55yrs 6mos 7days. Son of Samuel G. and Caroline DeJarnette Staples. Husband of Olivia Benson Staples. He had been a lawyer and a judge.
Obituary from the March 22, 1027 Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.):
FORMER JURIST IS DEAD OF FLU----Waller Redd Staples Passes Away at Home Near Hollins---Roanoke, Va., March 21---Judge Waller Redd Staples, 55, a prominent attorney of Roanoke, died this morning about 10 o´çlock at his home near Hollins, Va. after a weeks illness. He died of influenza and pneumonia.
Judge Staples had been associate trial counsel of the Norfolk and Western Railway since November 1, 1922, and prior to that time had been a practicing attorney in Roanoke. He serve six years as judge of the Corporation (now Hustings) Court in this city and presided at the trials of the Allen clan at Hillsville, which created such widespread interest a number of years ago.
Surviving Judge Staples are his widow, Mrs. Olivia Benson Staples, who before her marriage was Miss Olivia Benson Trout; one daughter, Miss Olivia Staples, who is a teacher in the local schools, and one son, William D. Staples, who is a student at Princeton University.
Judge Staples was born Sept. 14, 1871 in Stuart, Patrick Co., Va., and was educated in the private schools of Patrick County. He attended Washington and Lee University one or two years, and later attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied engineering. He was engaged in engineering work with the United States government for a time in the land office and also worked in the Land Office Bureau in Washington, D.C. for a while.
While in Washington, he studied law at the National University, and was admitted to the bar at Lynchburg in 1898. He practiced law in Lynchburg for a few years, and went from there to Maryville, W. Va., where he formed a partnership with his cousin, Bruce Hunt.
These men returned to Roanoke in 1905, and organized the law firm of Hunt & Staples. In 1908, Mr. Staples was elected to the judgeship of the local Corporation Court by the Virginia Legislature to succeed the late Judge John W. Woods. Judge Staples resigned this position on August 1.¨
Obituary from the March 22, 1027 Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.):
FORMER JURIST IS DEAD OF FLU----Waller Redd Staples Passes Away at Home Near Hollins---Roanoke, Va., March 21---Judge Waller Redd Staples, 55, a prominent attorney of Roanoke, died this morning about 10 o´çlock at his home near Hollins, Va. after a weeks illness. He died of influenza and pneumonia.
Judge Staples had been associate trial counsel of the Norfolk and Western Railway since November 1, 1922, and prior to that time had been a practicing attorney in Roanoke. He serve six years as judge of the Corporation (now Hustings) Court in this city and presided at the trials of the Allen clan at Hillsville, which created such widespread interest a number of years ago.
Surviving Judge Staples are his widow, Mrs. Olivia Benson Staples, who before her marriage was Miss Olivia Benson Trout; one daughter, Miss Olivia Staples, who is a teacher in the local schools, and one son, William D. Staples, who is a student at Princeton University.
Judge Staples was born Sept. 14, 1871 in Stuart, Patrick Co., Va., and was educated in the private schools of Patrick County. He attended Washington and Lee University one or two years, and later attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied engineering. He was engaged in engineering work with the United States government for a time in the land office and also worked in the Land Office Bureau in Washington, D.C. for a while.
While in Washington, he studied law at the National University, and was admitted to the bar at Lynchburg in 1898. He practiced law in Lynchburg for a few years, and went from there to Maryville, W. Va., where he formed a partnership with his cousin, Bruce Hunt.
These men returned to Roanoke in 1905, and organized the law firm of Hunt & Staples. In 1908, Mr. Staples was elected to the judgeship of the local Corporation Court by the Virginia Legislature to succeed the late Judge John W. Woods. Judge Staples resigned this position on August 1.¨
55yrs 6mos 7days. Son of Samuel G. and Caroline DeJarnette Staples. Husband of Olivia Benson Staples. He had been a lawyer and a judge.
Obituary from the March 22, 1027 Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.):
FORMER JURIST IS DEAD OF FLU----Waller Redd Staples Passes Away at Home Near Hollins---Roanoke, Va., March 21---Judge Waller Redd Staples, 55, a prominent attorney of Roanoke, died this morning about 10 o´çlock at his home near Hollins, Va. after a weeks illness. He died of influenza and pneumonia.
Judge Staples had been associate trial counsel of the Norfolk and Western Railway since November 1, 1922, and prior to that time had been a practicing attorney in Roanoke. He serve six years as judge of the Corporation (now Hustings) Court in this city and presided at the trials of the Allen clan at Hillsville, which created such widespread interest a number of years ago.
Surviving Judge Staples are his widow, Mrs. Olivia Benson Staples, who before her marriage was Miss Olivia Benson Trout; one daughter, Miss Olivia Staples, who is a teacher in the local schools, and one son, William D. Staples, who is a student at Princeton University.
Judge Staples was born Sept. 14, 1871 in Stuart, Patrick Co., Va., and was educated in the private schools of Patrick County. He attended Washington and Lee University one or two years, and later attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied engineering. He was engaged in engineering work with the United States government for a time in the land office and also worked in the Land Office Bureau in Washington, D.C. for a while.
While in Washington, he studied law at the National University, and was admitted to the bar at Lynchburg in 1898. He practiced law in Lynchburg for a few years, and went from there to Maryville, W. Va., where he formed a partnership with his cousin, Bruce Hunt.
These men returned to Roanoke in 1905, and organized the law firm of Hunt & Staples. In 1908, Mr. Staples was elected to the judgeship of the local Corporation Court by the Virginia Legislature to succeed the late Judge John W. Woods. Judge Staples resigned this position on August 1.¨
Obituary from the March 22, 1027 Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.):
FORMER JURIST IS DEAD OF FLU----Waller Redd Staples Passes Away at Home Near Hollins---Roanoke, Va., March 21---Judge Waller Redd Staples, 55, a prominent attorney of Roanoke, died this morning about 10 o´çlock at his home near Hollins, Va. after a weeks illness. He died of influenza and pneumonia.
Judge Staples had been associate trial counsel of the Norfolk and Western Railway since November 1, 1922, and prior to that time had been a practicing attorney in Roanoke. He serve six years as judge of the Corporation (now Hustings) Court in this city and presided at the trials of the Allen clan at Hillsville, which created such widespread interest a number of years ago.
Surviving Judge Staples are his widow, Mrs. Olivia Benson Staples, who before her marriage was Miss Olivia Benson Trout; one daughter, Miss Olivia Staples, who is a teacher in the local schools, and one son, William D. Staples, who is a student at Princeton University.
Judge Staples was born Sept. 14, 1871 in Stuart, Patrick Co., Va., and was educated in the private schools of Patrick County. He attended Washington and Lee University one or two years, and later attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied engineering. He was engaged in engineering work with the United States government for a time in the land office and also worked in the Land Office Bureau in Washington, D.C. for a while.
While in Washington, he studied law at the National University, and was admitted to the bar at Lynchburg in 1898. He practiced law in Lynchburg for a few years, and went from there to Maryville, W. Va., where he formed a partnership with his cousin, Bruce Hunt.
These men returned to Roanoke in 1905, and organized the law firm of Hunt & Staples. In 1908, Mr. Staples was elected to the judgeship of the local Corporation Court by the Virginia Legislature to succeed the late Judge John W. Woods. Judge Staples resigned this position on August 1.¨
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