THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen

1885 - 1938  (53 years)

• Name	THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen
  Title	Reverend
  Born	03 Jul 1885	Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Died	08 Sep 1938	Troup, Smith, Texas
  Buried	Elm Grove Cemetery, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas
  Person ID	I0011	THARP
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	THARP John Allen, Jr,   b. 02 Mar 1846, Keachi, De Soto, Louisiana ,   d. 17 Apr 1920, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	FISHER Emily Pernicia,   b. 25 Nov 1848, Louisiana ,   d. 17 Aug 1913, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas  (Age 64 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1868	Kemp, Kaufman, Texas
  Family ID	F0031	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	HAGER Zora Gertrude,   b. 25 Oct 1883, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 20 Nov 1957, Dallas, Dallas, Texas  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1903	Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas
  Notes	From a photo given by Fannie Tharp, we have Zora's wedding day documented in a photo. This photo is taken in front of the home of Jim and Fannie Smith, the Aunt & Uncle who raised Zora and her brother Tom. Zora is standing to the left and front of the photo, with her bridesmaids, Fannie Tharp and an unidentified friend or relative. In this same picture, standing behind the bride is an unidentified couple, but is speculated to be Tom Hager, Zora's brother, and his wife or a lady friend. Seated on the porch is Mother Berry, the grandmother who first raised Tom and Zora, when they were orphaned in Wills Point. Standing on the pathway and in front of the gate to the house, is a couple believed to be the owner's of the house, Jim and Fannie Smith, Zora's Aunt and Uncle. The people on the other side of the yard are the Groom's family. John A Tharp and his wife, Emily, stand toward the back, John is holding an umbrella as though it were a cane. The young boy is unidentified, but is possibly a nephew to the Groom. Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp, the Groom stands next to a woman, thought to be Ella Tharp Deaton, his older sister. It is believed they were married sometime in the year 1903 as they gave birth to their first child in 1904. In 1903 Zora would have been 20 years old, and Simeon would have been 18.
  Children	1. THARP Velma,   b. 1904, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. Abt 1906, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas  (Age 2 years) + 2. THARP Veda Gertrude,   b. 21 Aug 1905, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 25 Mar 1982, Dallas, Dallas, Texas  (Age 76 years) + 3. THARP Virgie Permelia,   b. 02 Dec 1909, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 14 Dec 1987, Athens, Henderson, Texas  (Age 78 years) + 4. THARP S A,   b. 11 Aug 1917, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 30 May 1981, Dallas, Dallas, Texas  (Age 63 years) + 5. THARP Ruby Christine,   b. 07 Feb 1919, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 25 Jan 2002, Tyler, Smith, Texas  (Age 82 years) + 6. THARP Vander Cozell,   b. 01 Nov 1920, Edom, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 10 Mat 2002, Rowlett, Dallas, Texas  (Age 81 years) + 7. THARP Thurman David,   b. 15 Oct 1923, Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas ,   d. 26 Jul 1974, Dallas, Dallas, Texas  (Age 50 years)
  Photos		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp (standing on top of wagon) and Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp with Veda and Vergie and her brother, Thomas Preston Hager (in jacket) in El Campo, Texas
  Videos		The Family of Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp and Zora Gertrude Hager
  Family ID	F0004	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 03 Jul 1885 - Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas Married - 1903 - Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas Died - 08 Sep 1938 - Troup, Smith, Texas Buried - - Elm Grove Cemetery, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		THARP Tharp Family Photo (left side) Emily P Fisher Tharp, Martha Frances Tharp, Nellie Lewis Tharp (William Fisher Tharp's first wife - holding their first child, Hattie), William Fisher Tharp, Henry Allen Tharp (son of Willis Allen Tharp) Willis Allen Tharp, Virgina "Jenny" Hill Tharp (Willis' wife) Ella P Tharp Deaton, Katie Deaton, Jettie Deaton, C Grant Deaton, Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr Family Photo 1895 Tharp Farm, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas Left to Right: Emily P Fisher Tharp, wife of John Allen Tharp, Jr, Martha Frances "Fanny", Nellie Lewis Tharp, wife of Fisher Allen Tharp, holding Hattie, Fisher Allen Tharp, Willis Allen Tharp, holding William, Mary Virginia "Jenny" Hill Tharp, Ella Tharp Deaton, Cornelius Grant Deaton, Katie and Jeddie Deaton, Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp, Curtis Allen Tharp, Archibald Allen Tharp, John Allen Tharp, Jr, James H Smith and Frances Elizabeth Mayes Smith. The Smiths lived next door to the Tharp and were the couple who raised Thomas and Zora Hager as Elizabeth was their mother's half sister. This photo has been enhanced by David Tharp
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp and Zora Gertrude Hager Wedding Day 1903 Roddy, Van Zandt Texas Bride stands in the center of the three ladies in the right forefront. The Groom stands in the forefront on the far right with his sister, Ella. The Bride's grandmother sits on the porch. The Groom's parents stand right of center.
  		THARP - HAGER Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp (standing on wagon) Veda Gertrude Tharp, Thomas Preston Hager holding Virgie Permilia Tharp and Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp In El Campo, Texas
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp with daughter, Ruby Christine
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp and son, Vander Cozell
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp Barton's Chapel Murchison, Henderson, Texas
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp Family Photo Simeon and wife, Zora are on far left and far right with Veda sitting between them holding Leon Shinn and Zora is holding Thurman David Tharp (barely visible). The two girls in front are Christine (left) and Virgie (right). S A is behind Christine and Cozell is between Veda and Zora.
  		THARP William Shinn, Leon Shinn, Veda Tharp Shinn, Thurman David Tharp, Zora Hager Tharp, Reverend Sim Allen Tharp, Lloyd Shinn
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Maplewood Assembly of God Church Dallas, Texas
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp (standing on top of wagon) and Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp with Veda and Vergie and her brother, Thomas Preston Hager (in jacket) in El Campo, Texas
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp and Zora Gertrude Hager Wedding Day
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp Delivering a sermon
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp, Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp, Vander Cozell Tharp and Thurman David Tharp
  		THARP S A, Zora, Thurman David, Sim Allen, Cozell
  		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp and Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp
  		THARP The family of Simeon and Zora Tharp
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp (back row) Roddy School Photo
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp (back row behind tall lady Roddy School Photo

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Tharp/Allentharp & Shinn Bible Page This Bible page documents that the original family name for the Tharps was Allentharp
  		1910 US Census, El Campo, Wharton, Texas, Mechanic Street Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp family line 10 Thomas Preston Hager (Zora's brother) line 14 Simeon is wrongly recorded as Samuel, Zora as Lora, Veda as Vida, and Virgie as Boidie
  		1930 US Census, Smith County, Texas, Henderson Highway Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp family line 61
  		1920 US Census, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, Dixie Highway Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp family line 6
  		1900 US Census, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas John Allen Tharp, Jr family line 58 Fisher Allen Tharp family line 68
  		Tharp, Simeon Stanley Allen, Reverend Certificate of Ordination
  		Allentharp - Tharp Lineage Tracing the Lineage and Name Change of Allentharp to Tharp
  		Tharp, Simeon Stanley Allen, Reverend Certificate of Fellowship
  		THARP "MOTHER" This is a poem by Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp to his mother, Emily and his father, John Allen Tharp, Jr after their deaths. One of her (Emily Penicia Fisher Tharp) wishes was that each of her sons would be called to the ministry. That prayer was answered.
  		HAGER Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp Obituary
  		THARP - HAGER Tharp - Hager Business Letterhead El Campo, Texas
  		THARP Ad for Tharp & Hager Written by Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp
  		THARP Tharp & Hager Stationary El Campo, Wharton, Texas Writings of Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp
  		THARP Tharp and Hager Grain Dealers El Campo, Texas
  		THARP Tharp & Hager Grain Dealers El Campo, Texas
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp WWI Draft Registration Page 1
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp WWI Draft Registration Page 2
  		THARP John Allen Tharp and Emily Fisher Tharp Family History Personal memories of their son, Archibald Allen Tharp Page 1
  		THARP John Allen Tharp and Emily Fisher Tharp Family History Pg 2
  		THARP Promisary Note Curtis Allen Tharp to Simeon Allen Tharp

  
  

  Headstones		THARP Reverend Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp with wife, Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp
  		THARP Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp Original Headstone

  
  

  Histories

  Flatwood Assembly of God Church Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas A Short History By Sister Marion Kirkpatrick With additions by David Tharp

  
  

• Notes

  Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp was born in Roddy, Texas at the Tharp Home Place, one mile south of Roddy. He was ordained as an Assembly of God Minister April 22, 1917. In 1918 Rev Sim A Tharp became the first elected minister of Flatwood Assembly of God Church just outside Ben Wheeler. The Reverend S A Tharp was a veteran Assembly of God minister in Texas. He was the first elected minister of the Maplewood Assembly of God Church, which was formerly known as North Side Tabernacle at the corner of Lake and Lucas before moving to 4515 Maple Ave in Dallas in the 1930's. The Church is today known as Christain Life Cathedral. Uncle Johnny Huff and his wife, Mella Faye have informed us that Reverend Sim A Tharp was also pastor of Barton's Chapel in Murchison, Texas. The family home between Ben Wheeler and Edom burned in 1936. Reverend Tharp is buried next to his wife Zora in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Mabank, Texas. They are on row 21, last grave sites away from the fence, next to the center driveway. Their tombstone reads, "They fought a good fight - They kept the faith" And that they did! The Elm Grove Cemetery has a Texas Historical Marker which reads: "Early Elm Gove Community leader Anthony Hyde originally donated this property as land for a local school and church in 1881. It was first used as a cemetery in 1883 for the burial of his grandchild. In 1886 Hyde gave an an additional five and one-half acres to the cemetery. A cemetery committee formed in 1895 named M Johnson the first caretaker. In 1900 Elm Grove United Church moved to adjacent land. This cemetery is the burial ground of pioneer settlers and prominent members of the Elm Grove and Roddy Communities. The Elm Grove Union Church across the road from the cemetery also has an Historical Marker which reads, "This community church traces its history to the early 1870's. A log structure used as a church, school, and community gathering place was built on land owned by early settler Anthony Gray Hyde in 1875. Called Hyde Schoolhouse, it served the community until 1882, when it was replaced by a larger wooden building, one year later the school was moved to a new location near this site and renamed Elm Grove. The school became a public free school in 1885 to serve residents in the Roddy community (named for pioneer Steven Groven Roddy). After this property was given to the community church in 1900 by T H and Minerva Hardin, a new sanctuary was built. At that time the school and church ceased sharing the same building. A new church building erected in 1922 was replaced after it was destroyed by fire in 1941. Since its beginning, this has been a multi-denominational Union Church. The three congregations which share use of the building and operate a cooperative Sunday School Program include Elm Grove Presbyterian, organized in 1872; Elm Grove Methodist, organized in 1893 and Elm Grove Missionary Baptist, organized in 1897." On a visit made 8/14/99 by Doris Jean Norvell Tharp and David Lynn Tharp to the lovely Cedar Creek Lake, lake side home of Lloyd and Bertha Shinn (Shorty and Bert) near Gun Barrell City, Texas, the following discoveries were made. Lloyd invited Doris and David, and of course Bertha, into his "private quarters" (it was noted by the visitors that this was the room with the most panoramic views afforded in the house.) Lloyd got down on his knees, sat on the floor and opened a cabinet, which was part of a much larger wall unit. On that day, we discovered some true pieces of history. At one point, Lloyd kind of raised his voice and shouted out, "Birth certificate!" We all waited anxiously to see whose long lost birth certificate had been found. Lloyd very carefully opened the folds of the preciously held document, then he read with yet another shout, "Cabbage Patch Doll # 3478!". That wonderful day of laughter will be remembered, and cherished for a long time. Further discovery, produced issues of "Reader Digest" which had never been open, much less read, as they still had the white, 4" piece of binding paper wrapped and sealed around the middle. We found letters dated 1893 and love letters of Veda and Willie Shinn (it must be made clear! -- the love letters just mentioned, were not the same letters dated 1893. But the true treasures found that day, the real jewels found in that cabinet, were a duplicate of the "Certificate of Ordination" granted by the General Council of the Assemblies of God Headquarters in Springfield, MO. Simeon Allen Tharp would have been 31 years old at the time this Certificate was issued. The Certificate is headed by the Biblical verse, "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world." Matt. 28:19, 20. The Certificate goes on to read, "This is to Certify: That Sim Tharp of Mabank, State of Texas being a member of the general assembly of God (Heb. 12/23), having proved his Divine Gift and Calling to the Ministry of the Gospel of Christ, and having Consecrated himself to said Calling according to the Word of God and in fellowship with the GENERAL COUNCIL of the ASSEMBLIES OF GOD in the United States of America, and Foreign Lands, has been regularly ordained of the TWENTY-SECOND day of APRIL, 1917. We , the EXECUTIVE PRESBYTERY of the General Council, by earnest prayer, invoke the Divine Presence with blessing and power upon him, and hereby recognize his Divine Ordination to ministry of the Gospel, conferring upon him the right to preach the Word, administer the ordinances of the church, perform the rite of marriage, bury the dead, and exercise all other functions pertaining to the Christain ministry, in compliance with the laws and customs of the state and country in which he resides, so long as in fellowship with said ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, and while maintaining a Godly life and a Scriptural standard to teaching. Given this Nineteenth day of June 1917 A.D." The document is signed by J W Welch, General Superintendent and Stanley W Frodsham, Secretary and is Sealed with the gold, embossed Certificate of Fellowship under the Seal of the General Council. Found that same day was the Bible of Mrs. Veda Shinn, Lloyd's mother. From the Family Register of that precious Bible, in the penmanship of Willie Shinn we have documented the following information. " Husband, William Harris (Willie) Shinn Born, September 3, 1903 Wife, Veda Gertrude Tharp Shinn Born, August 21, 1905 Married November 7, 1922 (7min after 7 PM) Grand Parents: William Harris Coleman Shinn (Wil Oct. 24, 1858 (Washington Co., Ala-St. Stephens) Sarah Emiline Jones (Shinn) Sall Aug. 4, 1875 (Near Edom, Van Zandt Co., Texas) Rev. Simeon Stanley Tharp, July 3 1885 - Known as S. A., the A being for the A inAllentharp - formerly family name Zora Gertrude Hager Tharp - Oct 25, 1883 S. A. near Roddy (Van Zandt Co.,) Texas near Mabank, Texas Zora - East of Wills Point, Texas Entered 6-4-67 after looking at grave markers for Bro & Sister Tharp & realizing we were not sure of Dates" From the Deaths listed in this same Bible, we have the following entrie Rev S. A. Tharp - Sept. 7, 1938 buried at Elm Grove Mrs. Zora Tharp Nov 20, 1957, '' " W. H. C. Shinn Feb 13, 1934 " " Edom Texas Sallie E. Shinn July 1948 " " " " Upon finding the Bible, and seeing that the entries were in Willie's handwriting, Bertha said, "Well you can rest assured, David Lynn, if your Uncle Willie wrote it, it's the truth and it's 100% accurate." I knew that to be the truth and every effort has been taken to duplicate the above entries just as Uncle Willie wrote them. The entire day was a great joy, but one of the most fun times came later in day when we moved to Bertha's private quarters, (it was noted by the visitors, this room seemed to have no view). Here we all sat in the floor looking at old pictures. My mother, Doris, and Bertha got a kick out of finding pictures of when they were much younger. At one point Lloyd got very involved in looking at old family and church photos. Every once in awhile he would pass one over to Betha and say, "Bert, who is this?" Bertha would look at it awhile, flip it over and see that something was written on the back, but due to her problems with vision, she couldn't read what ever was written on the back. She would pass them to me and say, "David, what does this say?" I'd flip it over, read it, turn it back over, look at the picture again and say, "Well, this is Gracie Guinn (one of Uncle Willie's sisters) or whoever it was" Due to Lloyd's problems with hearing, he couldn't her Bertha asking me to read the backs of the photos, but he could hear me calling out the names. After about the 3rd or 4th time of my doing this, Lloyd put the photo he had in his hand down, looked right at me and said, "David Lynn, I find it absolutely remarkable that you know all these people's names and yet Betha and I don't know who they are." I didn't bother to explain my secret. The good times just got better when Judy Shinn Horton showed up with her granddaughter, a camera and a graduation picture of David Lynn. Of course, the day had already produced some darling little gems of Judy and Lloyd Wayne as children. But I think the biggest laugh of the day had come much earlier, in fact it came as we were being greeted at the door. Bertha was hugging mother, I was shaking hands with Lloyd, and Bertha started saying how nice and lovely Doris looked, how she hadn't changed a bit, still had such a tiny waist, and just looked so young. Immediately upon making these gracious comments, Bertha went on to say that she was legally blind, and couldn't really tell what anybody looked liked.