Lafayette Marshall Sharp

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Marshall Barksdale Sharp, always called Bay, was the second child of Lafayette and Mattie Sharp.  He was born on August 30, 1867 in Scott County, MS.

Bay as a boy

Bay married Addie Jones on January 3, 1889 in Scott County.  

Bay and Addie settled in a place that had the Leake-Scott county line as it's northern boundary.  It was at this place that all their children were born and reared.  

Marshall Barksdale Sharp

Around 1926 Bay and Addie sold the place where they had lived for so long, and bought a smaller place near to Sebastopol, where they lived out the rest of their lives 

together.  Bay died on February 26, 1963, and is buried in Damascus Cemetery.

Children of Marshall Sharp:

Flora Cordella Sharp

Annie Odessa Sharp

Thomas L. Woodley Sharp

Beuford Jones Sharp

Reuben Norris Sharp

Willie Maude Sharp

Marshall Elton Sharp

Audie Aileen Sharp