Alonzo Stapleton

   Cause of his death was Chronic Interstitial nephritis.

  General Notes:

Alonzo's parents appear to be Charles and Lucy Stapleton from Virginia:
The 1850 Federal Census for Jackson Township, Champaign, Ohio, page 473B records Gordon Stapleton (36 - Ohio) with his wife Sarah A. Stapleton (21 - Ohio) and children Catherine Stapleton (3) and Maria Stapleton (1) living next door to Charles(68 - VA) and Lucy (67 - VA) Stapleton and their daughter, Rhoda Stapleton (40 - Ohio).

The 1860 Federal Census for Jackson Township, Champaign, Ohio, Champaign P. O. records Alonzo Stapleton (2) living in a dwelling with many different people, most of whom are probably family. The people in dwelling #825 are listed in order as follows: G. Stapleton (40), S. A. Stapleton (35), Cath Stapleton (13), Mariah Stapleton (11), J. W. Stapleton (9), Caleb Stapleton (8), Lucy Stapleton (5), C. B. Morris (42), Mary Morris (30), W. H. Shelby (8), Abrabella Morris (3), Alonzo Stapleton (2), William Stapleton (45 - school teacher). Nearby are other Morris and Stapleton families.


The 1880 Federal Census for Pike Township, Clarke Co., Ohio, District 41 records Alonzo Stapleton (21) as a servant and farm laborer in the home of William and Charlotte Gundolf.

The death certificate of Emma Cramer records her husband as Alonzo Stapleton. The 1916 death certificate for Catherine Cramer, Alonzo Stapleton's mother-in-law, records the informant as A. L. Stapleton.

  Medical Notes:

Interstitial nephritis is a form of nephritis affecting the interstitium of the kidneys surrounding the tubules. This disease can be either acute, which means it occurs suddenly or chronic, meaning it is ongoing and eventually ending in kidney failure.

From www.familysearch.org
Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953
Name: Alonzo Stapleton
Death date: 07 Jan 1929
Death place: Jefferson Twp., Montgomery, Ohio
Informant: Emma Stapleton [wife]
Birth date: 12 May 1858
Birth place: Addinson, Dark (sic), Ohio [Clarke Co., Ohio]
Age at death: 70 years 7 months 25 days
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Race or color: American
Street address: 1617 E. Third St.
Occupation: Plaster Contractor
Burial date: 10 Jan 1929
Cemetery name: Memorial Park
Spouse name: Emma
Father name: Gordon Stapleton
Father titles:
Father birth place: Darke Co., Ohio
Mother name: Sarah Roll
Mother titles:
Mother birth place: New Carlisle, Ohio
GSU film number: 1991723
Digital GS number: 4022231
Image number: 1759
Reference number: fn 8155

Alonzo married Emma Cramer/Creamer, daughter of David R. Cramer/Creamer and Catherine Lawson, circa 1883 in Ohio. (Emma Cramer/Creamer was born on 23 Jun 1866 in Peoria, Illinois, died on 8 Feb 1935 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio and was buried on 11 Feb 1935 in Memorial Park, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio.) The cause of her death was Coronary Embolus.