Actually I do not think this family relates to Jesse Applegate. The were in a different part of Oregon and in Washington. Before that Iowa, Kansas and seems to me the parents were from Penn from the census records. I will get into that as soon as I get my computer up and running. I am on my laptop and it is hard to access information. I know there was a William Applegate in Lee Co., Iowa in 1850. Maybe we can kick up the Applegate site with some information??? Coral