Plumas County Biographies

George W. Sharpe

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Dec. 2004

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a Missourian by birth, was engaged in the saloon business at Rich bar, east 
branch, in 1852. He left the river in the fall, and came to American valley, 
where he resided when the first election occurred in April, 1854. Sharpe was the 
successful candidate for sheriff. He was re-elected in the fall of 1854, for a 
full term. In common with many others, Sharpe was addicted to gambling, and 
early in the spring of 1855 it became rumored that he was not paying into the 
treasury the revenue he collected from foreign miners� licenses. An 
investigation being ordered, he absconded early in July. Though it was 
afterwards learned that he had made a clandestine visit to his family in May, 
1856, his whereabouts were never ascertained. In 1859 his wife applied for a 
divorce from him, on the ground of desertion, which was granted, and she 
afterwards married Elisha H. Pierce. [For further particulars, see article on 
Finances.]
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. � Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 185-186