Adrian Applegate^[1]

1841 - 1927  (86 years)

• Name	Adrian Applegate
  Birth	6 Aug 1841	New Jersey   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Aug 1927	Cranbury, Middlesex, New Jersey   [2]
  Person ID	I3817	Scudder
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2006

  
  

  Family	Ella Morris Scudder,   b. Abt 1843, New Jersey d. 1 May 1911, Kingston, Middlesex, New Jersey (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1866	Cranbury, Middlesex, New Jersey   [2]
  Children	1. Norman Scudder Applegate,   b. 11 Mar 1866, New Jersey d. Bef 1900 (Age < 33 years)   2. George Morris Applegate,   b. Jul 1868, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown   3. Anna G. Applegate,   b. 1871, New Jersey d. Aft 1930 (Age > 60 years)   4. Eleanor Scudder Applegate,   b. 28 Aug 1873, New Jersey d. Aft 1930 (Age > 58 years)   5. May Willson Symes Applegate,   b. Aug 1874, New Jersey d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F1364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Adrian served in the Civil War, enlisting first on July 10, 1863 in Captain Kilpatrick's 1st New Jersey Cavalry. Then he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Company C, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry. He was taken prisoner on May 18, 1864 and imprisoned at Andersonville, Macon, Savannah, Georgia; Columbia, Hilton Head, and Charleston, South Carolina, but managed to escape in December 1864 on the Knoxville and Chattanooga Railroad. He rejoined his outfit and was mustered out on Nov. 1, 1865. After the war, he read law under Colonel Daniel R. Boice and was admitted to the bar in November 1876 and as a counseler in June 1882. He lived in Cranbury Township., Middlesex county, New Jersey in 1880 and 1900. He practiced law in Cranbury, New Jersey. (Used name Appleget).

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 250. [S190] Email from Joan Kennedy, 1 September 1999. [S740] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1254790; National Archives Film T9-0790; Page 352B.