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| 8. | William Applegate was born 17 Aug 1845, Cedar County, Iowa, USA (son of Jacob Dailey Applegate and Mary Ann Elizabeth Skinner); died 05 Jun 1943, Camas, Washington, USA. Other Events:
- Voress Number: 5F1B1E3
- Residence: 1850, Pioneer Township, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
William married Ellen Madora Loupee 23 Jun 1872, Toledo, Tama County, Iowa, USA. Ellen was born 1855, Michigan, USA; died 23 Feb 1923, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. | Ellen Madora Loupee was born 1855, Michigan, USA; died 23 Feb 1923, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA. Notes:
William E. Applegate, liveryman at Toledo, was born in Cedar county, Iowa, August 17, 1847. His parents were Jacob W. and Mary Ann Applegate, natives of Indiana, where the father was reared on a farm. When William was five years of age, his parents came to Tama county, where the father engaged in buying and selling land for a few years, then settled on a farm in Indian Village township, and followed farming until the breaking out of the Rebellion. The father enlisted in Company C, 10th Iowa Infantry and died of smallpox in Washington hospital, at Memphis, Tennessee. The mother afterward married Samuel Jones and is now living in Fort Madison, Lee county, this state. Williamk was reared in Tama county and at the age of ten years hired to A. Richardson and worked on a farm until 1863. That year he enlisted in Company I, 8th Iowa Cavalry, went south to Nashville, and was with General Sherman until the capture of Atlanta. His company was then placed under General Thomas in the campaign against Nashville. Mr. Applegate participated in the following battles: Dalton, Stony Face, Tilton, Resaca, Cassville, Burnt Hickory, Marietta, Newman, Georgia, and Lovejoy Station. He was taken prisoner at Lovejoy Station, but escaped in about three hours, and rejoined the remnant of his Regiment at Kingston, Georgia. The Regiment was re-organized and placed again under the command of General Thomas, participated in the battles of Nashville, Franklin, Shoal Creek and West Point. He wasa mustered out of service at Macon and discharged at Clinton, Iowa. Mr. Applegate then came to Toledo, Tama county, Iowa, and attended school for about bone year; then worked at different occupations until 1876, when he went into partnership with C.F. McGee in the livery business. This partnership continued until August 1?, 1878, when the firm was changed to McGee, Applegate & Ross, which was continued until September, 1880, when McGee withdrew. In November, 1881, Mr. Applegate bought the interest of Ross and has since bgeen the sole proprietor. June 20, 1872, he was married to Miss E.M. Loupee, a native of Michigan, and a daughter of Louis and Phoebe (Brown) Loupee. They have two children living: Lewis, born February 6, 1880 and Edna May, born January 4th, 1883. Freddie died September 11, 1876, aged three and a half years; and Allie died Septyember 29, 1876, aged about two years and Jessie died December 15, 1880, aged three and a half years. They all died of diphtheria. In politics Mr. Applegate is a Republican, and cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln.
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