Alfred Roberts Sharples (1888 - 1973)

Alfred Roberts Sharples

Born 30 Aug 1888 in West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Clara VanZant (Broadbent) Sharples — married 8 Jun 1912 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

[children unknown]

Died 3 Jan 1973 at age 84 in Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

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Profile last modified 10 Jun 2019 | Created 2 Mar 2019

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Biography

Alfred was born in 1888. He passed away in 1973.

s/o Alfred Davis SHARPLES & Rachel ROBERTS

Sources

"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJXJ-899 : 4 November 2017), Sharples and Clara V Broadbent, 1912; citing license number 281020, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.

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Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear

If a descendant takes responsibility for this profile here's information about his father Alfred Sharpless who was apparently familiar enough with the topic of Railroads that he wrote the following which was reprinted in several journals. Note that there's a faded sketch of Alfred, Sharples, (Sr.) accompanying the article.

Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society, 1918. "A History of Railroading in Chester County" Prepared at the request of the Chester County Historical Society [Reprinted from the Daily Local News, 20 Jan 1898] https://archive.org/details/bulletinsofchest00ches/page/n20/mode/1up?view=theater

posted Feb 10, 2023 by Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear

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