Samuel Staples

Samuel Staples

Lifespan: 1785 - 1865

Birth: 19 Nov 1904 in Berwick, York, Maine

Occupation: Farmer

Marriage: Johanna Thompson

Children: Ann Staples

Parents: Unknown & Unknown

Death: 28 Jul 1865 in Rome, Kennebec, Maine

Burial: Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine

Chapter 1: Born in the Shadow of Revolution

Samuel Staples was born in 1785 in Berwick, York County, Maine, then still part of Massachusetts. The American Revolution had ended only two years earlier. The Constitution was not yet ratified. The nation into which he was born was fragile, hopeful, and uncertain.

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