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Daniel Wiggins Applegate
1768–1826
BIRTH 1768 • Albany County, New York, USA
DEATH 11 FEBRUARY 1826 • Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Based on the Applegate Genealogy Web Site, Daniel got married in Fayette Co., KY in 1790. He had a 50 acre farm in Franklin Co., KY until 1797. He then was in Carroll Co.,KY in 1802.

Daniel and his family moved to Henry County, KY about 1808 as there is a record that he was fined 15 shillings and detained 3 hours in jail on February 4, 1808 for cursing in the Henry County, Kentucky Court. On September 30, 1821, he was given permission by the Henry County, Kentucky court to keep a tavern in his house for one year. The following year he moved his family to St. Louis, Missouri.

Daniel Applegate was born in New Jersey in 1768. Although he was only a very young boy during the Revolutionary period, he served as a fifer and drummer under Capt. Ballard and Col. Shrove. He also received the rank of private, presumably at the very close of the war as he would have only been 17 or 18 when the conflict ended.

After the war he married Rachel Lindsay, and they had 5 children. The family lived in Virginia for a number of years and then moved to Shelby County, Kentucky. Finally they came to Missouri in 1822, being one of the earliest pioneer families in St. Clair County. Daniel’s sons, Jesse, Charles, and Lisbon later migrated to Oregon.

Daniel Applegate did receive a pension from New Jersey for his war service. Although most of his time in Missouri was spent in St. Clair County, he died in 1826 at St. Louis, Missouri at age 58 and was buried there.

Married:

Rachael Lindsey
1769–1816
BIRTH 10 JUN 1769 • Lindsay Station, Kty
DEATH 1816 • St Louis, Missouri

and with an unknown wife had a son:

Charles Applegate
1806–1879
BIRTH 24 JAN 1806 • New Castle, Henry, Kentucky, United States
DEATH 9 AUG 1879 • Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, United States

Married:

Melinda Miller
1812–1888
BIRTH 31 MAR 1812 • Claiborne, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 29 JANUARY 1888 • Yoncalla, Douglas County, Oregon, USA

Daughter of Charles and Melinda:

Susan Applegate
1831–1907
BIRTH 25 MAY 1831 • Cole, Missouri, United States
DEATH 30 DEC 1907 • Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, United States

Married:

Robert Smith
1822–1888
BIRTH 18 FEB 1822 • Allegheny, Virginia, USA
DEATH 5 MAY 1888 • Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon

Son of Susan and Robert:

Robert Franklin Smith
1857–1929
BIRTH 3 APRIL 1857 • Umpqua, Douglas, Oregon, USA
DEATH 21 APR 1929 • Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA

Married:

Annie Irene Byrd
1866–1935
BIRTH 04 JAN 1866 • Seattle, King, Washington
DEATH 23 FEB 1935 • Coquille, Coos, Oregon

Daugher of Robert and Annie:

Ruth M Smith
1890–1975
BIRTH 10 JUNE 1890 • Whitman County, Washington, USA
DEATH 18 FEBRUARY 1975 • Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA

Married:

Joseph Eugene Axtell
1889–1945
BIRTH 04 MAY 1889 • Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, USA
DEATH 28 JUN 1945 • Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, United States of America

Daughter or Joseph and Ruth:

Jane Elizabeth Axtell
1920–1995
BIRTH 3 FEB 1920 • Lewiston, Idaho
DEATH 17 JUN 1995 • Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon

Married:

Richard Manning Wallace
1914–1995
BIRTH 28 MAY 1914 • Seattle, King, Washington, USA
DEATH 18 MAR 1995 • Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, USA

Son: Robert J. Wallace
Daughter: Susan E. Arney

I have traced the paternal linage back to my great-great-great grandfather. Most of this came from the family Bible and was cross checked with records available on the web. My maternal lineage goes further back and can be seen here.

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I think it is ironic that the people you spend most of your life knowing, i.e. your parents are often the people you know the least about. I can’t say if that is true in general, but with my parents, and my knowledge of their life, it has been. I know very little of their early years, and even of the years I grew up, my knowledge of them is just about the relationship with myself. I know very little of the relationships, the hopes, and the disappointments they felt, those things that are common in everyone ’s life. It was because of this I asked my mother to tell me about her life. I asked her to start to write down her memories. It was apparently difficult for her to do. But she made an effort. I kept at her to keep writing. This is the result. As I discover old photographs of her, and her sister and brother, this story helps those photos come alive. I don’t think she understood how important it was to me to know who she was as a person, rather than as a mother. And while I wish I had more of her story, I am grateful to her for what she was able to give.

Robert Wallace

Crickets, birds singing, and wind. I love being out of the city.

My cousin Andrew rents out accommodations to hunters (deer, bird, big horn sheep).  The ranch is the “White Elephant ranch” just outside of Condon Oregon. Below are some photos:

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