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• Name: Benjamin Sharpless
• Sex: M
• Birth: 2 FEB 1837 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA
• Death: 12 DEC 1919 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA
• Burial: Rose Hills Memorial Park Cem., Whittier, CA.
• Person Id: I314597
• Tree Id: 619700

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Parents
Father:

• Albert F. Sharpless: Birth: 1 MAY 1811 in Mahoning Twp., Mercer Co., PA. Death: 1899
Mother:

• Lydia Heald: Birth: 22 AUG 1810. Death: 5 MAR 1917

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Deborah Willits on 11 FEB 1858 at Cardington, Morrow Co., OH.
  
• Deborah Willits: Birth: 10 APR 1837 in Cardington Twp., Morrow Co., OH. Death: 21 APR 1875 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA

Children:

1. Delbert Sharpless: Birth: 18 NOV 1858 in Le Grand, Marshall Co., IA. Death: 24 NOV 1937 in CA

2. Clayton Willits Sharpless: Birth: 5 FEB 1863 in Cardington, Morrow Co., OH. Death: 14 FEB 1914 in Los Angeles Co., CA

3. Edgar J. Sharpless: Birth: 30 JUN 1864 in Le Grand, Marshall Co., IA. Death: 5 DEC 1957 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA

4. Leonard B. Sharpless: Birth: 30 MAR 1867 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA. Death: 11 FEB 1919 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA

5. Elnora Sharpless: Birth: 24 APR 1869 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA. Death: 24 DEC 1968 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA

6. Benjamin Harry Sharpless: Birth: 14 OCT 1872 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA. Death: 29 JUN 1957 in Orange Co., CA

7. Deborah Sharpless: Birth: 17 APR 1875 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA. Death: 6 AUG 1875 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Hannah M. Kirk on 11 MAR 1878 at Mahaska Co., IA.
  
• Hannah M. Kirk: Birth: 14 SEP 1848 in Morrow Co., OH. Death: 1 MAY 1911 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA

Children:

1. Sadie Sharpless: Birth: 17 DEC 1878 in Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA. Death: 7 SEP 1969 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA

2. Edna L. Sharpless: Birth: 4 DEC 1881 in Poweshiek Co., IA. Death: 13 NOV 1888

3. Caroline Rebecca Sharpless: Birth: 16 JUL 1884 in Poweshiek Co., IA. Death: AFT 1962 in Yorba Linda, Orange Co., CA ?

4. William Earl Sharpless: Birth: 17 JUN 1889 in Los Angeles Co., CA. Death: AFT 1962

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Eliza Ann Haydock on 1912.
  
• Eliza Ann Haydock: Death: 1915

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