Series 3b: Joshua and Edith Yarnall Sharpless Family Papers, 1765-1963
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Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Mary S. Cope (1854-1936), who married Horace B. Foster in 1882, was born in Jenkintown, Pa., on April 24, 1854, the daughter of Caleb B. and Hannah (Sharpless) Cope. Caleb B. Cope married Hannah Sharpless on New Garden Monthly Meeting in 1842. Hannah was the daughter of Joshua Sharpless (1779-1860), a Philadelphia carpenter, and Philadelphia Drinker (1779-1875). Philadelphia was the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Hunt Drinker, and Joshua Sharpless was the son of Joshua Sharpless (1746/7-1826) and Edith Yarnall Sharpless (1743-1787). Both Joshua and Edith Sharpless were Quaker ministers. Joshua Sharpless made a visit to the Seneca in New York State in 1798, and he was the first headmaster of the Westtown School, Pa.
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