Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: David Salvadore HAPTONSTALL

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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DAVID SALVADORE HAPTONSTALL - is grandson of Isaac H. HAPTONSTALL who 
came from New York State to Greenbrier County at a very early date, 
in the year 1771, and whose son Isaac, father of David S., was born 
near White Sulphur Springs, this county. Isaac HAPTONSTALL married 
Cynthia B. CARPENTER, who was born in North Carolina, and their son 
David S. was born in Greenbrier County, June 23, 1827. Isaac HAPTONSTALL 
died May 5, 1868, and his widow died May 3, 1874. David S. HAPTONSTALL 
was joined in wedlock with Mary Ann Libby ERWIN, in Irish Corner, 
June 22, 1869, and their children were six, of whom five are living 
at home, and one is deceased. Samuel M. was born March 27, 1870; 
Franklin A., July 11, 1872; Sallie E., January 15, 1875; Calvin 
Willard, January 20, 1877, died May 3rd following; Margaret Susan, 
May 10, 1879; Elizabeth J., November 6, 1882. James and Margaret 
(PRICE) ERWIN were the parents of Mary A. L., born in Irish Corner, 
March 15, 1847, who became the wife of D. S. HAPTONSTALL. Her father 
was born in this district, her mother's birth was in the year 1825, 
and both are living at Irish Corner. David S. HAPTONSTALL was one of 
the most popular militia officers Greenbrier County ever had. He was 
commissioned major of the 135th Virginia Militia, by John B. Floyd, 
governor of Virginia, and held the office a number of years. He 
combines the avocations of farm life with the trade of a mason 
and plasterer, and his post office address is Monroe Draft, 
Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.