This is just too coincidental. I was not aware that there were THARPS in Fulton and Columbia!
I grew up in Mexico, MO. Graduated high school in 1969 and lived in Columbia from 1970-1995. I now live in Austin, TX.
Wish I had gotten interested in my family genealogy before last year. It probably would have been a LOT easier to track down these links if I lived closer to the source.
You have steered me in a new direction, however. Have you done any searches in Callaway or Boone County?
Also, another EXTREME coincidence...I notice from another of your postings that you are a McNAMEE by birth. Well, guess what?
My dad's cousin, Mary Frances BREID married a Hubert McNAMEE on 26 Nov 1952!!!
Even though I was only 5 years old I distinctly remember that Mary Hubert "ran away" to Arkansas to get hitched. In fact, they stayed at my grandparents' house the night before the left!
Mary had five sisters and one brother and grew up primarily in Rush Hill, Mexico and Fulton, MO. Her parents were Leland BREID and Francis BODKIN.
Have you ever run across Hubert's name...by chance is there a relation here?