Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn David STAPLETON 515,376
Birth Date8 Mar 1780
Birth PlaceMason County, Kentucky
Death Date22 Mar 1832 Age: 52
Death PlaceShelby County, Kentucky
Burial PlaceShelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, Stapleton-Anderson Cemetery
OccupationWar Of 1812 Soldier
Spouses
Birth Date8 Feb 1795515
Birth PlaceFayette County, Kentucky
Death Date25 Jun 1882 Age: 87
Death PlaceShelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky
Burial PlaceShelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, Stapleton-Anderson Cemetery
FatherDavid SHELY Sr. , 158 (1750-1823)
MotherMary “Polly” HURST , 159 (1758-1849)
Family ID5384
Marr Date14 Mar 1814
Marr PlaceFayette County, Kentucky
ChildrenMary Ann Elizabeth (1815-1895)
 John (1816-1894)
 William Franklin (1819-1842)
 George Washington (1821-1882)
 Luther Calvin (1823-1894)
 Amanda Melvina (1825-1827)
 Joseph Milton (1827-1859)
 Margaret Ann (1829-)
 James Samuel (1831-1923)
Notes for John David STAPLETON
David was in the War of 1812
Husband of Eleanor Shely
married Mar 14, 1814 Fayette Co., KY

On Find A Grave.


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Source for the Stapleton family is the Scobee Bible
Soutce for the Anderson family is the Anderson Bible

Early American Marriages: Atlantic South Region
Fayette Co, KY
Mary Stapleton to William Stivers, 29 Oct 1806
Polly Stapleton to William Dorton, 17 Mar 1821
Inman Stapleton to Nancy Davisl 6 June 1821
Sally Stapleton tol A B Wiley, 26 July 1821376

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Notes for Eleanora (Spouse 1)
name also spelled Elinore515

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From Find A Grave on Margaret (Shely) Ball:

Birth: Feb. 28, 1791
Fayette County
Kentucky, USA
Death: Dec. 15, 1851
Nicholasville
Jessamine County
Kentucky, USA

Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
about Henry Margaret Ball Shely Spouse 1: Ball, Henry
Spouse 2: Shely, Margaret
Marriage Date: 5 Jan 1808
Marriage Location: Kentucky
Fayette County

Daughter of
Capt. David and Mary [nee Hurst] Shely

Sister of
Mildred 1777 –
Mary (Polly) 1779 –
William 1781 – 1829
Nancy 1782 – 1794
Sally 1785 – 1795
David 1787 –
Elizabeth 1789 – 1864
John 1793 – 1850
Eleanor 1795 – 1882
Rebecca 1797 –
Matilda 1798 –
Frances 1799 –
Washington Franklin 1802 – 1841

Married
5 Jan. 1808, Fayette co., Ky.,
Henry Bray Ball

Mother of
Alonzo Conrad

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