SOURCE:1884 History of Owen County, p. 959.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Harrison Township.

PETER N. APPLEGATE was born in Jefferson County, Ky., 
April 10, 1822, and was the sixth of eleven children 
born to Samuel and Casandra (Newkirk) Applegate, each 
of Dutch descent. Peter N. came with his parents in 
1826 to Owen County, where they made a settlement, and 
where he is living at the present time. His father 
purchased fifty-seven acres of B. B. Arnold, all composed 
of unbroken forest. Samuel Applegate then entered eighty 
acres. Peter N. attended school when he was not needed 
on the farm, and he thus received a fair education. He 
was married, September 12, 1848, to Elizabeth Skelton, 
daughter of John and Elizabeth (McCarty) Skelton. They 
have had no children of their own, but have kindly reared 
five orphans, three boys and two girls, an action, speaking 
well for their charity and goodness. Mr. Applegate is a 
member of the P. of H. and has held various offices in 
the order. He is now Lecturer Subordinate. He has also 
been a member of the State Grange. His wife is a 
communicant of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. A. 
served in the Mexican war in Company I, Sixteenth United 
States Infantry, having enlisted April 14, 1847. 
He took part in the battle of Paragau, and was 
discharged in 1848. In the late war, during Morgan's 
raid, he raised a company under Gov. Morton's call, of 
100 men, in one and one-half days, and received a 
commission as Captain. He reported, but was not ordered 
out. During the conflict, he helped enroll soldiers' 
families for the purpose of relief, and was one of the 
few who gave all his earnings toward this object. Mr. 
Applegate has served as Clerk of the Board of Trustees, 
as Justice of the Peace, and as Trustee of his township 
for one term each. He possesses 217 acres of land in 
Owen County, improved and cultivated, and 160 acres in 
Webster County, partially improved. He has been always 
very successful, and is a very intelligent and 
progressive man, and is highly respected in his township. 
In politics, he is a Republican.

DATA ENTRY: Glorianne Fahs