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Buddington Sharpe |
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Buddington Sharpe |
Sharpe, Buddington, was born in North Greenbush, July 27, 1874, on the farm he now owns and which was settled by Nicholas Sharp [sic] at a very early day. The place has since been occupied by George and Rachel (Douglass) Sharpe [and by] John G. and Hannah D. (Hosford) Sharpe. He was born on the farm and there died in 1896 at the age of seventy-eight years; she died August 19, 1888.
Marshall H. and Mary L. (Van Hosen) Sharpe, parents of Buddington, spent their lives on the Sharpe homestead, where he [Marshall H. Sharpe] was born in 1846 and died May 19, 1894; Mrs. Sharpe died in August 1876. In politics, Marshall H. was a Democrat; he was an insurance agent, justice of the peace and a member of Lodge No 47, K of P.
Buddington Sharpe is the fifth generation on the same farm. The farm was left to Buddington and his sister Anne C., who married June 5, 1895 Anthony Harrington, a milk dealer of Troy. Buddington bought his sister's interest in the farm in 1895 and now owns 107 acres; he keeps a dairy of fifteen cows. In politics he is a Republican, has been inspector of elections and adheres to the church of his parents, the Reformed church.
