Samuel
Emlen
(Emlen)
Sharples
Born in West Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nathan Hunt Sharples
and Martha (Price) Sharples
Brother of
Hannah Sharples and Philip Price Sharples
Husband of
Martha Serrill (Ash) Sharples
— married
10 Mar 1852 in Darby, Delaware Co., PA
Descendants 
Father of
Martha Sharples, Robert P Sharples, Philip M Sharples, Edward D Sharples, David Townsend Sharples, Serrill M Sharples and Hannah M Sharples
Died
at age 84
in West Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2017
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Biography
Samuel was born in Pennsylvania in 1828. Son of Nathan Sharples and Martha Price.[1]
Lived in Pennsylvania.[2][3][4][5]
Married Martha in 1852.[4] Widowed before 1911.[5]
He passed away in 1913. Buried at Oaklands Cemetery in West Chester, Pennsylvania.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3ZHC-1SN : accessed 9 July 2018), entry for Samuel Emlen /Sharples/, cites sources; "shryockke" file (2:2:2:MMDR-9VK), submitted 9 July 2016 by kitty shryock hood.
- ↑ U.S. Federal Census 1850; Census Place: West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_764; Page: 317; Image: 637. Filmstrip image 42 of 76, lines 1-4. [1]
- ↑ United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXV-666 : 15 July 2017), Emlen Sharpless, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 78B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,113. LUMBER AND COAL MERCHANT.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39K-J94 : accessed 17 March 2020), Emlen S Sharpless, West Goshen Township, Precinct 2 West Chester borough, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 10B, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,394.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZQ-JN6 : accessed 17 March 2020), Emelen Sharpless, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 73, sheet 4B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1329; FHL microfilm 1,375,342. WIDOWED.
- ↑ Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV29-YDG4 : 13 December 2015), Samuel Emlen Sharples, 1913; Burial, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Oaklands Cemetery; citing record ID 53833893, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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