Otto Applegate

1878 - 1933  (55 years)

• Name	Otto Applegate
  Born	11 Sep 1878	Unionville, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1905  [4]
  	Dry Goods
  Voress Number	1D3C5C6A
  Residence	Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Residence	1905	Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA   [4]
  	167a McDougall Street
  Died	01 Oct 1933
  Buried	Glenwood Cemetery, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
  Notes	OTTO APPLEGATE-In the mercantile circles of Long Branch, the name of Otto Applegate has come to stand for that progressive activity which inspires others to greater efforts, and brings the business world of any community into accord with the general advance . With mercantile experience in Eatontown, and the ability gained thereby, Mr. Applegate has taken rank among the foremost automobile distributors among the central counties of New Jersey. Mr. Applegate comes from a family long prominent in this state, and is the fourth generation in line to be born on the old homestead. He is a grandson of Mathias Applegate, and a son of Jonathan and Louise (James) Applegate. His father was for many years a private detective, his activities in this field of endeavor finding the desirable inconspicuousness by reason of his side interest, a grocery store, located at Asbury park. Otto Applegate was born in Unionville, New Jersey, now Smithburg, September 11, 1878. The family removed to New York City for a time in his childhood, Then removed a second time, coming to Asbury Park. Thus it was in the schools of that place that the boy received his education. As a young man he went to New York City, and there secured a position in a job printing office. He then started a business in New York City, carrying a complete line of steamship supplies, dry goods, clothing, etc., and was very successful in carrying this interest forward. A natural salesman, and a man of thoroughly genial and kindly spirit as well as manner, he found this occupation at once enjoyable and profitable. After fifteen years in business Mr. Applegate determined to retire, and disposed of this business. He had done no little motor driving, and was quite in the way of pastime, began to build a speed car, by his own designs. In the evolution of this car he acquired sufficient machinery to equip a modern automobile repair shop, and meanwhile, friends and acquaintances brought their repairs to him. Thus he found himself possessed of one of the most thriving and well equipped repair shops within many miles, without having purposed entering this field of activity. He erected an up to date brick structure for the purpose of manufacturing his own car, but eventually dropped this plan to take up selling. Accepting the agency for the Chevrolet car in Monmouth County, and for the Case car in the southern half of New Jersey, and five counties in Pennsylvania, including Phildelphia, having given over the Chevrolet agency, Mr. Applegate again entered the selling game, although this time in the new and broader field he has made a very marked success, and is considered one of the foremost men in automobile distribution in the State today. In the year 1920, he sold three hundred and eighty four cars. Through the exacting nature of his business, Mr. Applegate is deterred from taking any active part in public life, but politically he supports the Republican party. Fraternally he holds the thirty second degree in the Masonic order, and is a member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and KismetTemple, ancient Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine of Brooklyn. He is a member of the New Jersey State Automobile Dealers Association; of the International Automobile League; and of the Philadelphia Motor Speedway Association. He attends the first Baptist Church of Long branch. Mr. Applegate married Iva M. Thomas, of Brooklyn, New York, and they are the parents of two children, Charles Otto and Ethel May.
  Person ID	I8446	Applegate Main
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Applegate,   b. 05 Sep 1855, Unionville, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1902, Kings County, New York, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Anna Louise James,   b. 1859, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 10 Sep 1916  (Age 57 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1877
  Family ID	F5090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Iva M Thomas,   b. 06 Jun 1885, Washington, District of Columbia, USA ,   d. 19 Jul 1955  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Charles Otto Applegate,   b. 25 Aug 1911,   d. 1954  (Age 42 years)   2. Ethel May Applegate
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F5091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - - Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1905 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S93] 1880 Census (Soundex Index), New Jersey, Soundex A142. age 1, birthplace NJ [S15] History of Monmouth County, New Jersey 1664-1920, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1922), Bio. 35. [S660] 1905 New York State Census, Kings Co., ED 13, AD 16, Block D, p. 29. age 26,birthplace US [S660] 1905 New York State Census, Kings Co., ED 13, AD 16, Block D, p. 29. [S93] 1880 Census (Soundex Index), New Jersey, Soundex A142.