Evelyn Applegate

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CAPTAIN ANDREW JACKSON APPLEGATE was a familiar gfigure on the Jersey coast. He wasa a master mariner, and commanded his own schooner. His knowledge of the tides, currents, rocks, bays, and inlets of his native state was unexcelled, and his name carried weight in shipping circles. He was a landsman only to the extent of owning a store on the beach at Sea Bright, where he sold fishinmg outfits.
Captain Applegate, as his name denotes, came from a very old family. He was born August 27, 1857, in Prospect Plains, and was a son of Andrew and Mary Ann (Jobbs) Applegate. John Applegate was his bhrother. He received his early education in the public schools od Long Branch, whither his family had moved when he was eight years of age. Four years later he became a resident of Sea Bright and lived there up to the time of his untimely death. He was an active member of the Methodist Church in Sea Bright, and as a Democrat was well known in New Jersey political circles. Captain Applegate was well known among yachtsmen. He sailed on Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht, “Shamrock,” as an advisor. He was also well known as a crack shot. He was killed September 12, 1921, by accident, on the railway crossing at Sea Bright, he being run over by an express train.
He married Susan C. Brehm, of Westchester, New york, November 21, 1878, in North Long branch. Three children: 1. Howard, born May 19, 1884, in Sea Brigght, New Jersaey; was awarded a medal on August 15, 1905, when he was twenty-one years old, for saving the lives of three persons whopm he brought in from the yacht “Danielson,” when it was wrecked on the Jersey coast; Howard Applegate married Teresa Slocum, and has two daughters, Evelyn and Helen. 2. Charlotte L., now Mrs. Robertson. 3. Alfred, born in Sea Bright, October 19, 1891; and served in the United States navy during the World War.

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