Individual Details
Albert Theron Tharp
(3 Oct 1879 - 17 Dec 1940)
Obituary of Albert T. Tharp
The Rochester News Sentinel
Tuesday, December 17, 1940
Albert Theron Tharp, aged 61, prominent farmer, who was better known by his many
friends as Al Tharp died from a heart attack which he suffered at 11:10 o'clock Tuesday morning while in the office of Fred Moore, 116 East Eighth street.
Mr. Tharp was engaged in a business conversation with Mr. Moore and Paul Noe, Ft.
Wayne, a district land supervisor for the Union Central Life Insurance company of Cincinnati, when he remarked to the two men "I feel dizzy."
At this Tharp slumped in his chair. Dr. M. O. King was called and Tharp passed away a few minutes after the doctor arrived without ever regaining consciousness. Tharp had been under a doctor's care for several years due to a heart ailment.
The deceased lived on a farm three miles south of Rochester on the Mt. Zion road which is better known as the William Blackburn farm. For many years he lived on farms in Richland township.
Mr. Tharp was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, October 3, 1879. He came to Fulton county to reside when a boy with his parents, John and Mary Tharp. John Tharp was a veteran of the Civil War.
Albert Tharp was married to Jennie Lemon on December 23, 1912, in a ceremony which was performed at Burnettsville. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church at Mentone.
Survivors are the wife, a daughter, Mrs. Donald Shriver and a grandson. While the funeral arrangements are incomplete it was thought by the family that they would be held Thursday afternoon with interment in the cemetery at Richland Center.
Events
| Birth | 3 Oct 1879 | Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Dec 1912 | Jennie May Lomon | |||
| Residence | 12 Sep 1918 | WW I Draft Card - Fulton County, Indiana | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Richland, Fulton, Indiana | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Newcastle, Fulton, Indiana | | ||
| Death | 17 Dec 1940 | Rochester, Fulton, Indiana | |
Families
| Spouse | Jennie May Lomon (1883 - ) |
| Child | Mary Corine Tharp (1919 - 1994) |
| Father | John Overly Tharp (1840 - 1927) |
| Mother | Mary Margelene Gatwood (1849 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Lena Altha "Minnie" Tharp (1874 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Newton Edward Tharp (1878 - ) |
Endnotes
1. , Obituary (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Indiana; Registration County: Fulton; Roll: 1503887.
3. Ancestry.com, Web: Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
4. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Richland, Fulton, Indiana; Roll: T625_433; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 71.
5. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Newcastle, Fulton, Indiana; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0007.
6. Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), White County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1830 - 1920 Volume II Let, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C-11; Page: 248.
7. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Indiana; Registration County: Fulton; Roll: 1503887.
8. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Richland, Fulton, Indiana; Roll: T625_433; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 71.
9. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Newcastle, Fulton, Indiana; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0007.
10. Ancestry.com, Web: Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).