Robert H. Stapleton
- Born: 1828, Inch, Wexford, Ireland 1487
- Marriage: María Paula Antonia Baca on 18 Jan 1858 in San Miguel del Soccoro, Valencia, Soccoro New México Territory 1487
- Died: 8 Jul 1891, Socorro, Socorro, New México Territory at age 63 1487
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 1487
Robert Stapleton immigrated from Liverpool, England to the United States aboard the Manchester on 25 Sep 1846. He enlisted in the army at Jefferson Barraks, Missouri on 19 Mar 1849, and was made a Colonel in the US Militia on 7 Dec 1861. He was described as having Black hair & eyes, with a dark complexion and five feet eleven inches tall. He was present at the Battle of Valverde, which took place during the Civil War on 18 Jun 1854. Later in his life he had been an owner of a Hotel and a Mercantile Store in Socorro, as well as serving as a memeber of the New Mexico House of Legislative Assembly in 1866.
~ Herencia, Vol. IV Issue IV, October 1999
Robert married María Paula Antonia Baca, daughter of Pedro Antonio Baca and María Guadalupe Torres, on 18 Jan 1858 in San Miguel del Soccoro, Valencia, Soccoro New México Territory.1487 (María Paula Antonia Baca was born on 14 Jan 1841 in LaParida, New Mexico, New Mexico Territory 14, baptized on 16 Jan 1841 in San Miguel del Soccoro, Valencia, Soccoro New México Territory 14 and died in 1885 in Río Abajo, New México Territory.)
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