↑ A Pioneer History of Richland Co., Ohio by General Roeliff Brinkerhoff Page 154.
Mr. Sirpliss yet resides upon the farm (1858) on which he settled in 1816. He is now (1858) living with his second wife, Martha, daughter of Wesley Barnes...With his present wife, Mr. Sirpliss had also four children, viz., Curtis Avery, Rudolpha Harriet, Albert Bentley, and Samantha Ella.
