Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Applegate , John 1953
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Independent Enterprise 9-3-1953
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, September 3, 1953

John Applegate Dies After Spending Entire Life In Payette Area

Payette county lost another of its pioneers during the past week at the death 
of John H. Applegate, 89. He had been a resident of the area since 1864 when 
he was brought here by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Applegate.

At the time he was brought to the area, there was no community of Payette and 
the bed of the Payette river where Highway 52 now crosses was narrow enough to 
jump across. He lived on the ranch now owned by Tom Pence and was later a 
homesteader on Big Willow. His place there is now owned by Cliff Barker.

Mr. Applegate lived on his Big Willow ranch until moving to New Plymouth in 
1917. He moved to Payette in 1944. His wife died in 1948 and he had lived 
alone in Payette since that time. His family, many of them local residents, 
feted him on his birthday with a major celebration until a few years ago.

He had been a member of the Baptist church.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harry Pence and Mrs. Nellie Ferguson, both 
of Payette; two sons, James and Sam Applegate, both of Payette; one sister, 
Mrs. Mary Wilson of Payette; two half sisters, Mrs. Ruth Vance of Portland and 
Mrs. Fay Wells of Payette, 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 1 
great-great-grandchild.

Services were held Monday morning at the Shaffer Memory chapel in Payette with 
the Rev. Stanley Andrews and the Rev. Dallas McNeil officiating. Interment 
followed at Kennedy-Applegate cemetery near New Plymouth.

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