When Benjamen Franklin Applegate was born on 4 July 1900, in Blum, Hill, Texas, United States, his father, Joseph Marion Applegate, was 18 and his mother, Estella Jane Martin, was 17. He married Fannie Mae Stevens on 6 October 1917, in Blum, Hill, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hill, Texas, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 3, Merced, California, United States in 1940. He died on 6 December 1962, in Madera, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera, California, United States.