Joseph Applegate^[1]

1812 - 1907  (94 years)

• Name	Joseph Applegate
  Born	29 Sep 1812	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1850  [10]
  	Mahogany Dealer
  Residence	1850	New York City, New York, USA   [10]
  Occupation	1855  [11]
  	Mahogany [illegible]
  Residence	1855	New York City, New York, USA   [11]
  Occupation	1859  [12]
  	Coffin Manufacturer
  Occupation	1870  [13]
  	Coffin Manufacturer
  Residence	1870	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [13]
  Occupation	1878	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [14]
  	38 So. 9th
  Residence	1878	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [14]
  	58 So. 8th
  Occupation	1879	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [15]
  	Caskets 38 So. 9th
  Residence	1879	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [15]
  	22 Bedford Ave
  Residence	1892	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [16]
  Occupation	1897	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [17]
  	Real Estate 38 So. 9th Street
  Residence	1897	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [17]
  	492 Bedford Ave.
  Residence	1900	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [18]
  	492 Bedford Avenue
  Residence	1905	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [19]
  	492 Bedford Ave
  Died	06 May 1907	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [20]
  Notes	JOSEPH APPLEGATE. Almost an octogenarian and yet an interested witness of the events which go to make up the history of Brooklyn, Joseph Applegate is numbered among the venerable and highly respected residents of the city, whose growth he has witnessed from the time when it was a small town of one thousand until to-day its metropolitan appearance and proportions place it in the front rank among the leading cities on the Atlantic coast. He was long connected with its manufacturing interests, but is now living retired in the enjoyment of an ample competence which his years of earnest and well directed labor brought to him. Mr. Applegate is a representative of old families of Long Island. His uncle, Samuel Smith, was at one time mayor of Brooklyn and married a Miss Joraleman, who belonged to an old and noted family of the city. Josiah Applegate, the father of our subject, was a native of New Jersey and married Ann Smith, a daughter of Zachariah Smith, whose ancestors resided for many years at Huntington, Long Island. By trade Josiah Applegate was a mason and with others he assisted in throwing up the trenches in which were interred the bodies of so many of those who died on the prison ships in the Wallabout during the occupation of New York by the British in the war for independence. He died when his son Joseph was only about four years of age, and his widow afterward married again. Joseph Applegate was born September 29, 1812. in the old family home on Main street, near Fulton street, in Brooklyn, and after his mother's second marriage accompanied his step-father and the family to New York city. He pursued his education in the public schools and at an early age learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed for many years. He extended the scope of his business in 1859 by engaging in the manufacture of coffins, and was one of the first to engage in a wholesale business in that line. His work attained such a degree of excellence that his reputation in that direction spread throughout the country and his business increased to extensive proportions. In 1863 he returned to Brooklyn and here continued a successful manufacturing business until 1891, when he retired from active life. The volume of his trade had constantly grown and his sales were so large that each year he added to his financial resources and with a handsome income to supply all his needs and provide him with many of the luxuries of life he disposed of his industrial interests in order to spend his remaining days in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. In 1835 occurred the marriage of Mr. Applegate and Miss Ianthe Jarvis, a daughter of Ebenezer and Bethsheba Jarvis, and together they traveled life's journey happily for sixty-three years, but death at length separated them, the loving and faithful wife being called to the home beyond January 21, 1897. She was a most estimable lady and had been to her husband a faithful helpmate. Mr. Applegate is a valued member of several fraternal and social organizations. He belongs to the Hanover Club, the Society of Old Brooklynites and to Hyatt Lodge, F. & A. M. He was initiated into Polar Star Lodge of the Masonic fraternity in the early '50s, and during his long connection therewith filled nearly all of its offices and was its trusted and capable; treasurer for many years. He attends the First Dutch Reformed church. He relates in entertaining manner many interesting incidents of early Brooklyn life. In his boyhood days the city contained a population of only one thousand, and he has therefore witnessed almost its entire development, taking just pride in its progress and improvement. As the years passed, through his business sagacity and thrift he acquired a competency which brought to him all the necessities and many of the luxuries of life, and enabled him to contribute largely to charitable institutions and benevolent purposes. He has never selfishly hoarded his wealth, but prompted by a broad humanitarian spirit has extended a helping hand to many who have reason to hold him in grateful remembrance for his timely assistance in their hour of need. Although he has now reached the very advanced age of eighty-nine years he is still well preserved both mentally and physically and has the vigor and appearance of a much younger man; and now in the evening of life, venerated and respected by all, he can look back over the past without regret and forward to the future without fear. Peter Ross, History of Long Island, 1892, p. 80
  Person ID	I37687	Applegate Main
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Theophilus Houghton,   b. 11 Aug 1785, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 05 Jan 1872  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Ann Smith,   b. Abt 1788, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA ,   d. 05 Dec 1858  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1821
  Family ID	F187492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Josiah Applegate,   d. Abt 1816, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
  Mother	Ann Smith,   b. Abt 1788, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA ,   d. 05 Dec 1858  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1812	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
  Family ID	F187489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Iantha Jarvis,   b. Abt 1817, Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ,   d. 21 Jan 1897, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1836  [21, 22, 23]
  Children	1. Ida Tillott,   b. Abt 1864, USA
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F187490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Sep 1812 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Residence - 1850 - New York City, New York, USA Residence - 1855 - New York City, New York, USA Residence - 1870 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Occupation - 1878 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Residence - 1878 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Occupation - 1879 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Residence - 1879 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Residence - 1892 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Occupation - 1897 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Residence - 1897 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Residence - 1900 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Residence - 1905 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Died - 06 May 1907 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

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