George Joshua Sharp was born on January 4, 1863 in Madison County, Missouri United States. He was in a relationship with Hester A. Tinsley beginning February 23, 1890 in Ellington, Reynolds County, MO, and they were together until Hester's death in 1899. He had children Sephus Sidney Sharp and Ora Mae Sharp. George Sharp died at age 85 years old on November 10, 1948 in Greenville, Wayne County, Missouri.