The Political Graveyard: Staples family of Virginia

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Staples family of Virginia

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William Ballard Preston (1805-1862) — of Virginia. Born in Montgomery County, Va., November 25, 1805. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1830-32, 1844-45; member of Virginia state senate, 1840-44; U.S. Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1847-49; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1849-50; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; died in office 1862. Died in Montgomery County, Va., November 16, 1862 (age 56 years, 356 days). Interment in private or family graveyard.

		Relatives: Son of James Patton Preston; nephew of Francis Smith Preston; cousin by marriage of Waller Redd Staples (1826-1897); distant cousin *** of Walter Preston.
		Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Henry family of Virginia; Staples family of Virginia (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Samuel Granville Staples (1821-1895) — also known as Samuel G. Staples — of Patrick County, Va. Born in 1821. Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Died in 1895 (age about 74 years). Interment at Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.

		Relatives: Brother of Waller Redd Staples; second cousin once removed of John Norman Staples (1846-1920).
		Political family: Staples family of Virginia (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).

Waller Redd Staples (1826-1897) — of Virginia. Born in Patrick Court House (now Stuart), Patrick County, Va., February 24, 1826. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1853-54; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1870-82. Died in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Va., August 20, 1897 (age 71 years, 177 days). Interment at Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.

		Relatives: Brother of Samuel Granville Staples; cousin by marriage of William Ballard Preston; second cousin once removed of John Norman Staples (1846-1920).
		Political family: Staples family of Virginia (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).

John Norman Staples (1846-1920) — also known as John N. Staples — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Patrick County, Va., June 13, 1846. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1874-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1876, 1880; member of North Carolina state senate 24th District, 1881; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1884. Episcopalian. Died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., December 13, 1920 (age 74 years, 183 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.

		Relatives: Second cousin once removed of Samuel Granville Staples (1821-1895) and Waller Redd Staples.
		Political family: Staples family of Virginia (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).

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