Clarica C. Staples
1810 - 1887 (76 years)
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Name Clarica C. Staples Birth 18 Oct 1810 Amherst, Burke, North Carolina, United States 
Gender Female Death 1887 Sunbright, Morgan, Tennessee, United States 
Siblings3 Siblings Person ID I4474 Main Tree Last Modified 3 Feb 2018
Father John M Staples, b. 14 Sep 1757, Stapleton, Amherst, Virginia, United States d. 28 Jun 1837, Montgomery, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 79 years) Mother Elizabeth Upshaw, b. 1 Dec 1770, Bedford, Virginia, United States d. 24 Aug 1858, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 87 years) Marriage 19 Dec 1786 Buckingham, Virginia, United States Family ID F6423 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William M. "Billy" Summers, b. 27 Oct 1811, North Carolina, United States d. 29 Jun 1901, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 89 years) Marriage 22 Jul 1835 Morgan, Tennessee, United States Children 1. Lucinda Summers, b. 19 May 1837, Catoosa, Morgan, Tennessee, United States d. 19 May 1927, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 90 years)2. Benjamin Toliver Summers, b. 1838 d. 1923 (Age 85 years) 3. William Summers, b. 1843 d. 1863, Andersonville Confederate Prison, Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, United States (Age 20 years)4. David Summers, b. 1851 d. Yes, date unknown 5. Sarah Sallie Summers, b. 2 Sep 1851, Morgan, Tennessee, United States d. 29 Nov 1862, Sunbright, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 11 years)6. Susan Sallie Summers, b. Abt 1860, Morgan, Tennessee, United States d. 1927, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age ~ 67 years)Last Modified 24 Jun 2009 Family ID F1916 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 18 Oct 1810 - Amherst, Burke, North Carolina, United States 
Marriage - 22 Jul 1835 - Morgan, Tennessee, United States 
Death - 1887 - Sunbright, Morgan, Tennessee, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - From The Annals of our Colonial Ancestors, their descendants, ourGerman Forefathers and their Posterity compiled from the desk of HenrySummer, Letters, Records,Etc.................William married MissClaraca Staples, a daughter of Benjamin Toliver Staples (BenjaminToliver was actually her brother, not her father),son of John Stapleswho was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He served under GeorgeWashington.
Entries from Thomas Staples Bible Family Records:
Clarica Staples was born 18th October 1810
William Summer and Clarica Staples was married the 22 day July 1835.
Entry from the Journal Notes with the Thomas Staples Bible:
Clarrey Staples was Born Oct 19 1810. Unsure of spelling of her name,it maybe Clarissa. In Thomas Staples Family Bible it is spelledClarica in two separate entries, however, on a small note page entryit is clearly, Clarrey, which may have been a nickname and it isspelled as Clarrey in the war record of her father, John Staples.Although spelled Clarica in the Bible entries her name could have beenpronounced as Clarissa. Shown as Clarissa in the 1850 Morgan CountyCensus. Listed as Clarissa by several Staples researchers and asClerisy by some sources.
Clarica (Clarissa) C. Staples is buried in the Summer Cemetery -Sunbright, Morgan County, Tennessee. Location - West of Sunbright takeHwy 329 for app. .2 mile, bear right onto Hugh Jones Road, travel app..2 mile and turn right onto the V.F.W. Road. Travel app. 1/2 mile andturn left by the pond, known as the England place. The graves are onthe left after crossing the dam, among some trees. The stones arebadly misplaced and mangled among the undergrowth. Transcription: ?Clarrissia C., 19-1810, 1887, wife of William M.
- From The Annals of our Colonial Ancestors, their descendants, ourGerman Forefathers and their Posterity compiled from the desk of HenrySummer, Letters, Records,Etc.................William married MissClaraca Staples, a daughter of Benjamin Toliver Staples (BenjaminToliver was actually her brother, not her father),son of John Stapleswho was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He served under GeorgeWashington.