Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe
BornJanuary 6, 1823 Edit this on Wikidata
Harrisburg Edit this on Wikidata
DiedMay 14, 1914 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 91)
Indianapolis Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationWriter Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenJoseph Kinne Sharpe, Julia Graydon Sharpe Edit this on Wikidata
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Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe (January 6, 1823 – May 14, 1914) was an American writer.

Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Alexander Graydon III, an iron manufacturer and Underground Railroad conductor, and Jane Chambers (McKinney) Graydon, an abolitionist and Civil War nurse. She was educated at the Cedar Hill Seminary in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. In 1843 she moved to Indianapolis, Indiana with her parents. In 1847, she married Joseph Kinne Sharpe, a businessman, in a ceremony presided over by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. They had nine children, including artist Julia Graydon Sharpe and inventor Joseph Kinne Sharpe Jr.[1][2][3]

Sharpe's work was published in the Atlantic Monthly, The Century, Independent, Interior, Current, St. Nicholas, and The Youth's Companion. She published two books, As The Years Go By (1913), a volume of poetry, and A Family Retrospect (1909), a short family history.[1][3]

Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe died on 14 May 1914 in Indianapolis.[1]

Bibliography

  • A Family Retrospect. Indianapolis, 1909.[3]
  • As The Years Go By. Indianapolis, 1913.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Indianapolis Star 15 May 1914, page Page 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. ↑ Latham, Charles (14 May 2004). "MARY ELLEN GRAYDON SHARPE PAPERS, 1846–1911" (PDF). Indiana Historical Society.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Indiana Authors and their books, 1816-1980". webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-27.


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