STAPLES.
Thomas Staples during 1783 and the next year took out
patents for more than eight hundred acres on Hudson and
Totier Creeks, and for one hundred and fifty in North Garden.
He purchased more than four hundred more on Totier.
Before the close of the century he sold most of this land to
Samuel Dyer, much of it lying contiguous to Glendower. It
is believed his wife was Ellinda, daughter of Castleton Harper,
and his children Thomas, Beverly, and Sarah, the wife
of Littlebury Moon. Thomas was for years a leading merchant
in Scottsville, and died in 1868. His wife was Ann,
daughter of William Tompkins, and his children Sarah, the
wife of D. P. Powers, Martha, the wife of John S. Martin,
Olivia, the wife of — Spencer, Phaniel, the wife of W. D.
Davis, Susan, Catharine, Marietta, Silas, William T., and
John. Beverly died in 1865. He married Judith White, and
his children were William G., Elmira, Maria, the wife of
— Chambers, Ann, the wife of John Tyler, Minerva, the
wife of Alfred Flippin, Addison, and Emily, the wife of Madison
Porter.
