_Bazil Zada STAPLETON _+
                                                              | (1801 - 1852) m 1830  
                                  _Zion STAPLETON ____________|
                                 | (1837 - 1888)              |
                                 |                            |_Mary Jane BOWEN ______+
                                 |                              (1812 - 1856) m 1830  
 _George B. McClellan STAPLETON _|
| (1861 - 1906)                  |
|                                |                             _Enoch AUXIER _________+
|                                |                            | (1795 - 1884)         
|                                |_Sarah Malissa Jane AUXIER _|
|                                  (1834 - 1920)              |
|                                                             |_Mary Ann VANHOOSE ____
|                                                               (1815 - 1890)         
|
|--Z. J. STAPLETON 
|  (1886 - 1900)
|                                                              _William Benton WARD __+
|                                                             | (1792 - 1855)         
|                                 _Andrew Jackson WARD _______|
|                                | (1836 - 1928)              |
|                                |                            |_Elizabeth MEEK _______+
|                                |                              (1803 - 1880)         
|_Emaline WARD __________________|
  (1864 - 1911)                  |
                                 |                             _______________________
                                 |                            |                       
                                 |_Lydia V. LITTERAL _________|
                                   (1843 - 1903)              |
                                                              |_______________________