Americus Bonaparte Maples

Americus Bonaparte was born on March 23rd, 1818 in Tennessee.¹   Americus Bonaparte's father was Jesse Maples and his mother was Jemimah.  His paternal grandparents were Josiah Maples and Ruthea Sweeney. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Alexander Preston, James Gunter, William Atchley, Anderson, Martha, Rachel and Sarah.  He was the second oldest of the eight children. He had two half-brothers named ANDERSON and Andrew Jackson.  He died at the age of 59 on June 30th, 1877.¹