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Last name Sharpless
First name Joshua
Display name Joshua Sharpless
Other names Sharples
Birth date 1779
Death date 1860
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, meetmulst
Bio notes Son of Joshua Sharpless (1747-1826) and Edith Yarnall Sharples; b. Kennett Twp., Chester Co.; to Phila.; carpenter. m. Philadelphia Drinker at Mulberry Mtg., Phila. (1808); six children. To farm in Little Britain Twp., Chester Co. (c. 1822). Recipient of an 1805 letter from his sister Rachel Coope.

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Some Account of Rachel Coope [edited by Joshua Sharpless]

Joel Swayne Diary