When William Henry Sharpless was born on 29 July 1840, in West Goshen, West Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Sharpless, was 36 and his mother, Abigail Garrett, was 36. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 18 July 1900, at the age of 59, and was buried in West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English: variant of Sharples .
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