BIO: JOSEPH SHARPE HEMPHILL, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 238-239
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    JOSEPH SHARPE HEMPHILL, one of the successful farmers and stock raisers of
  Newton township, and a prominent representative of one of the old and honored
  families of Cumberland county, was born Nov. 5, 1847, in Southampton township,
  on a farm four miles east of Shippensburg, son of Moses and Margery (Clarke)
  Hemphill.
  
    James Hemphill, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in
  Northampton county, Pa., and he died and was buried at Middle Spring. He was
  one of the leading members of the Presbyterian Church in that locality. He
  married Cynthia Jane Jack, of Newton township.
  
    Moses Hemphill, father of our subject, was born in 1799, in Hopewell
  township. Cumberland county. On March 25, 1830, he married Margery Clarke,
  born in 1811, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Fulton) Clarke, early
  settlers of Cumberland county, of Irish extraction. Moses Hemphill died in
  March, 1865, survived by his widow until 1872. They were the parents of ten
  children, all of whom survived to maturity, namely: Elizabeth, wife of James
  Quigley, of Hopewell township; Cynthia J., widow of David Quigley, of
  Hopewell township; Mary, who married the late Judge David McCulloch, of
  Peoria, Ill., and died in
  
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  239
  
  1903; Caroline, deceased; James, a resident of Kansas; Robert, a farmer of
  Page Co., Neb.; William Jack, who died in 1865; Charles, who removed to
  Illinois and died there; Joseph S.; and Margaret Belle, who is matron of the
  ladies dormitory, C. V. S. N. S., at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
  
    Joseph Sharpe Hemphill received a common school education, and attended the
  school at Thorn Grove, in Southampton township, and later took a course at
  Academia Academy in Juniata county, where he remained one year. After this he
  returned to Southampton township and engaged in farming with his brother,
  until the spring of 1870. In 1871 he located on a part of the McCulloch
  homestead, where he is found today. Mr. Hemphill is recognized as one of the
  first-class farmers of the county, making use of modern methods and improved
  machinery, and keeping his stock up to the highest grade. He has an especial
  liking for Jersey cattle. Since his marriage Mr. Hemphill has resided on a
  part of what is known as the old McCulloch homestead. This farm contains 101
  acres, and is well-improved, with fine home and substantial bank barn, which
  was erected by the late James McCulloch. In addition to that farm he owns
  another, containing 104 acres, the latter being known locally as the Thomas
  McCulloch farm.
  
    In the autumn of 1870, Mr. Hemphill married Belle McCulloch, daughter of
  James and Martha (Brown) McCulloch, both of whom are deceased. They have a
  family of five children, namely: Margery Clarke, wife of Oliver Myers, of
  West Pennsboro township; James McCulloch, a farmer in Newton township;
  William Jack, at home; Thomas, engaged in teaching; and Joseph Sharpe, Jr., a
  student. In politics Mr. Hemphill is in sympathy with the Republican party,
  his ancestors having been Old Line Whigs. Both he and wife are members of the
  Big Spring Presbyterian Church, of which he has been a trustee for many
  years. Mr. Hemphill stands as one of the responsible and representative men
  of the township, the kind of man who is sure to be mentioned by those who
  wish to point out its wealth, intelligence and good citizenship.