Brief Life History of Edith
When Edith Sharpless was born on 8 February 1779, in Middletown Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Sharpless III, was 35 and her mother, Mary Hibberd, was 28. She died on 1 August 1807, in her hometown, at the age of 28, and was buried in Lima, Middletown Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Edith Sharpless, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Edith Sharpless, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Edith Sharpless, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
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1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Sharples .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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