THARP John Allen, Jr

1846 - 1920  (74 years)

• Name	THARP John Allen, Jr
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	02 Mar 1846	Keachi, De Soto, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Apr 1920	Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas
  Buried	Elm Grove Cemetery, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas
  Person ID	I0056	THARP
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	THARP John Allen, Sr,   b. 1816, Dykes, Pulaski, Georgia ,   d. 1896, Denton County, Texas  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	BARNES Martha Catherine,   b. 1822, Tennessee ,   d. Between 1870 and 1875, Athens, Henderson, Texas  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	30 Apr 1838	Madison County, Mississippi
  Notes	Bondsman: Callum Barnes which is belived to be the Callum Barnes born in North Carolina in 1795 who is also the father of William Barnes born 1827 in Tennessee.
  Family ID	F0096	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	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
  Children	+ 1. THARP Ella Pernecia,   b. 28 Jul 1869, Kaufman County, Texas ,   d. 31 Mar 1957, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas  (Age 87 years) + 2. THARP Willis Allen,   b. 05 Mar 1871, Kaufman County, Texas ,   d. 1918, Paris, Lamar, Texas  (Age 46 years)   3. THARP Anna Laura,   b. 23 Dec 1872, Kaufman County, Texas ,   d. Bef 1880, Kaufman County, Texas  (Age < 7 years) + 4. THARP William Fisher Allen,   b. 06 Nov 1874, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 18 Oct 1957, Grand Saline, Van Zandt, Texas  (Age 82 years)   5. THARP Emma Eugenia,   b. 1 Mar 1877, Kaufman County, Texas ,   d. Bef 1880, Kaufman County, Texas  (Age < 2 years) + 6. THARP Archibald Allen, Sr,   b. 18 Apr 1879, Mabank, Kaufman, Texas ,   d. 31 Oct 1970, Groves, Jefferson, Texas  (Age 91 years) + 7. THARP Curtis Allen,   b. 07 Aug 1882, Mabank, Kaufman, Texas ,   d. 28 Jul 1960, Houston, Harris, Texas  (Age 77 years) + 8. THARP Simeon Stanley Allen,   b. 03 Jul 1885, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 08 Sep 1938, Troup, Smith, Texas  (Age 53 years) + 9. THARP Martha Frances,   b. 26 Feb 1888, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas ,   d. 27 Dec 1985, Canton, Van Zandt, Texas  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2009
  Family ID	F0031	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	CHISHOLM Jessie Gertrude,   b. 06 Oct 1861, Clinton, DeWitt, Texas ,   d. 25 Sep 1957, Houston, Harris, Texas  (Age 95 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1914
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F2000	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 02 Mar 1846 - Keachi, De Soto, Louisiana Married - 28 Jul 1868 - Kemp, Kaufman, Texas Died - 17 Apr 1920 - Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas Buried - - Elm Grove Cemetery, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr
  		THARP John Allen Tharp and Emily Penicia Fisher Tharp
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr
  		THARP Silk Bible Mark Made for John Allen Tharp by one of his granddaughters
  		THARP Tharp Family Photo (Right side) Curtis Allen Tharp, Archibald Allen Tharp, John Allen Tharp (with powder horn), neighbors, James and Fanny Smith
  		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 John Allen Tharp, Jr and Emily Penicia Fisher
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr
  		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 Simeon Stanley Allen Tharp and Zora Gertrude Hager Wedding Day
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr and Emily Pernicia Fisher Tharp
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr and wife, Emily P Fisher Tharp

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1860 US Census, Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, July 20, 1860. The family of John Allen Tharp, Sr and Martha Catherine Barnes, with their children James, Willis, John Allen Tharp, Jr., Julia, Thomas, Robert, Catherine "Caty", Charlie, Martha. The second family on the census
  		1870 US Census, Athens, Henderson County, Texas, Prencinct #3, page 12, July 27, 1870 Walter Tharp and his family on line 13 John Allen Tharp, Sr and his family on line 16 John Allen Tharp, Jr and his family on line 27
  		1900 US Census, Roddy, Van Zandt, Texas John Allen Tharp, Jr family line 58 Fisher Allen Tharp family line 68
  		1920 US Census, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, January 27, 1920 John Allen Tharp, Jr line 28 John Allen Tharp, Jr, age 72 is living with John Quincy Dorman and Lillie Owens Dorman and their son Paul Pierce Dorman. Lillie Owens Dorman is shown to be John Allen Tharp's niece on the Pension Petition of Jessie Tharp, John's second wife. This census was taken on January 27, 1920, just before John died on April 17, 1920.
  		Allentharp - Tharp Lineage Tracing the Lineage and Name Change of Allentharp to Tharp
  		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.
  		THARP John Allen Tharp and Emily Penicia Fisher Marriage Certificate
  		THARP John Allen Tharp and Jessie Chisolm Denham Marriage Announcement
  		THARP John Allen Tharp Receipt for Credit Ennis, Texas 1876
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr 1897 Tax Receipt Van Zandt County, Texas
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr Petition for divorce from Jessie Chisolm Denham
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr Pension Kemp, Kaufman, Texas 1910
  		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 John Allen Tharp, Jr Civil War Documents
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr Civil War Documents
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr Civil War Documents
  		THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr Civil War Documents
  		THARP Tharp & Fisher - Tolls Deed This document deeds the land inherited by Emily Fisher Tharp from her father and brother to Henry Tolls, the son-in-law of Catherine Fisher Robbins and husband of Saphronia Robbins.
  		THARP Tharp & Fisher - Tolls Deed This document deeds the land inherited by Emily Fisher Tharp from her father and brother to Henry Tolls, the son-in-law of Catherine Fisher Robbins and husband of Saphronia Robbins.
  		THARP Tharp & Fisher - Tolls Deed This document deeds the land inherited by Emily Fisher Tharp from her father and brother to Henry Tolls, the son-in-law of Catherine Fisher Robbins and husband of Saphronia Robbins.
  		THARP Tharp & Fisher - Tolls Deed This document deeds the land inherited by Emily Fisher Tharp from her father and brother to Henry Tolls, the son-in-law of Catherine Fisher Robbins and husband of Saphronia Robbins.
  		THARP John Allen Tharp being relieved of Judgement by W M Hutchison against John Allen Tharp, William Allen Tharp and Isaac Duncan Ferguson, dated 07 Apr 1906.

  
  

  Headstones

  THARP John Allen Tharp, Jr with wife, Emily Penicia Fisher Tharp

  
  

  Histories		THARP, John Allen, Jr. A brief biography that originally appeared as a magazine article in 1904.
  		Company E, 4th Cavalry, Texas The Company the Tharp brothers served in during the Civil War

  
  

• Notes

  John Allen Tharp, Jr entered the Civil War at the age of 16 in August of 1863. He was a Confederate Veteran and served as a Private, Company E, Bairds Regiment, Texas Cavalry, 4th Regiment, Arizona Brigade until his discharge in 1865. The Tharps were farmers for many years back. Planters and slave holders in antebellum days. They were Georgians in the early days and immigrated to Louisiana in an early day. In 1859 J A Tharp, Sr., the father, came to Texas as a refugee with a goodly number of slaves and settled in Ellis county. He lived in several portions of the State, including Henderson, Kaufman, Ellis, and Van Zandt counties. He is buried in Denton County. March 2, 1846, John was born in the Louisiana home in DeSoto Parish. He was reared on the farm, coming to Texas with his father in 1859. His education and preparation for life were received in this country. July 28, 1868, he married Miss Emily Fisher, who still survives [at the time the article was written]. Her father was also a refugee from Louisiana. They have nine children, seven of whom are living. Mr. Tharp is essentially and truly a farmer and has proven that farming can be made successful in Van Zandt County. He came to this county twenty years ago and settled on his present home, one mile southeast of the present town of Roddy. He believes in diversification and began its practice early. He believes that a man must study farming to succeed, just like any other calling. He has his farm fenced into small parcels with tanks and fences and gates according to his ideas of convenience. His principal products have been corn and cotton, but he has grown an elegant orchard and has quantities of black berries and grows watermelons, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, onions, etc. In his orchard are found peaches, apples, pears, plums, quinces, apricots, figs, grapes, dew berries, etc. Mr Tharp says a Van Zandt farmer can have something to sell every day of the year and with the establishment of markets and good roads this would be the paradise of all Texas, or of the south. He has proven his faith by his works and is interested in the growth and development of East Texas, and especially Van Zandt County. He says a man can raise everything he may desire to use here and then raise much for the market and have his cotton strictly as a surplus. He has a farm of 100 acres and has frequently made corn his principal crop to do him, truck for family and for the market galore and $1,000 worth of cotton as a surplus. He believes in progress and by all means the diversification of crops by the farmers. He is member of the Free Methodist church and stands on his integrity. John A Tharp is buried in the Elm Grove Cemetery, Roddy Texas, just outside of Mabank. On the back side of his tombstone it reads, "J A T/'I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God; incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.'/Pslams 17-6". He is entombed with his wife Emily. On 12 July 1869, John and Emily Tharp transferred to Henry Tolls their interest in 200 acres of land that was originally purchased by Elijah Fisher in 1825 and 1835: 160 acres as follows: Township 6, Range 1W, NE quarter of Section 36 40 acres as follows: Township 6, Range 1W, S half of the W half of the SE quarter of Section 25 Note that Henry Tolls was the husband of Saphronia Robbins, eldest daughter of Almond Robbins and Catherine Fisher.