Sharples, Catharine Franklin, 1768-1824
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Sharples, Catharine Franklin, 1768-1824
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Sharples, Catharine Franklin, 1768-1824
Wistar, Catharine Franklin 1768-1824
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Catharine Franklin Wistar was born in 1768 to Caspar and Mary (Franklin) Wistar. Caspar Wistar (1740-1811), was the youngest child of Caspar and Catherine (Jensen) Wistar. In 1804 Catharine married Abraham Sharples (1748-1835) of Aston (now Thornbury), Chester County. The Wistar and Sharples families were active in the founding and early years of Westtown School, near West Chester, Pennsylvania. Catharine and Abraham's son, Caspar Wistar Sharples (1805-1865), married Elizabeth Onderdonk in 1840 and continued the family tradition of practicing law.
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