Joseph W Staples

1833 - 1899  (65 years)

• Name	Joseph W Staples  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	20 Oct 1833	Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Elected	10 Sep 1860	Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3]
  	Appointed Postmaster
  		Seal-US Postmaster Seal of the first Postmaster of the United States
  Military Draft Registration	1863	Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA   [5]
  	Draft Registration - Civil War
  Census	1880	Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Married to Ellen; Relation to Head: Self (Guardian of Sylvia Trask)
  Death	2 Apr 1899	Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Rose Hill Cemetery, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  	Joseph Staples is buried near his wives, Caroline and Ellen
  Person ID	I23627	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline Stinson,   b. 1829   d. 1 Jan 1874 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1855
  Family ID	F9567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Ellen Newman,   b. 28 Dec 1836, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 6 Jul 1912, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1874  [6]
  Children	1. Sylvia A Trask,   b. 30 Sep 1878, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1966, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: guardian]  [Mother: guardian]
  Family ID	F9568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Oct 1833 - Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA Elected - Appointed Postmaster - 10 Sep 1860 - Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - Civil War - 1863 - Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married to Ellen; Relation to Head: Self (Guardian of Sylvia Trask) - 1880 - Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 2 Apr 1899 - Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, STAPLES Joseph W 1833-1899. Son of Abel Staples (1785-1851) and Rebecca Whitmore (1792-1873). Joseph married Caroline Stinson (1829-1874) on 24 Dec 1855. Joseph married Ellen (Newman) Stanley (1836-1912), widow of John W. Stanley (1832-1866) on 31 Oct 1874. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120885196/joseph_w_staples [S403] Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 53. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 53 [S1638] Ancestry.com, U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 53; Archive Publication #: M841. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 53; Archive Publication #: M841 [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 297A; Enumeration District: 153. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 297A; Enumeration District: 153 [S1942] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha [S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, NEWMAN Ellen Staples 1836-1912. Ellen Newman Stanley Staples - Daughter of Thomas and Rhoda (Joy) Newman. Married John Stanley (1832-1866) abt. 1851. Ellen and John had two children: Winslow Deforest Stanley (1856-1925) Caroline A. Stanley (1860-1879) Married Joseph W. Staples (1833-1899) in 1874. Joseph and Ellen had no children of their own, but they raised Ellen's granddaughter, Sylvia Trask, after Ellen's daughter, Caroline Stanley Trask and son-in-law, Eugene Trask both died while Sylvia was quite young. Buried at Rosehill Cemetery, Swan's Island, Hancock, Maine, USA. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120884337/ellen-stanley_staples