Gilman Staples (1832 - 1912)

Born 11 Jul 1832 in Swans Island, ME

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy B. (Stockbridge) Staples — married 5 Mar 1855 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1912 at age 79 in Swans Island, ME

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Biography

Gilman Staples; b. 11 Jul 1832 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Mercy E. Stockbridge, daughter of John Stockbridge and Ruth Joyce, 5 Mar 1855 at Hancock, Maine; d. 3 Mar 1912 ^[1]at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 79. He appeared on the census of 8 Jul 1870 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.

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Known children of Gilman Staples and Mercy E. Stockbridge were as follows:

• i. WILLARD LEROY; b. 29 Oct 1855 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Flora Towne, daughter of Ashael Towne and Nancy J. (--?--), 8 Aug 1872 at Rockland, Knox, Maine; m. Ella Frances Staples, daughter of Hezekiah Staples and Abigail W. York, 26 Nov 1881 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine; m. Edith Ellen Joyce, daughter of James Joyce Jr. and Harriet A. Gott, 10 Apr 1899 at Hancock, Maine; They were both from Swans Island; d. 18 Nov 1914 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 59.
• ii. CORA E.; b. 27 Feb 1858 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Frederick Gleason Stockbridge, son of Samuel W. Stockbridge and Martha S Finney, 7 Nov 1878 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Andrew C. Smith, son of David Marshall Smith and Betsey J. Smith, 5 May 1923 at Rockland, Knox, Maine; d. 27 Nov 1942 at Rockland, Knox, Maine, at age 84.
• iii. ESTELLA M.; b. 17 May 1863 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Frederick A Joyce, son of Oliver Lane Joyce and Amanda Staples, 14 Nov 1882 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 4 Feb 1941 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 77.
• iv. ALBERT S.; b. 22 Oct 1864 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Lucy Joyce, daughter of Levi Babbidge Joyce and Matilda C. Staples, 23 Oct 1890 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 25 Oct 1909 at age 45; he was buried at Atlantic Cemetery, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.
• v. EURENA SARAH; b. 7 Jul 1868 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Ellis R. Joyce, son of Oliver Lane Joyce and Amanda Staples, 1889 at Hancock, Maine; d. 13 Dec 1949 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 81.
• vi. WARREN AUGUSTUS; b. 25 Feb 1871 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Lottie Ann Stanley, daughter of Isaiah Wescott Stanley and Lucy A. Stanley, 24 Aug 1893; d. 7 Jun 1950 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 79.
• vii. GRACE DIANA; b. 29 Sep 1873 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Henry Haynes Johnson 28 Sep 1895 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 1 May 1956 at Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, at age 82.

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Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-WVHG : 13 March 2018), Gilman Staples, Death 03 Mar 1912; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,195.

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