and engaged at farming in Newton township south of Oakville.
2. William M. graduated from Dickinson College, studied medicine and practiced his profession in Newville, he married Jane Wilson.
3. Andrew married Rosanna McDowell, of Mifilin county, and engaged at fanning in Newton, he died in midille life.
4. Thomas died in the thirtieth year of his age, unmarried.
5. Eleanor married a Mr. McCune, of near Shippensburg.

The wife and mother, died Aug. 15, 1810, in her fifty-first year, and Capt. Sharp afterward married Isabella Oliver, a daughter of James and Mary (Buchanan) Oliver, of the part of the county that is now included in Silver Spring township. By his second marriage he had no children.

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42075399/margaret-sharp
2. Cumberland County Biographical Annals (1905) < link >
3. Ancestry.com. Biographical annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Biographical annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers, and biographical sketches of prominent citizens.. Chicago: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1905. Page 65. < AncestrySharing >; page 66 < AncestrySharing >