Our Photo Album


Go to Jimmy Orange's beautiful Sharrock photo pages for descendants of William B. Sharrock, and be sure to visit page 2 of our site as well. Thanks to Jimmy for doing such a great job on his pages!


James SharrockJAMES SHARROCK (July 1750-March 28, 1826): James Sharrock was born in Lancashire Co., England in July of 1750 to William and ??? Sharrock. He was Christened in Liverpool on July 8, 1750. According to family legend, he was a member of the English army during the (Revolutionary)War of 1776. He apparently came across one of his old friends (who had become a Colonist) from England when he was searching the battlefield, and decided to join the Colonists in their fight for independence. He was given land (we think in present day Guernsey Co., Ohio) after the War as payment for his service. He married the former Jane Everard in New York. They had the following children: Benjamin, Timothy, Phoebe, George, Everard V. Mary Jane, Mary Polly, and John Watson. James died in 1826 in Guernsey Co., Ohio and is buried in Leatherwood Cemetery (aka Miller's Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery). His old stone is cracked in half (and according to Homer Eiler has been that way for at least 70 years!), and a "new" stone has been placed near the old one. There is a "1776" marker from the DAR on his grave.


This is a photo taken in the 1960's of the church building at Miller's Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. James Sharrock's grave is directly behind this building. As you enter the gate (in 2000), you would walk in the front door.


















Another photo taken in the 1960's, this photo shows the newer, eastern part of the cemetery. Some of those stones have since toppled over (2000).
















Benjamin SharrockBENJAMIN SHARROCK (ca 1779-November 16, 1879): Benjamin Sharrock was born in New York State, near Westchester Co., NY to James and Jane (Everard) Sharrock. He married Constantine "Tenty" Williams (daughter of Joseph and Sarah Woodard Williams) on April 11, 1809 in Guernsey Co., Ohio. He and his family moved to the Crawford/Morrow Co., Ohio area around 1818, and he was very instrumental in maintaining the peace with the neighboring Indian tribes. He and Tenty had the following children: Sarah Williams, James S., Joseph W. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Ann, Abner, William, Finley, Maria, Emily, and Constance ("Tenty").


Finley SharrockFINLEY SHARROCK (May 9, 1831-February 24, 1910): Finley Sharrock was born in 1831 in Galion, Ohio, the son of Benjamin and "Tenty" (Williams) Sharrock. Finley was a farmer by trade, according to various census reports. He was listed in the 1850 Ohio Census (Morrow Co.) with a wife, Matilda, but we have not found any further information on her. On May 6, 1852, however, he married Hannah McClow/McCloe/Mucklow in Morrow County, Ohio. He and Hannah had the following children: Lorenzo M., Frances Elwood ("Frank"), Sarah Lin, Hattie Mary, James (C.), Mortimer, Abner, Edward (Abner & Edward were twins), Edith Elnora ("Nory"), Stillborn Boy, and John Homer. Finley and Hannah are both buried in Iberia Cemetery, Iberia, Ohio in an unmarked grave (except for a large millstone from his father's mill) near the graves of Edith Elnora, Lorenzo, and Sarah Lin.

Gladys, Nory, and Kinsel Douglass Nory SharrockFrank Mascle DouglassEDITH ELNORA("NORY")SHARROCK (February 29, 1876-March 29, 1913): Nory Sharrock was born in Morrow Co., Ohio, the daughter of Finley and Hannah (McCloe) Sharrock. She married Frank M. Douglass on October 4, 1894 in Iberia, Ohio. They had three children: Gracie Cleola, Kinsel Everett, and Gladys Irean. Nory had a difficult life. Her husband Frank was struck by lightning and killed at the age of 28, leaving her with 2 small children to raise (Gracie had died as an infant). Kinsel was injured as a child when he got hit in the head with a stone. This injury later combined with a bout of spinal menengitis led to his stay at the Gallipolis mental institution in Gallipolis, Ohio, where he later died at the age of 33. Gladys lived to be 87 years old, outliving all of her immediate family. After Frank's death, Nory remarried, this time to Daniel Eichler on January 30, 1906 in Galion, Ohio. She died of breast cancer on March 29, 1913 in Richland County, Ohio.

Charles J. SharrockCHARLES J. SHARROCK (August 2, 1866-November 27, 1923): Charles Jacob Sharrock was born in Madison Co., Missouri to Benjamin F. and Elizabeth Linton Sharrock (Benjamin F. was the son of John Watson Sharrock, a brother to the Benjamin (1779-1879) listed above). He married Rady M. Schneider (born July 1869, Kentucky), and they had the following children: Charles, Ralph Lewis, Ora Benjamin, Fern Elizabeth, Max A., and Noah Charles. Charles died in Patton Co., Missouri.


Rose and Homer EilerHomer Eiler, Topeka, KSThe Eiler House in Pasadena, CA
HOMER C. EILER (October 5, 1868-July 18, 1946): Homer Conrad Eiler was born in Tower Hill, Illinois to Lewis and Julia Sharrock Eiler (Julia was the grand-daughter of Everard, a brother to Benjamin, and a son of James listed above). He married Rose Daney, February 24, 1891, in Republic, Kansas. Homer and Rose lived in Kansas until around 1930-31, when they moved to Pasadena, California, to escape the "Dust Bowl" during the Depression. Homer was one of our first family historians, publishing a book about the descendants of James in 1928.

Other Sharrock Faces

These folks are people that are Sharrocks who aren't directly related to James Sharrock at the top of the page.

Sonny SharrockSONNY SHARROCK (August 27, 1940-May 26, 1994): Warren G. Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, Jr., was born in Ossining, Westchester Co., New York to Warren G. Harding Sr. and Arruth Artis Sharrock. His ties to the jazz world continue to this day. He died in Ossining, New York.





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