| 1. | Edwin Ruthven Applegate was born 03 Jan 1841, Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio, USA; died 04 Jan 1919, Verona, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA. Other Events:
- Voress Number: 1D3A5G6
- Residence: 1850, Brown County, Ohio, USA
- Occupation: 1900
- Residence: 1900, McDonald Township, Barry County, Missouri, USA
Notes:
CAPTAIN EDWIN RUTHVEN APPLEGATE.
Captain Applegate is a native of the state, of Ohio, having been born in Brown county in that state on the 3d of January, 1841. He is the son of J. C. W. Applegate and Zylpha Ann (Potter) Applegate. Both these parents were born in Ocean county, New Jersey, the father in 1810 and the mother in 1812. They remained in Ocean county until after their marriage, when they moved to Brown county, Ohio, in the early thirties. Here the father followed the trade of a carpenter, and also dealt largely in horses. It was his practice to gather a herd of horses, and drive them across country to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for sale. In 1855 the family moved to Lawrence county, Illinois, where the father continued to work at his trade. The mother died in Lawrence county, Illinois, in 1870 after which the father made his home with his son, Charles Albert, in Chicago, and died in that city in 1894.
Captain Applegate received his education in the schools of Cincinnati, Ohio. He remained in his father's home until the outbreak of the rebellion. Then the call to arms of President Abraham Lincoln at once attracted the young man,. and on May 19th, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighth Regiment Illinois Infantry. This was one of the regiments which responded to the first call for volunteers, and was enlisted for three months. As matters turned out this short enlistment was to lead the young soldier into the entire period of conflict between North and South, and into many more battles than most men ever lived to tell about.
Mr. Applegate received his discharge from this first service on the 20th of August, 1861. He had evidently made up his mind to see the thing through, for on the same day he again enrolled himself among the defenders of the Union. This time he became a member of the Eleventh Missouri Infantry. On June 30th, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. In less than a year after, be was again promoted, this time to be captain, his commission bearing date of May 22, 1863. The company which he commanded was Company H, of the Eleventh Missouri, in which he enlisted the second time.
Few indeed of the millions who fought in that great war had as strenuous, experiences as Captain Applegate. More than forty battles, great and small, form the list of engagements in which he shared, and among them some of which the names will be remembered as long as the United States continue to exist. For instance, among them appear such names as these: Fredricktown; Island Number Ten; New Madrid; Point Pleasant; Farmington, on both May 9th and 20th; Corinth, in both the great battles at that point; Siege of Vicksburg; Mechanicsburg; Richmond, Louisiana; Holly Springs,. Mississippi; Tupelo; Nashville, Tennessee; Spanish Fort, at Mobile, Alabama; and Fort Blakely. It is one of those wonderful things that sometimes happen in war, that during all this long series of battles Captain Applegate escaped without a serious wound, and was never taken prisoner. He served until the 15th of January, 1866, when he received an honorable discharge. This was at St. Louis, Missouri. He then returned to his former home, Sumner, Illinois, where he clerked for some time. He then followed the business of buying and selling agricultural implements until 1871. At that date he moved to St. Louis and kept books for Payne Moody & Company for three years. Then for two years he was in Dakota Territory, but finding the winters too severe he turned his face southward and landed in Lawrence county, Missouri, in 1889. He bought a farm in Barry county at that time but never farmed it, for he soon entered the, United States revenue service, and has continued in that line ever since. He is at present one of the government gaugers.
Mr. Applegate was first married in 1870 to Miss Louisa A. Brumfield. She was the daughter, of T. J. Brumfield, a farmer who came to Lawrence county, in 1876, and located in Mount Pleasant township. He Afterwards, in 1886, moved to Barry county, where he worked a farm in McDonald township until his death in 1892. To Mr. Applegate's first marriage was born one son, Walter, who did not live. Mrs. Applegate died in 1873. In 1874 Mr. Applegate again married, his wife being Miss Laura Brumfield, a sister of his first wife. To this union were born four children: Laura, wife of U. C. Davenport, a stock dealer of Barry county, Missouri; Ruth, married R. D. Snow a farmer also of Barry county; Donald, who married Ethel Maxwell, of Barry county, and makes his home in Leavenworth, Washington.
The second Mrs. Applegate passed away in 1908, at Verona. The following year Mr. Applegate married Mary E. Ashley, a native of Arcola, Illinois, where she was.born on the 19th of October, 1857.
Captain Applegate is a prominent Mason, being a member of the lodge of A. F. & A. M. Also to Rosecroix chapter of the Scottish Rite. With his army record he is of course a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He also holds membership in the Eastern Star, of which his wife is also a member. Mr. Applegate was at one time the president of the bank of Verona. His wife belongs to the Presbyterian church, and he is an attendant and a contributor at the same.
Occupation:
Store Keeper
Edwin — Mary E ?. [Group Sheet]
Edwin married Louise A Brumfield 20 Jan 1870. Louise (daughter of T J Brumfield) died May 1872. [Group Sheet]
Edwin married Laura B Brumfield 01 Jan 1873, Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois, USA. Laura (daughter of T J Brumfield) was born Apr 1852, Kentucky, USA; died 28 May 1908, Verona, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]
|
1841 - 1919 (78 years)