_Joshua STAPLETON ________+
                                                        | (1767 - 1847) m 1800     
                        _Charles STAPLETON _____________|
                       | (1792 - 1878) m 1856           |
                       |                                |_Margaret CASTLE _________+
                       |                                  (1770 - 1860) m 1800     
 _John Alva STAPLETON _|
| (1860 - 1942) m 1881 |
|                      |                                 _Robert Sandord WILLIAMS _+
|                      |                                | (1788 - 1851)            
|                      |_Margaret Elizabeth WILLIAMS ___|
|                        (1819 - 1887) m 1856           |
|                                                       |_Mary HOSKINS ____________+
|                                                         (1786 - 1825)            
|
|--Sonnie STAPLETON 
|  (1906 - ....)
|                                                        __________________________
|                                                       |                          
|                       _Elias Harrison Harry MCKENZIE _|
|                      | (1843 - 1925)                  |
|                      |                                |__________________________
|                      |                                                           
|_Sarah Jane MCKENZIE _|
  (1863 - 1954) m 1881 |
                       |                                 _Henry Elias CANTRELL ____
                       |                                | (1806 - 1880)            
                       |_Rachel CANTRELL _______________|
                         (1849 - 1929)                  |
                                                        |_Rachel BLANTON __________+
                                                          (1810 - 1880)