Lewis F Applegate

Other Events:

• Voress Number: PR1D
• Residence: 1850, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1855, Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1860
• Residence: 1860, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1865
• Residence: 1865, Mohawk, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1870
• Residence: 1870, New York City, New York, USA

Notes:

PR1D Lewis F Applegate, b. 29 May 1840 in Herkimer Co., NY (1850 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., German Flats, 395/423 [age 10, birthplace NY]; 1855 NY State Census, Herkimer Co., Litchfield, 165/173 [age 12, birthplace Herkimer Co. NY]; 1860 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., German Flatts, p. 36, 284/288 [age 20, birthplace NY]; 1870 US Census, NY, New York Co., New York City, Ward 22, ED 17, p. 74, 202/46 [age 30, birthplace NY]); d. 4 Dec 1870 in New York City, NY. He married on 2 June 1868 in New York City, Matilda Ross b. abt. 1840 in NY (1870 US Census, supra) d. _____.

Lewis, while he only lived thirty years, left an impressive paper trail.

Lewis was enumerated with his parents in German Flatts, Herkimer Co., NY in 1850. He was ten years old and born in NY. (1850 US Census, supra). Then he was enumerated with them in the 1855 NY State Census. (1855 NY State Census, supra). In 1860, after the apparent death of his father William, he was enumerated with his mother Elizabeth and two younger siblings, Melvin and Mary. (1860 US Census, supra). He was a “pedder” [peddler?], age 20, born in NY.

In 1861, Lewis joined the 102d New York Volunteers as a medical cadet. He re-enlisted in 1863 as an assistant surgeon. On 21 July 1863, he was captured outside of Gettysburg and later confined at Libby Prison in Richmond, VA. (New York Times, November 6, 1863, [no page number]).

Lewis must have been released sometime later in 1863 because he was home in Herkimer County to purchase a lot from his mother on 5 December 1863. (Herkimer Co. (NY) Deeds 82-478). According the very brief biography in the list of graduates of Columbia College where he went to medical school, he was the Assistant Surgeon in Chard of the Hospital in Atlanta Georgia between July and October of 1864, and was promoted to brevet captain on October 6, 1865.

By 1865, he was back home with his mother and siblings. He was 25, born in Herkimer County, NY, and a surgeon. (1865 NY State Census, Herkimer Co., German Flatts, ED 1, Mohawk Village, p. 75, #637).

In January of 1865, Lewis purchased a five acre lot in German Flatts from John and Mary Tisdale. (Herkimer Co. (NY) Deeds 85-229). On 4 August 1870, Lewis Applegate “of the City of New York” and his wife Tillie sold the lot to Solomon Ford. (Herkimer Co. (NY) Deeds 96-2). Lewis signed his name to the 1870 deed as “Lewis Applegate, M.D.”.

In between, Lewis went to medical school at Columbia and graduated in 1866. (“Catalogue of the Governors, Trustees, and Officers and All of the Alumni and Other Graduates of Columbia College 1754-1882” (1882), p. 118).

On 2 June 1868 in New York City, he married Matilda Ross, the daughter of George and Matilda Petterson. "New York, Marriages, 1686­1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F64Z­PW6 : accessed 09 May 2013), Lewis Applegate. M.D. and Matilda Ross, 02 Jun 1868.

In 1870, Lewis was living with his wife with George and Eliza Ross in Manhattan. They have a daughter, whose name in the census in illegible, but may be “Louise”. (1870 Census, supra).

Lewis died on 4 December 1870 of hemiplegia. “Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows 1807, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Department of Columbia College”, p. 109.

There is an odd story appearing on one website I have been unable to verify anywhere else. Considering the obvious factual errors in the story and the Confederate apologia contained elsewhere on the site, I am suspicious of the particulars. However, it may contain a germ of truth. The story claims a so-called Southern History Museum in Jacksonville Florida is in possession of a “burial flag” from the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. It continues:

Major Lewis Applegate was a surgeon with the 102nd N.Y. Infantry Regiment. The Applegate Flag is dated April 15, 1865, the date of Lincoln's death. Exactly how Major Applegate came into possession of this flag is not known. What we do know is that several documented articles mention that in Philadelphia, one of the flags used during Lincoln's viewing had 37 stars instead of 36.
President Lincoln was the first president to be embalmed. In fact, the fluids were changed daily during the 20 days of his official state funeral. Was Major Applegate one of those who assisted in the embalming of President Lincoln? This we are not certain of but what we do know is that the flag was passed through the family as follows: Louise Applegate Worthington (1890), Maggie R. Worthington (1926), Gloria Worley Conway (1942), Mrs. Barnwell Daley (1977) and the Museum of Southern History (1993). All these individuals with the dates are written on the hoist side of the flag except the final one, the Museum of Southern History.

www.museumsouthernhistory.com/abrahamlincolnsflag.html (accessed 9 May 2013)

Occupation:
Pedder

Occupation:
Surgeon

Occupation:
Physician

Lewis married Matilda Ross 02 Jun 1868, New York City, New York, USA. Matilda was born Abt 1840, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Louisa Applegate was born Abt 1869, New York, USA.

Other Events:

• Voress Number: PR1
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1855
• Residence: 1855, Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York, USA

Notes:

PR1 William Franklyn Applegate, b. abt. 1808 in South Carolina (1850 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., German Flats Twp., 395/423 [age 42, birthplace SC]; 1855 NY State Census, Herkimer Co., Litchfield, 165/173 [age 40, birthplace SC]; but see 1900 US Census, MN, Mille Lacs Co., Princeton Twp., 6/245, sheet 15A, 191/192 [census entry for son Henry states his father was born in NJ]); d. bef. 1860, when his wife is listed without him in the Census. He married on 27 December 1831 in Macedon, Wayne Co., NY (http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/hist-search/ [dynamic search for “Applegate”; citing Wayne Sentinel, 20 December 1831 {Newspaper}]) Elizabeth Gardner ("Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDMG-J4B : accessed 09 May 2013), Henry Applegate, 01 Feb 1906 [death certificate of son Henry gives her maiden name])
b. abt 1812 in Niagara County, New York (1850 US Census, supra [age 39, birthplace NY]; 1855 NY State Census, supra [age 40, birthplace Niagra Co.]; 1860 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., German Flatts, p. 36, 284/288 [age 48, birthplace NY]; 1875 MN State Census, Mille Lacs Co., p. 1073, #66 [age 56, birthplace NY]; 1885 MN State Census, Mille Lacs Co., Princeton, p. 20, #149 [age 73, birthplace NY]; 1900 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., 7/46, sheet 16B, 375/401 [July 1812, birthplace NY]); d. 17 Jan 1904, in Utica, NY (Princeton Union, February 18, 1904, p. 7); bur. in Mohawk Cemetery, Mohawk, Herkimer Co., NY (Findagrave Memorial # 59080523).

William’s parentage is a mystery. While there are other Applegates in Montgomery and Herkimer Counties in New York, he does not seem to be related to them. There are no known Applegates in South Carolina at the beginning of the 19th Century. UPDATE 2013-06-21: There are traces of two Applegates in South Carolina. The first is William Applegate, identified as a constable there in 1821. 2 McCord (13 S.C.L.) 110 (S.C. Const. Ct. 1822). He may be the same William Applegate mentioned in the case of DeBow v. Applegate, 3 McCord (S.C.) 44, but the report in that case is very abbreviated. The second is a John Applegate who served in the Charleston Militia under Captain James Bentham in 1778. Bobby Gilmer Ross, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Volume 1, A-J, p. 24 (citing S.C.H.&G., LIII, 15).

William married in Wayne County, New York, and the Wayne County, NY historical website does contain references to a few Applegates, but I cannot determine as of yet how or whether they are related to William. I list them here for later reference.

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Applegate, Cornelia Marries Augustus Gould, Lyons Lyons Gazette 5/26/1852 File No:
Book:
Page: 3/1 Lyons No
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Applegate, Joseph Infant Format: micro Presbyterian, Newark 1831/09/11 File No:
Book: Baptisms
Page: ARCADIA No
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Applegate, Robert Sheriff's sale, Arcadia Lyons Argus, Western Argus 1/25/1832 File No:
Book:
Page: 3/4 Arcadia No
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Applegate, Susan Marries Uberto Finch, Lyons Wayne County Whig 2/17/1841 File No:
Book:
Page: 2/2 Lyons No
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Applegate, Susan Ann marriage, Alberto Finch Format: micro Presbyterian, Lyons, First 1841/02/11 File No:
Book: Marriages
Page: 16 Lyons No

http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/hist-search/Search_Results.aspx?Name=appleg&Part=True

I believe I have found William and family in the 1840 Census in Warren, Herkimer County, New York. The household contained three males under 5—corresponding to William Jr., Henry, and Lewis—and two females 5-10, which would be Ellen and another unknown daughter. A man 30-40 and a woman 20-30—probably William and Elizabeth—round out household.

In 1850, William’s family was enumerated in German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York. William was 42, a harness maker, and born in South Carolina; Elizabeth was 39, and born in NY; Ellen was 15, and born in NY; William (Jr) was 14, and born in NY; Lewis was 10, and born in NY; Lucy was 4, born in NY; and Mary was 12, born in NY.

In 1855, the family was enumerated in the NY State Census in Litchfield, Herkimer Co. William was 40, and born in SC; Elizabeth was 40, and born in Niagara Co., NY; William (Jr) was 18 and born in Oswego Co., NY; Henry was 17, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Lewis was 12, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Lucy was 8, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Mary was 4, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Melvin was 3, and born in Herkimer Co., NY.

William is gone by 1860. Elizabeth was enumerated with her three youngest living children—Lewis, Mary, and Melvin in German Flatts.

In 1863, Mrs. Elizabeth Applegate purchased a five acre parcel of land in Mohawk, Herkimer County from Timothy and Lucy Hess. (Herkimer Co. (NY) Deeds 78-624). On 5 December 1863, she sold the same parcel the Lewis F Appelgate—presumably her son.

In 1865, Elizabeth was enumerated with her younger children in the New York State Census. She was 50 and born in Herkimer County. Living in the household were her children Lewis, Henry, William, Mary, and Sherman M. Her entry indicates she was the mother of eight children, married once, and currently married. I believe the entry of her marital state is in error and she had been a widow since at least 1860.

I cannot find her in the 1870 US Census.

In 1875, Elizabeth was enumerated in the household of her son Henry in Princeton, Mille Lacs Co., MN. She was 56 and born in NY. In 1885, she was enumerated in the household of her son William, also in Princeton. She was 73 and born in NY.

Sometime prior to 1900, Elizabeth returned to Herkimer County, NY. She was enumerated there in the household of her grandson Charles Rulison, the son of her daughter Ellen.

Elizabeth died on 23 January 1904 in Utica, NY. Her obituary, as printed and expanded in the Princeton Union, is attached as an appendix.

APPENDIX
OBITUARY FROM THE PRINCETON UNION

The Princeton Union, February 18, 1904, p. 7

William Applegate received a copy of the Saturday Globe of Utica, N.Y., last week containing an account of the death of his mother at the advanced age of ninety-two years. The account dated Ilion, Jan. 24th says: "At the rare old age of ninety-two Mrs. Elizabeth Applegate breathed her last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. V. R. Fretts in South Ilion. For half a century the worthy and respected old lady had been a resident here, her earlier days having been passed with a Quaker family in the near neighborhood of Palmyra. Four children survive her--the daughter named above and three sons, of whom one is residing in the state of Alabama and two in Minnesota. Funeral services were held from the South Ilion church Monday afternoon, Rev. George N. Buel officiating. Interment was made in the Mohawk cemetery. Many are the kind memories which follow her who has laid down her burden of years."

William and Henry Applegate are the two sons residing in Minnesota. T.H. Caley's first wife who died many years ago, was a daughter of Mrs. Applegate who several years ago lived with her children in Princeton.

Occupation:
Harness Maker

Occupation:
Harness Maker

William married Elizabeth Gardner 20 Dec 1831, Macedon, Wayne County, New York, USA. Elizabeth was born 1812, Niagara County, New York, USA; died 23 Jan 1904, Utica, New York, USA; was buried , Mohawk Cemetery, Mohawk, Herkimer County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1855, Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1860, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1865, Mohawk, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1875, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1875, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1885, Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Herkimer County, New York, USA

Notes:

The Princeton Union, February 18, 1904, p. 7

William Applegate received a copy of the Saturday Globe of Utica, N.Y., last week containing an account of the death of his mother at the advanced age of ninety-two years. The account dated Ilion, Jan. 24th says: "At the rare old age of ninety-two Mrs. Elizabeth Applegate breathed her last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. V. R. Fretts in South Ilion. For half a century the worthy and respected old lady had been a resident here, her earlier days having been passed with a Quaker family in the near neighborhood of Palmyra. Four children survive her--the daughter named above and three sons, of whom one is residing in the state of Alabama and two in Minnesota. Funeral services were held from the South Ilion church Monday afternoon, Rev. George N. Buel officiating. Interment was made in the Mohawk cemetery. Many are the kind memories which follow her who has laid down her burden of years."

William and Henry Applegate are the two sons residing in Minnesota. T.H. Caley's first wife who died many years ago, was a daughter of Mrs. Applegate who several years ago lived with her children in Princeton.