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


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About Thomas C. Sharp

  • 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.

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