S. J. Applegate

S. J. Applegate, now of Atlantic, then of Scott county, located about 300 acres of land in the neighborhood of Morrison's Grove, not far from the present town of Anita, in 1855, but did not come out and cultivate it.

From "History of Cass County, Iowa Together With Brief Mention of Old Settlers," by Lafe Young, Atlantic, Iowa, Telegraph Steam Printing House, 1877, pg. 20.