Anderson: The Sharples-Sharpless Family
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65. THOMAS SHARPLES, son of Daniel and Sarah (Coppock) Sharples was born 8 mo. 28, 1738 in Riley (later Nether Providence) Twp., and died in Chester Twp, in 1796. At Chester Friends Mtg. on 6 mo. 23, 1763, he married Martha Preston, daughter of Jonas and Jane (Paxson) Preston. She was born 6 mo. 22, 1744 and died in Chester, Pa. on 10 mo. 6, 1797.
Issue:
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380. George married Anne Sackett.
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380. GEORGE SHARPLESS, son of Thomas and Martha (Preston) Sharples (sic) was born probably in Chester Twp. and died in Belmont Co., O., in 1828, his will being proved there on March 20, 1828. At Concord Friends Mtg. (Ohio) on 3 mo. 28, 1820 he married Ann Sackett, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Manning) Sackett. She was born 11 mo. 9, 1790.
Issue:
1036. Edward died in childbirth.
1037. Samuel married Priscilla F. (Crain) Smith.
1038. Martha Jane married Hiram M. Smith.
George Sharpless went to Wilmington, Del., 1802, to learn the trade of a potter. In the division of his father's estate he was awarded a tract of 18 acres, 16 perches, in Chester Twp., and a lot with buildings in the borough. The first he conveyed 9, 30, 1806, to his uncle, Daniel Sharpless, and the other to his brother, Jonas, 9, 28, 1807; in both deeds being styled of Chester, potter. He removed to Ohio soon after the last date and settled in Belmont Co., where his children were born.
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1037. SAMUEL SHARPLESS, son of George and Anne (Sackette) Sharpless, was born near Bridgeport, Belmont Co., O. on 11 mo. 1, 1822 and died in Iowa on 6 mo. 5, 1901. In 1857 he married Priscilla F. (Crain) Smith, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Gaddis) Crain and widow of the Rev. Mr. Smith. Samuel Sharpless was a prominent banker of Iowa City, Ia. There was no issue of this marriage.
1038. MARTHA JANE SHARPLESS, daughter of George and Anne (Sackette) Sharpless, was born in Ohio on 1 mo. 1825 and died at Marinsville, O., 9 mo. 1865. She married Hiram M. Smith who was born in Pennsylvania about 1823. In the 1860 Federal census for Belmont Co., O., Hiram Smith is listed as a river pilot.
Issue surnamed SMITH:
2370. Louiza born about 1848 in Pa.
2371. George born about 1850 in Pa.
2372. Anna born about 1853 in Pa.
2373. Eugene born about 1855 in Ohio.
2374. Franklin born about 1857 in Ohio.
2375. Lewis born about 1849 (sic; should be 1859) in Ohio.
2376. Ada Smith married William Sturtzman (sic).
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2376. ADA SMITH, daughter of Hiram M. and Martha Jane (Sharpless) Smith, was born in Ohio. She married William Sturtzman, born 3 mo. 2, 1866, in Keokuk, Iowa. He was a graduate of Iowa State, taking a law degree there in 1889. After four years with a law publishing firm he started to practice law in Mandan, Morton Co., N. D., where the family was living in 1913.
Issue surnamed STURTZMAN:
4702. Charlotte.
4703. Eugenia.
4704. William.
Ted's Comments: As noted above, the Sackett surname is presented as Sackette in records 1037 and 1038. The Sturtzman surname for record 2376 should be Stutsman per the family grave marker in Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota.
Source:
Bart Anderson, The Sharples-Sharpless Family, West Chester, PA (1966), digital image, Ancestry.com. Researched & transcribed by Ted Smith.