Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Sharpless was born on 17 May 1880, in Okaw Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States, her father, Joseph Wilson Sharpless, was 38 and her mother, Alice Jane Barker, was 39. She died in 1971, at the age of 91.
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- Sarah Sharples in household of Joseph W Sharples, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sarah R. Sharples Santner, "Find a Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Sharples .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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