APPLEGATE, James

1835 - 1917  (81 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	APPLEGATE, James
  Birth	13 Mar 1835	Atlas, Pike, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jan 1917	Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States
  Burial	27 Jan 1917	Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States
  WAC	15 Jun 1921	MANTI
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  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	HADDEN, Rachel ,   b. 12 Mar 1848, Potter, Pottawatomie, Iowa, United States Potter, Pottawatomie, Iowa, United Statesd. 24 Aug 1938, Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1869
  Family ID	F10658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  James Applegate March 13, 1835 - January 24, 1917 James is the son of John Milton and Jane Pruett Applegate. He had two older sisters, Elizabeth and Lydia Ann. Records show two more male members not named, born to his parents. James was born in Atlas, Pike Co. Illinois. His father died the same year he was born. His mother Jane remarried a man by the name of Samuel Reagan. One of James earliest memories was of his mother packing his and Lydia Anns clothes in a white cloth sack and then they walked several miles to the home of their Uncle Jesse Applegates (their fathars youngest brother) who gave them a home. As a young man, James worked for a farmer in Missouri. He would freight with oxen, hauling barrels of flour and highly prized side bacon to Denver to the newly opened mines. He made five such trips. He stayed in Colorado and worked in gold and silver mines for about three years. In 1863, after returning home, James joined a group of English immigrants who were headed West. He was accompanied by his sister Lydia Ann Applegate Lemmon, her husband Allumbee Lemmon and children, his half sister, Martha Jane Reagan Wooley and her two children, Franklin and Minnie Alice. James had developed a liking for the western mountains and they settled in Dixie (St.George) Utah. Later they moved to Parowan, Iron Co. Utah. There, James was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, on January 1, 1869. he was married to Rachel Hadden, January 20, 1869. They made their home in Parowan. In the summer time, James worked in the lumber and shingle mills in Parowan canyon. In winter time he herded sheep to support his family. James and Rachel were the parents of eight children including a set of twin girls. The children were all born in Parowan. They moved to Dixie in 1888, where he rented a fruit farm. There, James developed chills and fever and his health became poor. A year later in August of 1889,accompanied by his 14 year old daughter Rachel, he left for Parowan with a load of fruit. Rachel caught cold, developed pneumonia and five days later she died. She was buried in Parowan and the family soon moved back there to live. Two years later another daughter Louella, age 14, contracted diphtheria and after a short illness passed away. In 1896, the family moved to Circleville, Piute Co. Utah, where they made their home. James and his son Jesse rented a large farm in the mouth of Circleville canyon. Later he homesteaded a section of land adjoining the rented farm. After ten years he turned the land over to his son. The original log cabin which they used as a summer house was destroyed during the Hatch Town flood. One time James was alone at the sheep herd and had just retired for the night. He was awakened by three distinct taps on his grub box, which was beside his bed. At first he thought it was mice, but upon looking, he couldn't find any. He was laying there in the darkness and heard three more taps. Some time later he received a letter telling him of the death of his oldest sister, Elizabeth. The date of her death was the same night he had heard those unexplained taps. He always felt that it was a warning of his sisters passing. James was a man of medium height, weighing never more than 150 lbs. He was quiet, liked to read good books and was an excellent penman. He was an outstanding speller and related how he used to stand up in spelling bees at school. He was reserved in manner, softspoken and very devoted to his family. He enjoyed playing with his grandchildren. James was a natural born gardner and always raised beautiful gardens. He would make it a point to have new potatoes and peas for the fourth of July. His garden not only contained many varieties of vegetables, but many different kinds of flowers. James remained active until the very last. He raised a big garden his last summer, keeping not only his own home supplied with vegetables, but also the families of his married daughters. He was janitor of the old rock schoolhouse in Circleville. He had to saw and split wood and carry it inside the schoolhouse into each classroom where it was burned in large potbellied stoves. Three of these classrooms were upstairs. This was too much for his heart. On January 24, l917, after working all morning at the school, he came home at noon, ate lunch with his wife and two married daughters. He took a cart over to his sons home. Upon returning home, he collapsed on the threshold, dying quickly. He is buried in Circleville. (Written by a daughter, Lavina Applegate Munson)