WHO WERE THEY ? -- #106 -- Thomas Robinson Sharp - V&T

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Abram,

This is the fellow who coordinated the “great raid” on the Baltimore & Ohio, with Stonewall Jackson providing the military cover, and transporting the equipment down the Shenandoah Valley. 

Mason Cooper

 

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SHARP, THOMAS ROBINSON, Receiver River Division Ohio Central RR, President Danville Mocksville & Southwestern and Cincinnati Wheeling & New York RR Cos in 1885.  Address: New York City.  Born Feb. 22, 1834, Mt. Carbon, Schuylkill Co., Penn.   Entered railroad service April 1853; to May 1854, assistant to general superintendent Virginia & Tennessee RR;  May 1854 to November 1854, assistant superintendent East Tennessee & Virginia RR;  April 1855 to January 16, 1856, assistant to general superintendent Petersburg RR;  April 1857 to June 30, 1859, assistant superintendent Alabama & Florida RR;  October 8, 1859 to June 18, 1861, superintendent Richmond & York River RR;  June 18, 1861 to April 29, 1865, military RR superintendent Confederate States army; July 4, 1871 to July 24, 1872, superintendent Savannah & Memphis RR : July 24 to September 1 , 1872, superintendent New Jersey Southern RR;  September 1, 1872 to April 9, 1873, assistant master transportation, and April 9, 1873 to October 10, 1877, master transportation Baltimore & Ohio RR;  October 28, 1877 to December 31, 1880, receiver Long Island RR; November 29, 1880 to date, president Danville, Mocksville & Southwestern RR Co; January 1, 1883 to date, president Cincinnati, Wheeling & New York RR Co; November 20, 1883 to date, receiver River Division Ohio Central RR.

 

NOTE:  Another conundrum.  At age 19, this kid, born in the Anthracite fields of  Pennsylvania becomes Assistant to the General Superintendent of the Virginia & Tennessee RR ?

 

NOTE:  Find-a-Grave indicates that Sharp died in Draper, NC 7-28-1909.   A photo of his tombstone shows  “Colonel and Quartermaster General Staff Confederate States of America.”

 

-- abram burnett

 


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