Jesse H. APPLETON
1880 Census Pike, Clearfield Co, PA 1) Appleton, Jessee, 69, Born: PA Occupation: Stone Mason Father/Mother born: PA 2) Appleton, Martha, 67, Keeping house Father/Mother born: PA 3) Leonard, Samuel, 20, grandson, Occp: Laborer Father/Mother born: PA ----------------------------- Individual found on the 1870 Census for Pike Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, page 27, dated 14 Jun 1870 1) Appleton, Jesse, age 59, occupation: stone mason, real estate $350, pers propr $250, born PA 2) Appleton, Martha, age 57 3) Appleton, Wood, age 16, works with father 4) Appleton, Margery C., age 16 A few households away: 1) Rumggold, Henry, age 35, laborer, real estate $4000, pers prop $300, born Ireland 2) Rumggold, Eliza, age 50 (??), keeps house, born PA 3) Rummgold, Mina, age 12 4) Leonard, Samuel, age not clear, could be 10 or 19, born PA --------------------------------------------------- Individual found on the 1860 Census for Pike Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, page 287, dated 5 Sep 1860: 1) Appleton, Jesse, age 50, occupation: mason, real estate $500, pers prop $100 2) Appleton, Martha, age 48 3) Appleton, Mary, age 24 4) Appleton, John, age 21 5) Appleton, Louisa, age 18 6) Appleton, Nancy, age 15 7) Appleton, Wm., age 9 8) Appleton, Woods 7 9) Leonard, Samuel R., age 1 *** Missing from this census is Elizabeth who would have been 19 yrs old and Samuel who would have been 12 yrs old *** -------------------------------------------------------- In the book "Some Early Marriages of Clearfield County" noted on 5 Mar 1835: "by Josiah Evans, Esq., Mr. JAMES APPLETON, Clarion Township, Armstrong County, to Miss MARTHA BLOOM, daughter of Mr. Peter Bloom of Pike Township, this county." Although this book listed Jesse's first name as James, we believe that is in error. Census Records and the family bible of Nancy Eliza (Appleton) Peters noted his first name as Jesse. ------------------------------------ 1850 Census Jesse APPLETON, 39, Born PA Occupation: Stone Mason Martha, APPLETON, 37, Born PA Mary APPLETON, 13 John APPLETON, 10 Elizabeth APPLETON, 9 Louisa APPLETON, 6 Nancy APPLETON, 5 Samuel APPLETON, 2 ------------------------------------ 1840 Census Lawrence Twp., Clearfield County Jesse, between ages 20-30 Female, between ages 20-30 Female, between ages 5-10 Male, under age 5 *** According to known birthdates of the children, Mary would only have been about 3yrs old, not a female between age 5-10 and John would have been an infant. ***
This individual was found in the family bible of Martin and Nancy (Appleton) Peters, which as of Aug 2002 was in the possession of Theodore D. Peters, Jr. --------------------------------------- Individual also found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/khanneman/1/data/1664
Individual found on the 1900 Census for Curwensville Precinct of Pike Twp., Clearfield Co., PA, Enumeration Date: 16 Jun 1900, Enumeration District: 10, Sheet A 1) Appleton, John, born Nov 1839, age 60, married 29 years, born PA, parents born PA, occupation: farmer 2) Appleton, Catharine, born Oct 1849, age 50, children born 15, living 11; born PA, parents born PA 3) Appleton, Rosanna, dtr, born May 1878, age 22, single 4) Appleton, Lucinda R., dtr, born Nov 1884, age 15 5) Appleton, Hugh, son, (middle initial looks like 'N'), born Apr 1886, age 14 6) Appleton, John S., son, born Apr 1888, age 12 7) Appleton, Jessie M., dtr, born May 1890, age 10 8) Appleton, Laona, granddaughter, born 1898, age 2 ------------------------------------------ 1880 Census Pike, Clearfield Co., PA John APPLETON, 39, born: PA Occp: Laborer Father/Mother born: PA Catherine APPLETON, 30, born: PA, Occp: Keeping house Father/Mother born: PA Mary E. APPLETON, 8 - daug Martha APPLETON, 6 - daug Mahalda J. APPLETON, 5 - daug Elliott APPLETON, 4 - daug Rosanna APPLETON, 2 - daug Additional son Hugh born after the 1880 census was identified Jan 2003 by Erin Olson at EROLson22@aol.com - she is descended from Hugh Appleton through John and Catharine (Kline) Appleton. ------------------------------------------ Individual found on the 1860 Census for Pike Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, page 287, dated 5 Sep 1860: 1) Appleton, Jesse, age 50, occupation: mason, real estate $500, pers prop $100 2) Appleton, Martha, age 48 3) Appleton, Mary, age 24 4) Appleton, John, age 21 5) Appleton, Louisa, age 18 6) Appleton, Nancy, age 15 7) Appleton, Wm., age 9 8) Appleton, Woods 7 9) Leonard, Samuel R., age 1 *** Missing from this census is Elizabeth who would have been 19 yrs old and Samuel who would have been 12 yrs old *** ------------------------------------------------
Descendant information on Louisa Appleton found Aug 2002 under posting on www.ancestry.com by Robert Finnigan at ccfinn@davesworld.net ------------------------------------
In the family bible there was a piece of paper with a poem on it titled "Will You Go" and on the back of that paper was written the name "Roxie" and then further down at the bottom was written: "January the 14th 1886 Received of Mrs. Nancy Peters $2.50 for Bible being amount in full. Signed: A______ Mather" Roxie was her daughter born in Nov 1885. ------------------------------- Individual identified in the 1970s by way of the Martin Peters family bible in the possession of Lori Peters Lopez as of Oct 2004. ---------------------------------------- Death Certificate Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Place of Death: Bradford Twp., Clearfield Co., PA Registration District No.: 379 Primary Registration District No.: 2453 File No.: 44659 Registered No.: 103 FULL NAME: Eliza E. Peters Sex: Female Color: White Marital Status: married Date of Birth: November 12, 1845 Age: 66 yr, 5mo, 29 days Occupation: housewife Birthplace: Clearfield Co., PA Name of Father: J.H. Appleton Father's Birthplace: Delaware Name of Mother: Martha Bloom Mother's Birthplace: Pike Twp., Clearfield Co., PA Informant: William Appleton (his city name looks like Oisaistow, PA -- can't find anything similar to that) Date of Death: May 11, 1912 I hereby certify that I attended deceased from May 1 to May 11th and that I last saw deceased alive on May 11th. The cause of death was as follows: cerebro-spinal paralysis Signed: G.B. Shirey (name not clear) Place of Burial: Bradford, Pa. Date of Burial: May 14, 1912 Undertaker: Fred B. Leary -------------------------------------------------------
Possibly on 1880 Census for Woodland, Clearfield Co, PA living in the household of Adam McQuillin. There is a William APPLETON, age 24 (which would be a birth year of about 1853), Laborer with both parents born in PA.
1880 Census for Pike, Clearfield Co., PA Woods APPLETON, 26, Born PA, Occp: Laborer, Father/Mother born: PA Constant S. APPLETON, 29, Born PA, Occp: Keeping house Father/Mother/PA Lewis APPLETON, 6 - son Ida M. APPLETON, 4 - daug Delie APPLETON, 1 - daug
He married Martha Bloom 5 Mar 1835 at Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania . Martha Bloom was born at Clearfield, Pennsylvania Abt 1813 daughter of Peter Bloom and Mary Polly McElhatten .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Mary Appleton
born Abt 1837.
John Appleton
born 14 Nov 1840.
Elizabeth Appleton
born Abt 1841.
Louisa Appleton
born 14 Apr 1843.
Nancy Eliza Appleton
born 12 Nov 1845.
Samuel Appleton
born Abt 1848.
William Appleton
born Abt 1851.
Woods Appleton
born Abt 1853.
Margery C. Appleton
born Abt 1853.
Jesse H. Appleton died at Clearfield, Pennsylvania .