Caroline (Adams) Applegate,1812-1883

APPLEGATE, ADAMS

Posted By: Donna Baumann (email)
Date: 7/14/2013 at 23:37:42

Caroline Adams Applegate
1812–July 10, 1883

APPLEGATE—At the home of her husband, Richard Applegate, in Scotch Grove, Mrs. Caroline Applegate, Wednesday, July 10, 1883, aged 71 years of chronic bronchitis.

Mrs. Applegates's maiden name was Adams. She was born in Sussex county, N.Y. in the year 1812, and moved to Ohio while young, where she was married to Richard Applegate August 27, 1832. She has been a resident of Iowa for the past 83 years. A Christian life of nearly 50 years was closed in bright hope of a glorious hereafter. Her husband and seven children preceded her; four children remain to mourn a pious mother.