WI BIO - Winnebago Co - SHARP, George T.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, v II, p 1164

George T. SHARP, filer for B. and Company [could be Buckstaff or Beach, both 
prominent names in lumbering in the Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 
area at that time], was born in 1837 in Stueben County, New York. From there 
he moved to Wisconsin in 1856, locating at Oshkosh [Winnebago County]. He 
commenced sawing in a mill, which he followed some four years, then commenced 
filing, which he has followed since in the employ of different firms. He was 
away five winters in a saw mill near Fort Howard [in Brown County, Wisconsin; 
on the Fox River].

In 1861 in Oshkosh [Winnebago County, Wisconsin], Mr. [George T.] SHARP was 
married to Miss Olive SKINNER of Onondaga County, New York. In 1864 in 
Oshkosh Mr. SHARP enlisted [in the Civil War] as a mechanic, and was engaged 
four months in bridge building, etc.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly