Andrew Sharpe was born November 26, 1886, in Norway. He came to North Dakota in 1903 and settled in Cooperstown.
On October 9, 1910, he married Janna Vatne at Cooperstown. For twelve years Mr. Sharpe was a grain buyer at Sheppard, before he moved to Glenfield where he continued as a grain buyer until 1958, when he entered the insurance business and moved to Carrington.
Mr. Sharpe was an organizer of Tri-County Electric and served as a director and president for sixteen years.
He served in the state legislature from 1939 to 1945 from Foster and Eddy Counties.
He belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Shriners, Elks, and Modern Woodmen of America.
The Sharpes had three daughters, Mrs. Leroy Alfson, Mrs. John Cooley, and Mrs. James (Doris) Bronaugh.
Mrs. Sharpe died in 1961. Mr. Sharpe died in 1968.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 53B