CALVIN SHARP, a well known farmer and tobacco raiser of Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, is the owner of a farm of forty-nine acres located on the corporation line of Potsdam. He was born in Darke County, Ohio, January 25, 1853, and is a son of Levi and Elizabeth (Neighley) Sharp. His paternal grandfather moved from North Carolina to Darke County, Ohio, where he was among the pioneer settlers.

Levi Sharp was born near Gordon, in Darke County, Ohio, and was about four years of age when his parents moved to the vicinity of Arcanum, where he grew to maturity and lived the remainder of his life, dying at the age of seventy-two years. He always followed farming and was the owner of the farm which is now in the possession of his widow. His marriage with Elizabeth Neighley was blessed with ten children.

Calvin Sharp attended the public schools of Darke County, and after leaving school followed farming on the home place for a time. He continued to farm in Darke County until I872, when he moved to Union Township, Miami County. For fifteen years he farmed the place opposite his present home, which he purchased in 1900 and moved upon in 1901. He has made many improvements on the place, including the erection of tobacco sheds. He has about eight acres in tobacco, and in addition to raising that product, follows general farming.

Mr. Sharp was united in marriage with Miss Liza Jane Harshbarger, and they have three children, as follows:. Ida May, married Parker John, and has three children, Cletus, Edgar and John Dale; Oliver Oral, who resides on the farm across the road from his parents, married Bessie Warner, and has two children, Ruth and Delmar; Elizabeth Imo lives at home. Daniel B. Warner, a cousin of Mr. Sharp, has lived with him since lie was twelve years old. Politically the subject of this sketch is a Republican.