Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Mrs. W. A. SHARTS, farmer and stock-raiser P. O. New Lenox; was born in Herkimer, N. Y., 
Jan. 20, 1822; is the widow of the late W. A. SHARTS, who was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., 
Feb. 12, 1825, and who died Feb. 2, 1878; they were married Oct. 23, 1851; they have had 
three children, two of whom are living - Ellen, born Nov. 11, 1852; Josephine, June 22, 
1857; Charles T., born Jan. 1, 1856; died Jan. 17, 1864. Mrs. SHARTS continues the business 
in which her husband was engaged, it being that of a farmer and stock-raiser; her farm 
contains 108 acres, valued at $7,000.