This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Staples Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UEB.2ACE/427.1 Message Board Post: I was at the probate office in Skowhegan today (Somerset County) and I checked their records for your query. I did find a record of the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Ruth Staples of Flagstaff, d. 23 Sept 1873. The fiche was very faded and hard to read, but I did make a copy of it. It listed the surviving children and I could make out most, but not all, of the names. Among them was a Noah B. Staples and what looked like Rutha Sanborn. If this helps, contact me separately and I'll give you the rest of the details. Unfortunately, there was no mention of parentage for the deceased.