John Philip Sharr
John Philip Sharr was born in Holmes County, Ohio, November 8, 1845, a son of Michel and Dorothea (Airhart) Sharr. His father was a native of Alsace, France (now Germany), born January 26, 1803, and in 1836 came to America and located at Alliance, N.Y., and thence moved to Holmes County, Ohio, and settled in Washington Township, where he bought 160 acres of land. He also bought 160 acres in Indiana. Michel Sharr had a family of five children, as follows: Michel, George, John, Philip, Dorothea (Mrs. Huber) and Caroline (Mrs. Smith).
John Philip Sharr was married January 27, 1870, to Caroline, daughter of Michel Denonberger, and to them have been born eight children, seven of whom, four sons and three daughters, are living, viz: Mary Bertha, Charles Edward, Sarah Elizabeth, Augustus William, George Michel, Jacob Albert and Maude Adelia. Mr. Sharr has been an industrious, energetic man, and in 1882 bought 109 acres of land in Washington Township, which has since been his home. He has been successful in the various branches of business in which he has been engaged, and is one of the representative men of his township. He and his wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He is a Democrat, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889