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Margaret Condie Sharp Obituaries

Probably from the Deseret News

Church Worker Dies At Daughter’s Home

Mrs. Margaret Condie sharp, active L.D.S. church worker for more than fifty years, died Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frederick E. Barker, 145 Fourth avenue.

Mrs. Sharp, who was born in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, emigrated to this country and crossed the plains by ox team in 1852. She was a worker in the Salt Lake temple for thirty-one years, was secretary of the Twentieth ward Relief society for twenty-three years and was a member of the Daughters of the Pioneers association from its organization, having held the office of chaplain in the latter society for one term.

She is survived by two children, Joseph C. Sharp and Mrs. Cecilia S. Barker of Salt Lake; three stepchildren, Mrs. Mary J. Daynes of Ocean Park, Cal.; Mrs. Henry T. McEwan and Mrs. E. A. Lenroot, and one sister, Mrs. A. H. Kirk of Salt Lake. Seven grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Whitney hall, Second avenue and A street, with Bishop Thomas A. Clawson conducting. Interment will be in City cemetery. The body may be viewed at the home of Mrs. Barker, 145 Fourth avenue, Sunday, from 12:30 until 2 p.m.

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Pioneer Woman of 1852 Passes; Funeral to Be Held Sunday

Margaret Condie Sharp, a pioneer of 1852, active Church worker, for over half a century and loved and esteemed mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, closed a long and energetic life Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frederick E. Barker. Mrs. Sharp passed away peacefully after an illness which was practically the only time in her life that she was confined to her bed due to ill health.

Together with her father’s family she emigrated from Clackmannanshire, Scotland, crossing the plains by ox team, much of the time having to walk barefooted. She also suffered in the grasshopper famines of 1859 and 1860 and underwent the many other tribulations common to pioneer life of that period.

She married Joseph Sharp, also a native of Scotland, in 1857, and when he died eight years later carried the burden of rearing the four children of her sister Janet, first wife of Joseph Sharp, as well as her own two children, the eldest child being but 14 years of age.

Mrs. Sharp studied medicine in 1885 and assisted in tending and treating the sick up until a very advanced age. She was a worker in the Salt Lake temple for 31 years, was secretary of the Twentieth ward Relief society for 23 years and was a member of the Daughters of the Pioneers association from its initial organization, holding the office of chaplain in the latter society for one term.

She is survied by the following: Joseph C. Sharp and Mrs. Cecilia S. Barker of Salt lake, childre; step-children, Mrs. Mary J. Daynes, Ocean Park, Calif;p Mrs. Henry T. McEwan and Mrs. E. A. Lenroot; and Mrs. A. H. Kirk, sister, all of this city. In addition there are seven direct grandchildren and eight grandchildren,.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m. at Whitney Hall, Second avenue and A street. Bishop Thomas Clawson conducting. Internment will be ....

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Transcription by Ruth H. Barker, submitted 2010

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