Box 3

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Joint letter from Susanna's step-mother and her uncle with family and Quaker news. Edith very pleased that Aaron had been appointed to Yearly Meeting

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Aaron's younger sister, born 1812, died 1835

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Aunt Mary had been staying with them. Aaron was concerned that they left before he could give proper farewell - Susanna recently gave birth to Elizabeth in 1842. Mary was staying with William Kite in Philadelphia; Susanna gave an update about the children in 3 month 1843 and mentioned that her cold was worse.

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Edith (1836-1902) Aaron and Susana's oldest child. After the death of her mother when she was about 9, she stayed with her grandparent Kites. Aunt Mary Kite helping Aaron at home with the two younger children. In 1847 Edith was homesick, and in 1850 she was a student at Westtown and her father remarried. She did not marry and died at home of brother Thomas in Birmingham.

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In 1850 Edith was a student at Westtown. Her fatherhad remarried in 1847. Brother Thomas joined her at Westtown. 8 month 1851, Aaron wrote that Aunt Mary [Kite] intended a ministry to North Carolina. Also, undated letter from her step-mother Susanna F. Sharpless mentioned explosion in Wilmington

Scope and Contents In 3 month 1857, Aaron gave his consent and encouragement for her to attend Yearly Meeting later that spring. Edith was working at a school. Aaron reported the death of Mary Gibbons, wife of Joseph Gibbons, of erysipelas, and that Eliza Taylor, the "eccentric" daughter of recently deceased Elizabeth Taylor, was at (Friends) Asylum. He referred to difficult times in the Society of Friends. In subsequent letter, he warned her about accepting invitations including to a debate and reminded...

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Aaron and wife Susanna F. Sharpless attended Quarterly Meeting in Trenton in 1863. Aaron wrote an account of Friends they met and socialized with. In 1866, he traveled to meetings in Ohio, as a companion to a minister visiting Mount Pleasant.