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Sharpless, Elizabeth () | Marriage Date: 1-12-1859

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Townsend Sharpless was first married to Mary B. Jones. Lydia Jones Hunn nee Sharpless was one of their eight children. After Mary's death he and Elizabeth Jolliffe married in 1859. Lydia Hunn's family, including her father and step-mother, was part of the Seward family's social circle. Fanny Adeline Seward references the Hunns and Mr. Sharpless in her diary of 1862-1863. 

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Biography: 
Townsend Sharpless was first married to Mary B. Jones. Lydia Jones Hunn nee Sharpless was one of their eight children. After Mary's death he and Elizabeth Jolliffe married in 1859. Lydia Hunn's family, including her father and step-mother, was part of the Seward family's social circle. Fanny Adeline Seward references the Hunns and Mr. Sharpless in her diary of 1862-1863.
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogy of the Sharpless Family
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Gilbert Cope
Publisher Location: 
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher Name: 
Bi-Centennial Committee
Year: 
1887
Start Page: 
293
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=zfanAxg2OsoC&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=townsend+sharpless+1793&source=bl&ots=H0bfygkVKh&sig=ACfU3U1F3pEAFJsav7qAT9n2u4yl9PkoXA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji8eKTuL7qAhUUWs0KHWL-BUMQ6AEwAnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Townsend%20sharpless%201793&f=false
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogy of the Sharpless Family
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Gilbert Cope
Publisher Location: 
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher Name: 
Bi-Centennial Committee
Year: 
1887
Start Page: 
460
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=zfanAxg2OsoC&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=townsend+sharpless+1793&source=bl&ots=H0bfygkVKh&sig=ACfU3U1F3pEAFJsav7qAT9n2u4yl9PkoXA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji8eKTuL7qAhUUWs0KHWL-BUMQ6AEwAnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Townsend%20sharpless%20820&f=false