| Last name | Sharpless |
| First name | Nathan |
| Display name | Nathan Sharpless |
| Birth date | 1772 |
| Death date | 1863 |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | Society of Friends, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends |
| Bio notes | Son of Joshua Sharpless, born in 1772. Married Lydia Painter in 1796 at Birmingham. Nathan and his sister, Martha Jefferis, were Superintendant and Matron at Westtown from 1836 until 1843. Recipient of an 1806 letter from his sister Rachel Coope. |
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
Some Account of Rachel Coope [edited by Joshua Sharpless]