Mary (Polly) Tharp, *

Abt 1790 - 1863  (72 years)

• Name	Mary (Polly) Tharp  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	Abt 16 Dec 1790	, , NC
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Sep 1863	Huntington Twp, Gallia, OH, USA   [7, 8, 9]
  Burial	Abt 5 Sep 1863	Glenn Cemetery, Vinton, Gallia, OH, USA   [7, 10]
  Person ID	I10967	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Tharp, *,   b. 10 Mar 1765, Mispillion Hundred, Kent, DE, USA d. Aft 1850, , Clinton, IN, USA (Age > 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elsey (Elserman) Calhoon, * (half sibling to the others in Thrulines but is still named in father's will - pr. bec. of false conclusion in Thrulines)),   b. Abt 1766   d. Aft 1850, , Clinton, IN (Age > 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	10 Nov 1791	, Guilford, NC   [5]
  Family ID	F3823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Glenn, *,   b. 4 Mar 1792, , Augusta, VA d. 11 Jan 1886, Huntington Twp, Gallia, OH, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1811	Huntington Twp, Gallia, OH, USA
  Children	1. Joseph Carlisle Glenn,   b. Abt 1837, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. 2 Apr 1841, Vinton, Gallia, OH, USA (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joseph James Carlisle Glenn,   b. Abt 23 Nov 1833, Vinton, Gallia, OH, USA d. 7 Feb 1837, Vinton, Gallia, OH, USA (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Milton Kimble Glenn,   b. 12 Jan 1832, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. 15 Apr 1909, Huntington Twp, Gallia, OH, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William H. Glenn,   b. Abt 15 Jul 1812, Huntington Twp, Gallia, OH, USA d. 5 Aug 1877, Gallia County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Electa Janette Glenn,   b. 1827, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. Aft 1900, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH (Age > 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Eliza Jane Hoge Glenn, *,   b. 6 Aug 1829, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. 18 Aug 1906, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Nancy Julia Ann Glenn,   b. Bef 1820, Gallia, Ohio, USA bur. Bef 1875 (Age < 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Wealtha Glenn,   b. 3 Sep 1813, Huntington Twp, Gallia, OH, USA d. 19 May 1857, , Wayne, IA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Terza Sharon Glenn,   b. Bef 1825, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. Bef 1886 (Age < 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos		dna thru lines (1)
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• Notes

  At Ancestry, my mother's descent to Mary Tharp is supported by a DNA Circle that relates 5 participants all back to this same Mary Tharp and inter-relates them to various members in the group. This is evidence that we descend geneticallygh this James Glenn. Mary is listed as Mary in the 1850 and 1860 census and Polly on her gravestone. As Polly was a nickname for many women's names including Mary, I am assuming that her original name was Mary. It was common for the Tharp line to name their daughters Mary and call them Polly. (CL-308) About the same time as our Mary, there were the following Tharps in Gallia Co., Ohio: 1820 Census: Abel (Raccoon Twp.) who married Polly Bruno on Sept 7, 1820; Zaus, Jane Tharp who married William Blagg on Sept 14, 1817, Jesse who married Nancy Stephens on Dec. 30, 1819, and John Tharp (Perry Twp.) who married Harriet Souls on Feb. 3, 1828. Zaus was born in 1804 in Gallia Co, Ohio. He married Mrs. Rachel Calfrey. They moved to Boone Co., Indiana and then Grundy Co., MO. He died there on Sep. 8, 1885. (CL-399) By 1830, the Gallia Co., Ohio census only lists a John Tharp in Spring...Twp. Joseph and his son Abel moved to Tippacanoe Co., IN in 1830. William Tharp is in Tippacone Co., IN by 1840. Zaus is in Boone Co., IN by then also. From the migration pattern through Gallia county, I believe they are likely to be father and brothers of our Mary Polly Tharp. Zaus (also known as Isaias after Joseph's brother?, Esaes or Isaac (after Joseph's brother?) named one of his daughters Mary Polly Tharp. (CL-425, 448)

  
  

• Sources

  [S204] Donna Lewis to Linda Coate Letter dated July 14, 1998 at 846 Millers Ln., Waverly, OH 45690 (CL-453). [S11] Robert L. Tharp, Descendents of Thomas Tharp, Born About 1640 (Unpublished). [S2738] Donna Lewis to Ms. Milburn Letter dated 9/27/1993 at 846 Millers' Lane, Waverly, OH 45690 forwarded to Linda Coate by Linda C. Stewart (CL-413) 1997. [S495] Readings from Glenn Cemetery Vinton, Gallia, Ohio Read by Amber Theresia Dudick, 8/3/1998. [S12] Pederson, James, Descendants of Unknown Tharp (c2001 forwarded to me via an email attachment and is well sourced. James "Pete" Pederson's email address in 2005 is pete_hye@hotmail.com.). [S359] 1850 U.S. Census Gallia Co., Ohio. [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58769229/polly-glenn [S1933] Gallia County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio (Gallia County Historical Society). [S2739] Linda Stewart to L. Dudick E-mail letter dated Oct. 15, 1997 at lincstart@worldnet.att.net (CL-411). [S2740] Photos of the stones in Glenn Cemetery, Vinton, OH.