Minnie Bell Sharp

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Minnie Bell Sharp (January 12, 1865- April 11, 1937) was a pianist and singer.

She was the daughter of Francis Peabody Sharp, a famous horticulturist, and the wife of Edwin Tappan Adney, a painter. She married him on September 12, 1899. She produced a son, Francis Glenn Adney, born on July 9, 1902, at Woodstock.

Minnie Bell Sharp operated the Victoria Conservatory of Music in British Columbia in the 1890s. She conducted the Woodstock School of Music for several years, and ran for federal office as a Conservative in 1919. However, her name did not appear on the ballot. She claimed that her nomination papers were lost on purpose. She ran again for the same seat in 1925, receiving 84 votes, but was not elected.

In September of 1897 she was arrested for non-payment of school taxes and was in jail 14 days. She claimed that as a non-resident, she was not liable to taxes and sued the school board for her damaged reputation, business, health, and general standing in the community and won.

See: Sharp v. Trustees of School District No.6, Woodstock.