Noble County IN Archives Biographies.....Applegate, James M. October 23, 1829 - January 19, 1879
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Author: Counties of Whitley and Noble Indiana 1882

Green Township Noble County Indiana
James M. Appolegate [deceased], was a native of Richland County, Ohio, born 
October 23, 1829, a son of Isaac and Sarah [Davis] Applegate, and one of five 
children.  At the age of twenty, he came to Indiana with his brother to teach 
school, commencing in Green Township, and following this calling through eleven 
winters in his neighborhood, where he won many friends, being temperate and an 
exemplary citizen.  He was a Republican, and held several township offices.  
While serving in the army, he contracted sickness which resulted in his death, 
January 19, 1879.  May 4, 1851, Mr. Applegate was married to Miss Sophronia 
Gray, the daughter of Samuel and Ruth [Leech] Gray.  She was born in Knox 
County, Ohio, February 17, 1831, and came to Noble County with her parents in 
1835, and assisted at the spinning wheel and other domestic duties.  She 
received the common education of her girlhood days.  Mr. and Mrs. Applegate 
were favored by the birth of seven children -- Orlando [deceased], Manuel J., 
Harvey [deceased], Laura J. [now the wife of O. Fulk], Florence, Clara G. and 
Firmer.  Mrs. Applegate is still living on the old farm, consisting of 158 
acres, and has the esteem and respect of a large circle of friends.

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