BIO: Alexander APPLEBY, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 172-173.
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  ALEXANDER APPLEBY, Shade Gap, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born on the 
Homestead in Dublin township, March 29, 1817. He is the son of John and 
Mary (Moreland) Appleby. Mr. Appleby's grandfather, John Appleby, was a 
native of Ireland. After marriage, Mr. Appleby, his wife and two 
brothers, William and Alexander, emigrated to America. The brothers 
settled in Georgia, while John remained in Pennsylvania, making his 
home near Shippensburg, Pa. After a short time he removed to Huntingdon 
county, but returned to Shippensburg for two years. He finally settled 
in Dublin township, Huntingdon county, on the place now owned by Thomas 
Roddy. Mr. Appleby bought the farm of 300 acres, and lived there until 
his death. There also he received frequent visits from his brothers; 
the long journey between their homes being made on horseback. Mrs. 
Appleby died on the home farm. Their children were: Margaret, wife of 
Mr. Stitt, both died at Huntingdon; Jane (Mrs. Gilbert Kennedy), died 
in Huntingdon county; Nancy (Mrs. George McGee), died in Beaver county, 
Pa.; Martha, (Mrs. Adam McGee), of Franklin county, Pa., deceased; 
John; and Alexander, married Mrs. McGee, both died in Preble county, 
Ohio. John B. Appleby, a grandson of one of John Appleby's brothers, 
was living in Maryland at the time of the war of the Rebellion. He 
enlisted in the Union army, served all through the war, and was several 
times promoted. He resides at Centralia, Ill.
  John Appleby, father of Alexander Appleby, was born in Dublin 
township in 1776. The son of a farmer, he settled on part of the 
homestead, which he farmed until his death. Mr. Appleby was very active 
and much interested in all the affairs of his township, and merited the 
respect and esteem of his neighbors. He filled many township offices 
satisfactorily. Mr. Appleby was an old line Whig. His wife was Miss 
Mary Moreland, a native of Belfast, Ireland. Their children are: 
Margaret; Thomas, died at the age of twenty; William, married Elizabeth 
Spear, died in Dublin township, aged eighty; John, married Priscilla 
Montague, both died in Dublin township; Alexander; Eliza (Mrs. John 
Gaylor [sic; based on bio of John Taylor, should be Taylor]), resided 
in Huntingdon county, later removed to Iowa, and returning after her 
husband's death, died at Mount Union, Pa.; Margaret Ellen, Shade Gap; 
Mary Jane (Mrs. Henry Likely), settled in Orbisonia, removed to Dublin 
township, where she died, and Mr. Likely resides in Illinois; and 
Rosamond, died in youth. Mr. Appleby and his wife were members of the 
Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Appleby was an elder. John Appleby 
died October 1, 1851, his wife died at the homestead in 1877, aged 
eighty-seven.
  Alexander Appleby received his education in the subscription schools 
of his native township. The opportunities afforded by these schools 
were limited, and the teachers inefficient. While yet a mere lad, 
Alexander Appleby was set to work on the farm where he remained, 
assisting his father until 1842, when he rented his present home, a 
farm then owned by his father. After renting it for several years, he 
bought 100 acres, and at his father's death, he received the remaining 
108 acres. Industrious and thrifty, Mr. Appleby not only improved his 
farm, adding to it by the purchase of 40 acres, but also bought a 
property in Shade Gap. Mr. Appleby is a staunch Republican, eager for 
the success of the party. He is highly esteemed and influential in his 
township. He has won the respect and confidence of the community, where 
he has been retained on the school board for nine consecutive years. He 
has also served his township in various other capacities.
  Alexander Appleby was married in Dublin township, November 10, 1842, 
to Ann Eliza, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Wilson) Jeffries. Their 
children are: John McGinley, a farmer in Dublin township, married Anna 
Blair; Elizabeth, Mrs. George Doran, Burnt Cabins, Fulton county; 
David, M. D., married Martha Colliers, Tyrone, Pa.; Mary Jane, Mrs. 
William Thompson, Barree, Huntingdon county; Lavinia, Mrs. George 
Elliot, Mount Union, Pa.; and Rosamond, at home. Mrs. Appleby was an 
earnest Christian, a member of the Presbyterian church; she died June 
5, 1889. Mr. Appleby is an elder in the Presbyterian church at Shade 
Gap, Pa.