The Children of Lucy Barton and William Stapley

Lucy Ann Barton-Stapley

        Admittedly, I know much more about the Heaton side than the Stapley side. Edna Heaton Stapley wrote everything down about everything! We know much less about Blaine Stapley's family. But then a miracle happened. One of my Grandpa's cousins saw the blog and reached out to me. She shared pictures of my Great Grandad's siblings and mother. It has been so amazing to look at these pictures and get a sense of who they were.

Stapley Family

At Lucy's Funeral, the two boys in the front are Kent and Ron (Blaine's sons)

BTW- if any of the information is inaccurate, please let me know and I will fix it. Also at the end will be pictures that I'm not sure who is who. If you know please comment. Thank you!

Lucy Ann Barton was born on October 10, 1876 in Paragonah, Utah. Her parents were Joseph Penn Barton and Lucy Ann Butler. She was the 5th of 12 children. In 1897, she married William Francis Stapley. My Grandpa said that she did not have an easy life and that William Stapley had a habit of leaving for months on  end. Grandpa said that she was quiet, wished for a better education and loved her children very much.  She passed away on March 17, 1950.

Lucy and her sister Ada

Lucy at her Garden

Horseback Riding

I don't know much about William Stapley. He was born in 1870 and died in 1945. He was the son of Charles and Sarah Stapley. There is a blog post about them.

William and Lucy had 10 children and 8 survived to adulthood. 

1. Leo- the oldest was born in March, but passed away in September of 1898.

2. William Charles Stapley was born in March of 1899. He passed away when he was 18 because of a burst appendix.  

Earl, Bart, Blaine (in buggy), Will and Nita

William's Death Certificate

Earl and Sylvia 

Earl

Sylvia, Lucille, Unknown, Earl

 3. Joseph Earl Stapley, went by Earl. He was born in 1901 and died in 1981 in Ceder City. He married Sylvia Jones. 

Smith, Earl and Bart

4. Barton Andrew Stapley went by Bart. He was born in 1902 and died in 1976. He married Polly Lester and had three step children.

Bart

Bart

Bart and Polly

Bart and Family

Obit

5. Nita Stapley was born in 1905 and passed away on August 30, 1969. She was married twice and had four children and some step children from the second marrige. Her biography remembers-

"Her mother was an herbalist. She married Arnold Lowe, but he died of Tuberculosis when he was only 31 years old leaving her with four kids. The youngest, Lois, was only one year old. Nita was a master seamstress. She made all of their clothes and could make anything out of any kind of material. When her granddaughter Janice took an interest to sewing and would teach herself, she would help her when she would visit her. Nita made black licorice, gingersnaps, and loved to build huge cities out of cards. She was also a master storyteller. One time when Janice was visiting her, her cousin Mike played a trick on her cousin David. He told David to take Polly’s tail (Nita’s dairy cow, Aunt Polly) and go up and down up and down to get the milk out. Their dad, Uncle Allen was mad when he found out. When Janice was in 5th grade she would tell her Grandma Nita all her woes and she would take her side. Nita would whistle all of the time. She was happy and had a cheerful disposition. She was a good storyteller. One time she was riding her horse away from some Indians. She was holding a pail in her teeth and a knitting needle was poking into her leg, but she rode on. At Christmas she would dress up like Santa and give oranges out. She had open heart surgery when she was older." (Pictures, Nita as a young woman, Nita as an adult, Nita and her Mother, Nita and her husband John.)

Blaine

Blaine and Edna

6. Blaine Stapley (My Great Grandpa) was born in 1909 and died in 1996. I have a vivid memory of him. I walked into the kitchen in their home in Ceder City and he was sitting on the chair and he made a funny face at me. I laughed. We ate outside and there was chicken and corn on the cob. Blaine married Edna Heaton and they had 3 kids. My Grandpa is his second oldest son. He was a plumber by trade and was an all around good guy. He helped to build Zion National Park during the Depression and was thrilled to serve a mission with my Great Grandma in San Diego. 

Always trying to make people laugh.

Blaine and his family

7. Lucille Stapley was born in 1913 and died in 1997. She married Reuben Pectol in 1932, and he died in 1935. She then married Marvin Jensen. (Pics, Her with Marvin, her with her mom, Lucille and her with Reuben.)

8. Frank B. Stapley was born in 1915 and died in 2002.  He married Lucille Robbins and after she died in 1980, he married Ruth Baker. Pics- Right Frank Stapley, Above- Frank and Lu and Frank and Ruth

 9. Lolene Stapley was born in 1917 and died in 2004. She married Russell Theodore Schenck in 1937.

10. J Smith Stapley- went by Smith. He was in the Navy during World War 2. He was a geologist and some of his rocks are in University Collections. He hated hypocrites. He was born in 1920 and died in 1997 and married Lura McConnell. His daughter sent me many of these pictures to which I am very thankful.

Smith, Frank, their wives and mother

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