Thomas C. Sharp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas C. Sharp

Newspaper publisher and opponent of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1818

Place of Birth: Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1894

Profession: judge, lawyer, editor, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Thomas Coke Sharp (September 25, 1818 – April 9, 1894) was a prominent opponent of Joseph Smith and the Latter Day Saints in Illinois in the 1840s.
Sharp promoted his anti-Mormon views largely through the Warsaw Signal newspaper, of which he was the owner, editor, and publisher.
Sharp was one of five defendants tried and acquitted of the murders of Smith and his brother Hyrum.