Compatriot Dirk A. Stapleton lives in Kansas City, MO. He joined the Sons
of the American Revolution on January 28, 2002 as a Member of the Harry S. Truman Chapter. His application was signed
by Robert L. Grover. Compatriot
Stapleton is currently serving in the United States Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel with 22 years of service.
Ancestry: Christian Specht is listed in the SAR book page 927, as serving in Pennsylvania as a
Private from Captain Missimer's Company, 4th Battalion, from Philadelphia County, PA.
His wife, Barbara Sensendorfer, is the daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier Martin Sensendorfer.
Christian Specht is listed in the DAR as born 27 December 1758; died 9 March 1837; 1st wife Barbara
Sensendorfer.
Christian Specht (son of Conrad Specht and Barbara (Boyer) Specht was born 27 December 1758
and died 9 March 1837. He married Barbara Sensendorfer, daughter of (Martin Sensendorfer). Barbara Sensendorfer
died in 1827.
Descendants of Christian Specht
1 Christian Specht 1758 - 1837
.. +Barbara Sensendorfer 1763 - 1827
........ 2 Joseph Specht
1790 - 1854
............ +Susanna Keller - 1832
................... 3 Elizabeth
Specht 1828 - 1903
....................... +William Stapleton 1816 - 1899
............................. 4 Elmer Ellsworth
Stapleton 1861 - 1941
................................. +Elizabeth Merk 1865 - 1949
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5 William (Ed) Stapleton 1892 - 1963
............................................ +Mary Lucille Schlerth 1892 - 1963
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6 Alexander Albert Stapleton 1931 - 1962
.........................................................+ Donna Mae Harrier 1933
- .............................................................. 7 Dirk Albert Stapleton 1959 - ...................................................................+
Laura Lynette Kelley 1965 - ........................................................................ 8 Victoria
Lynette Stapleton 1995 -