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Applegarth, William F – Appleton, Nathaniel

Applegarth, William F

educator, merchant, legislator, was born Feb. 11, 1842, in Golden Hill, Md. He taught school for fifteen years; has served with distinction as a member of the Maryland state legislature; and is now a successful merchant of his native city.

Applegate, O. C

soldier, business man. He has been closely identified with the growth and prosperity of southern Oregon, and resides in Klamath Falls.

Appleton, Daniel S

publisher, was born April 9, 1824, in Boston, Mass.

He attained success as one of the most prominent publishers in the United States.

Appleton, George S

author, was born Aug. 11, 1821, in Andover, Mass. He is the author of Picturesque America; Picturesque Europe; and Picturesque Palestine. He died July 7, 1878, in Riverdale, N. Y.

Appleton, James

general, was born Feb. 14, 1815, in Ipswich, Mass. He was an energetic champion of total abstinence, and the first expounder of the principle underlying the Maine law. He died Aug. 25, 1882.

Appleton, John

jurist, was born in 1804. He was a former chief justice of Maine; eminent as a legal reformer; and was the author of The Rules of Evidence Stated and Discussed. He died in 1891.

Appleton, John

physician, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 9, 1809, in Salem, Mass. In 1833 he graduated from the Harvard University Medical school, taking the Boylston prize. He attained eminence as a doctor of medicine, lecturer, and author, and was a member and assistant librarian of the Massachusetts Historical society. He died February, 1869, in Cambridge, Mass.

Appleton, John

journalist, diplomat, was born Feb. 11, 1815, in Beverly, Mass. He was admitted to practice law at Portland, Maine, in 1837. In 1857 he was appointed assistant secretary of state, and in 1860 was appointed United States minister to Russia. He died Aug. 22, 1864, in Portland, Maine.

Appleton, John Howard

educator, author, was born Feb. 3, 1844, in Portland, Maine. He has been a professor of chemistry at Brown university since 1868. He is the author of The Young Chemist; Qualitative Analysis; Quantitative Analysis; and Chemistry of Non Metals.

Appleton, Nathan

manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 6, 1779, in New Ipswich, N. H. He became interested in the cotton manufacture, and in 1821 was one of the three original founders of Lowell, Mass. He was at different periods a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; from 1831 to 1833 was a representative in congress from Massachusetts; and was again elected to congress in 1842, but soon resigned his seat. He died July 14, 1861, in Boston, Mass.

Appleton, Nathan Dane

lawyer, legislator, was born in 1794 in Ipswich, Mass., on the farm which was bought in 1634-35 by his emigrant ancestor, Samuel Appleton. He repeatedly represented the town in the legislature; was once in the senate of Maine; and three times he was the candidate of his party for congress.

In the winter of 1857 he was chosen by the legislature attorney-general of the state. He died in 1861.

Appleton, Nathaniel

clergyman, was born Dec. 9, 1693, in Ipswich, Mass.

He was educated at Harvard, taking his degree in 1712; studied theology, and was ordained Oct. 9, 1717, succeeding Mr. Brattle as congregational minister. From 1717 to 1779 he was one of the corporation of Harvard university. He published sermons and occasional discourses. He died Feb. 9, 1784, in Cambridge, Mass.