Box 3
Contains 38 Results:
Account on death of Aaron Sharpless, 1876
Accounts of the deaths of "mother" and Ann Truman Forsythe, Undated
Account of death of Ann Forsythe written by her daughter, Susanna Forsythe Sharpless. The subject of the longer description of 1905 illness and death of "mother" is unclear; Susanna died in 1907, not 1905.
Aunt Rebecca Kite to Edith Sharpless (1836-1902), 1847-1848, 1851
An extract transcribed by Susanna Smedley?) to Edith Sharpless, daughter of Susanna Kite Sharpless, from her mother's sister Rebecca
Uncle Thomas Kite, Cincinnati, to Edith 1847 , 2019-06-25
With an invitation for her to visit when aunt Rebecca visits, and warm encouragement to grow up to be like her mother, Susanna Kite Sharpless
Aunt Rebecca Kite to Elizabeth Sharpless, 1852, undated
Rebecca Kite (1814-1852), half sister of Susanna Kite Sharpless married Nathaniel Brown in 1848. She wrote that she dearly missed her nieces and nephews and visiting the family before she was married, but presently was tied down with her own family and children.
William and Mary Clement Kite to Elizabeth Sharpless , 1839 - 1887
William (1810-1900) was the brother of Susanna Kite Sharpless. His 1863 letter included advice on Elizabeth's proposed marriage to Edward Smedley. William married Mary Clements in 1838, and they had two children: Esther ("Hetty") who married Samuel Griscom in 1863 and Susanna Sharpless Kite, who did not marry.
Cousin Anna Walton to Edith Sharpless , 1849 - 1854
Correspondence to Edith Sharpless (1836-1902) from Kite cousins, 1846 - 1857
Susanna ("Sue" or "Suze") and Esther ("Hetty") were the children of William (1810-1900) and Mary Clement Kite. William was the younger brother of Susanna Kite Sharpless. The cousins were Westtown students, some copy poetry and notes
Cousin Ann Sheppard and Cousin Mary to Edith Sharples , 1850, 1862
Ann visited New York State in 1862, she worried about the Southern Army
Lydia Hazard Hoag to Edith Sharpless, 1855 - 1857
From Upstate New York, she wrote that the Irish and Germans were opposing prohibition and that there were women's rights supporters in the area. She was a teacher and commented on plain dress, Gurneyites and Wilburites,