Abel Tharp

1795 - 1874  (79 years)

• Name	Abel Tharp  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	22 Mar 1795	, Guilford, NC
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Clinton   [4]
  Death	23 Aug 1874	Iroquois, Iroquois, Illinois, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I13198	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 1	Polly Bruno   d. Bef Jun 1839
  Marriage	7 Sep 1820	Gallia, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F4357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Cele Asher
  Marriage	25 Jul 1839	Boone, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F4358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret Burt,   b. Abt 1807, , Augusta, VA d. Aft 1860 (Age > 54 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1851	, Clinton, IN   [1]
  Family ID	F4359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Abel was in Gallia Co., OH in the 1820 census, Tippecanoe Co., IN in the 1830 census, Clinton Co., IN in the 1840 (CL-434) and 1850 census (CL-435), Fountain Co., Indiana in the 1860 census. He had lived in Ohio by 1817 because his soc was born there between 1817 and 1818. He lives in all the right places to be the son of Joseph and Elcy Tharp of Boone Co., IN and his first two children are named after his mother, Elsey, and brother or grandfather, William Tharp. (CL-425) He is living adjacent to possible father Joseph, brother William and son or nephew, Isaac in the 1830 Tippacanoe Co., IN census and he is still living next to his likely father in the 1850 Clinton Co., IN census. (CL-436) He appears to have been married three times, although the second marriage could be to an unknown son Abel. He is married to a Margaret in the 1860 Fountain Co., IN census. He is listed as Abel Thorp in his first marriage. (CL-425) There was an Abel Tharp and John McCay who bought a storeroom built by John Schultz in 1853 and coverted it into a saloon in Pulaski Co. After that it was converted into Medarysville's first school house by 1857-58! This could easily be our Abel Tharp. (CL-437)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3222] Grove, Helen E., ed, Clinton County Indiana Marriage Records, Book I & Book II, 1830-1852, p. 37. [S421] Dann M. Norton to mutliple Tharp researchers E-mail letter dated Jun 10, 1998 at mrnor10@charter.net. [S3227] Hammel, Ruth A., comp., 1850 Clinton County, Indiana Federal Census. [S305] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana State Board of Health Marriage Certificates, 1816-1956. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXV2-FPT [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.).