Benjamin Gladney Stapleton
- Born: 25 Jan 1870, Borden, Colorado County, Texas 1
- Marriage (1): Cora Davis
- Marriage (2): Georgia Johnson
- Died: 27 Dec 1952, Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas at age 82 1 2
- Buried: 30 Dec 1952, Lakeside Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas 1 3
Cause of his death was coronary occlusion due to coronary insufficiency.1
General Notes:
Ben G. Stapleton, 82, Borden Native, Buried, Eagle Lake
Funeral services for Ben G. Stapleton, 82, native of Borden and lifelong resident of this county, were held December 29 at Eagle Lake, with burial in Lakeside Cemetery there.
Mr. Stapleton, brother of the late Mike Stapleton of Borden, who died in 1947, died at his home in Eagle Lake shortly after a heart attack December 27.
Born January 25, 1870, he was the son of Seaborn and Kathryn Stapleton.
Survivors include four sons, Ben and Dale of Eagle Lake, Cook of El Campo, and Warrant Officer F. B. Stapleton, stationed at Joliet, Illinois, six daughters, Mrs. Don Sims, Mrs. Arthur Hunt and Mrs. G. I. Jennings of Houston, Mrs. Oscar Smith of Highlands, Mrs. H. H. Rowe, Jr. of South Carolina and Mrs. Gordon Birdwell of Eagle Lake; 21 grandchildren, four sisters and two brothers.
One of the sons, Warrant Officer F. B. Stapleton, had spent Christmas Day at Eagle Lake and was on his way back to Illinois when the death occurred.
Weimar Mercury, January 9, 1953
Benjamin married Cora Davis. (Cora Davis was born in Nov 1870 in Texas, died in 1901 and was buried in Borden Cemetery, Colorado County, Texas 4.)
Benjamin next married Georgia Johnson. (Georgia Johnson was born on 20 Aug 1879, died on 25 Dec 1918 and was buried in Hahn Cemetery, Wharton County, Texas 5.)
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