When William Henry Harrison Applegate was born on 7 February 1840, in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, his father, Jesse M Applegate, was 28 and his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, was 26. He married Nancy Elizabeth Grubb on 13 August 1873, in Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Linkville, Lake, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Barron, Jackson, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 January 1913, in Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount View Cemetery, Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Benton, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Benton, Oregon, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (northern): variant of Applegarth , in which the less familiar final element has been assimilated to the northern Middle English word gate ‘road’ or to modern English gate.
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