John Tharp

1796 - 1874  (78 years)

• Name	John Tharp  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1796	Oh Or Nc
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Mar 1874	Urbana, Benton, IA
  Burial	Aft 7 Mar 1874	Kisling Cemetery, Urbana, Benton, IA
  Person ID	I7341	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   [4]
  Family ID	F3823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Soule,   b. Abt 1805, , , NY, USA d. 1872, Vinton, Benton, IA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1828	Gallia, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. John Tharp,   b. 1843   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Eunice Tharp,   b. 4 Feb 1835, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. Aft 1900, Of Vinton, Benton, IA, USA (Age > 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Tharp,   b. 13 Oct 1839, Indiana, USA d. 15 Jul 1906, , Benton, Iowa, United States (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Harriet Tharp,   b. Abt 1847, , Ripley, IN d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. James Tharp,   b. 4 Jul 1828, Oh Or Thorton, Boone, IN d. 27 Dec 1903, Vinton, Benton, IA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. David Tharp,   b. Bef 1828   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Mary Ann Tharp,   b. 13 May 1832, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Martin V. Tharp,   b. Oct 1837, Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  John is in the 1830 Gallia Co., Ohio census at between the age of 20 & 30 with a wife of the same age. He was having children in Indiana from the 1830's and the mid 1840's. He might be the John Tharp living somewhat near his parentse 1840 Boone Co., IN census. He had one son at that time under age 5. In the 1840 Boone Co., IN census, he also had a daughter age 10-15, a son age 5-10, a daughter age 5-10, two sons under age 5 and another daughter under age 5 in this census. He and his family are living in Benton Co., IA in the 1860 Fed. Census. Here are their children's birth dates from the 1860 census. "James ? b. l831, Mary Ann b. 13 May 1832 in Gallia Co. OH, Eunice b. Feb 1833 OH, Martin V b.1838 IN, William b. 1839 IN, Harriet b. 1846 IN. In 1870 Federal census John and Harriet are living alone in Linn Co., IA. (CL-425) John's exact birth date is in question. According to his death record, he died in in 1874 at the age of 78.3 years. This would give him a birth date of abt. 1796. According to the 1830 census though, he would have been born in 1800 at the earliest. Since that is an earlier record, I suspect it could be more accurate, but further census records need checked for his age to determine reliability. If he was born in 1796, it's more likely that he was born in North Carolina as very few settlers were living in Gallia Co., (then Washington Co.), Ohio in 1796.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1617] Davis, Robert Bryan, Family Finder Gedcom (www.ftdna.com). [S421] Dann M. Norton to mutliple Tharp researchers E-mail letter dated Jun 10, 1998 at mrnor10@charter.net. [S800] Workman, Shirley, Email dated 2002 from sworkman@iopener.net which includes info from Christine Dale, a Tharp researcher. [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.).