Show prominent romine ct utahn answers I 1 summons john sharp veteran railroad man and former state game and fish commissioner ioner died monday night at his residence east saih temple street at the ape age of 74 mr sharp had been ill about nine months but the ip immediate cause of his death was an accuse attack of pneumonia which in his weakened condition ho he could not withstand mr sharp was the son of the late bishop john sharp of the twentieth waid and was born in blackman nan scotland dec 28 1841 he came to utah with his father in 1850 and had resided here ever since in 1866 he married hannah daughter of amual and eunice a veil rell knon utah family when still a boy he worked with his father in the cottonwood quarries helping to furnish the stone used in the construction of the salt lake temple tabernacle and the salt luke theater later bishop sharp was given a contract for construction st work on the union unior pacific from the head of echo canyon to promontory point and also a x contract for borine tunnels on the route of the railroad in weber canyon in which work mr sharp was closely associated with his hi father mr sharp continued his lils railroad activity and became a stoc stockholder khol erin in and later general freight and passenger agent for the utah central and utah southern railroads which were ere subsequently taken over by the union system he was also interested in mining and owned c r considerable amount of stock in the horn silver and frisco consolidated mining companies because of his reputation as a lover of sport be was appointed state fish and aud game comrad t doner by br GOT goy air aber ba M dvells when utah first ret be elm a state H served in ibis position through gov wells two terms and for two years under gov I 1 AJ cutlar receiving r little or no remuneration era tion but filling the tile arzee almost solely because of his desire to promote the fish and camo game interests in the state it was war largely through lia his borts efforts torts that tho the legislature appropriated to establish thi tho arst fish hatchery in utah mr sharp wax was active in the affair affairs of the church being at one time a member of the high council of salt lake stake when it embraced the th a whole county he ile filled two missions one in is europe in 1803 and another in st thomas on the muddy river in southern utah in 1807 besides his widow mr sharp is survived sur vired by one son john N sharp two grandchildren ahlis and anti john miles sharp and tho the following brothers and enters sisters mrs A W caine of missoula mont mrs H G Nals naisbitt bett mrs jeannette S ferge son mrs Ws james jambs E jennings mrs walter P jennings Ms mis george D badger all of salt lake W G sharp of boston and joseph R sharp of price deseret Desere fc news |