Zaus Tharp

1804 - 1885  (81 years)

• Name	Zaus Tharp  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	16 Jan 1804	Gallia, Ohio, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Franklin, Middleberry, Grundy, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Occupation: Farmer
  Residence	1880	Franklin, Grundy, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
  Death	8 Sep 1885	, Grundy, MO
  Burial	North Evans Cemetery, Grundy, MO
  Person ID	I13172	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	Rachel Unknown,   b. Abt 1811, , , OH, USA d. 4 Dec 1886, North Evans Cemetery, Grundy, MO (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1830	Miami, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Tharp,   b. Abt 1842, Indiana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Tharp,   b. Abt 1846, Indiana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Tharp,   b. Abt 1848, Indiana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sarilda Tharp,   b. Abt 1850, Indiana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Zaus's name is spelled many different ways in the records: Isaias, Esaes, and Isaac. He lived in Gallia Co., OH in the 1820s, Tippacanoe Co, IN in 1830 as Issac, 1840 in Boone Co., IN as Z. Tharp. He took guardianship of a California Ban Nov. of 1840 in Boone Co., Indiana. He is listed as Esaes (Enos?) Tharp in the 1850 Howard Co., IN census. (CL-435) He moved to Grundy Co., MO by the 1860 census. He had purchased land in Spickardville, MO and lived with his son, Dennis by that time. He had nine children who lived and 2 more that died as babies. He was a farmer by trade. (CL-425, 434, 510E, 547)

  
  

• Sources

  [S421] Dann M. Norton to mutliple Tharp researchers E-mail letter dated Jun 10, 1998 at mrnor10@charter.net. [S3219] Tharp, Glenn, Email dated 2000. [S187] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Franklin, Grundy, Missouri; Roll: M653_621; Page: 473; Family History Library Fil. [S84] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Franklin, Grundy, Missouri; Roll: 688; Page: 324a; Enumeration District: 206. [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.).