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William Francis "Frank" Staples (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1840-10-18 d. 1909-02-23

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of R. T. Staples and Catharine Staples. Resident in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a wagoner from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863. Reported as deserted on November 13, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 5A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 158.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 1B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia District, p. 24B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0268.

"William Francis Staples (1840-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89319274, accessed November 22, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89319274.

KYR-0001-003-0014.

Citation

Staples, William Francis "Frank". Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199407 (November 12, 2026).

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