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APPLETON (Soundex A143) — See also APPLE, ETON, PANTLEO, PELTON, PLETTEN, PLETZ, POLITAN, POLTON, POPPLETON, POULTEN, POULTNEY, POULTON, STAPLETON, TAMPLET, TEMPLETON, TRIPLETT.
APPLETON: See also Charles Sumner Bird Jr. — Samuel M. Blatchford — Appleton B. Clarke — Livingston Davis — Nathaniel Appleton Haven — Randolph Appleton Kidder — Appleton Main — Nelson Appleton Miles — William Franklin Nason — Jane Pierce — Appleton Robbins — Appleton Stevens — George Appleton Stockwell — Samuel Wells Appleton, Albert Francis (1850-1914) — also known as Albert F. Appleton — of Crystal, Pembina County, N.Dak. Born in Yorkshire, England, January 14, 1850. Farmer; banker; delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Pembina County, 1889; member of North Dakota state senate, 1890. Catholic. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 1, 1914 (age 64 years, 260 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Wright Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash. Appleton, Albert I. — of Illinois. Republican. Candidate for University of Illinois trustee, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. Appleton, Arthur Taggard (1884-1961) — also known as Arthur T. Appleton — of Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H., May 8, 1884. Republican. Electrical contractor; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 4th District; elected 1938. Died in Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H., August 16, 1961 (age 77 years, 100 days). Burial location unknown. Relatives: Son of Charles Francis Appleton and Lillian Gertrude (Jones) Appleton; married, September 26, 1908, to Alice Ethel Fox; first cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce; first cousin thrice removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; second cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin four times removed of Jabez Huntington, John Brown and Erastus Fairbanks; third cousin once removed of Francis Henry Appleton; third cousin thrice removed of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Horace Fairbanks, Franklin Fairbanks and John Mason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Selucius Garfield, Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder. Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Appleton, Calvin — Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent in Liverpool, 1863-77. Burial location unknown. Appleton, Francis Henry (1847-1939) — also known as Francis H. Appleton — of Peabody, Essex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 17, 1847. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1891-92; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1902-03. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Forestry Association. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 5, 1939 (age 91 years, 292 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. Relatives: Son of Francis Henry Appleton (1823-1854) and Georgiana Crowninshield (Silsbee) Appleton; married, June 2, 1874, to Fanny Rollins Tappan; married, November 6, 1907, to Mary Spencer Tappan; nephew of Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.; grandson of Nathaniel Silsbee and William Appleton; grandnephew of Jacob Crowninshield and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield; second great-grandson of James Sullivan; first cousin twice removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, Nathan Dane Appleton, Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin of William Crowninshield Endicott; second cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce, John Appleton (1815-1864) and Charles Francis Adams; third cousin once removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; third cousin twice removed of Randolph Appleton Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell. Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also Find-A-Grave memorial Appleton, James (1785-1862) — also known as "Father of Prohibition" — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., February 14, 1785. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1813-14; first to propose state prohibition on the manufacture and sale of liquor, 1832; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1836-37; Liberty candidate for Governor of Maine, 1842, 1843, 1844. Died in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., August 25, 1862 (age 77 years, 192 days). Burial location unknown. Appleton, Jane Means See Jane Pierce Appleton, John (1758-1829) — Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 1, 1758. U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Calais, 1802-07. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., August 9, 1829 (age 71 years, 161 days). Burial location unknown. Appleton, John (1804-1891) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., July 12, 1804. Lawyer; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1852-62; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1862-83. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, February 7, 1891 (age 86 years, 210 days). Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine. Relatives: Son of John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton; married 1834 to Sarah Newcomb Allen; married 1876 to Ann Vaughan 'Annie' Greely; first cousin of Jane Pierce; first cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; second cousin of John Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin once removed of Francis Henry Appleton; second cousin twice removed of Jabez Huntington and John Brown; second cousin thrice removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder; second cousin four times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington and Selucius Garfield; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Parrish Witter and Charles Darwin Garfield; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington, John Brown Francis, Thomas Passmore Treadwell and Joshua Perkins; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Biddle, Charles Biddle, Enoch Woodbridge, John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Timothy Pitkin, Leonard White, Robert Odiorne Treadwell, George Douglas Perkins, Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Albert Porter Bradstreet, George Parker Bradstreet and Albert Lemando Bingham. Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also Find-A-Grave memorial Appleton, John (1815-1864) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., February 11, 1815. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1860-61. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 22, 1864 (age 49 years, 193 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Relatives: Son of John White Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; married 1840 to Susan Lovering Dodge; nephew of James Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton, William Appleton, Elijah Livermore Hamlin and Hannibal Hamlin; first cousin thrice removed of Randolph Appleton Kidder; second cousin of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce, Charles Hamlin and Hannibal Emery Hamlin; second cousin once removed of Francis Henry Appleton and Isaiah Kidder Stetson; second cousin twice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton and Clarence Cutting Stetson; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards, Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin of Edward Williams Hooker; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, Aaron Burr, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight and Henry Waggaman Edwards; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Hunt; fourth cousin of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; fourth cousin once removed of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Leonard White, Jedediah Sabin, Charles Robert Sherman, Theodore Davenport, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Robert Odiorne Treadwell and George Pickering Bemis. Political families: Kidder family of Bangor, Maine; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial Appleton, John James (1792-1864) — of Massachusetts. Born in Calais, France, September 22, 1792. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1820-21; Sweden, 1826-30. Died in Rennes, France, March 4, 1864 (age 71 years, 164 days). Burial location unknown. Appleton, John William Messer (1832-1913) — also known as John W. M. Appleton — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va.; Union, Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 1, 1832. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant General of West Virginia, 1897-1901. Killed by a mad bull, in Union, Monroe County, W.Va., October 26, 1913 (age 81 years, 208 days). Burial location unknown. Appleton, Nathan (1779-1861) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 6, 1779. Merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 14, 1861 (age 81 years, 281 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. Relatives: Son of Isaac Appleton and Mary (Adams) Appleton; married, April 13, 1806, to Maria Theresa Gold; married, January 8, 1839, to Harriet Coffin Sumner; father of Francis Elizabeth Appleton (who married of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); first cousin of James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce and John Appleton (1815-1864); first cousin twice removed of Francis Henry Appleton; first cousin thrice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder; first cousin five times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; third cousin twice removed of Robert Odiorne Treadwell; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Willoughby Dayton; fourth cousin of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton and Leonard White; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton, Samuel Finley Vinton, John Larkin Payson and Alonzo Sidney Upham. Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Appleton, Nathan Dane (1794-1861) — also known as Nathan D. Appleton — of Alfred, York County, Maine. Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., May 20, 1794. Lawyer; law partner of John H. Goodenow; Maine state attorney general, 1857-59. Died in Alfred, York County, Maine, November 12, 1861 (age 67 years, 176 days). Interment at Parish Cemetery, Alfred, Maine. Appleton, Owen (1909-1937) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., November 1, 1909. Communist. Candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1933. Lieutenant in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (U.S. volunteers for the Republican or anti-Fascist side in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39); killed in action at Fuentes de Ebro, Spain, October 17, 1937 (age 27 years, 350 days). Interment at Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Mass. Appleton, R. Ross — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912. Burial location unknown. Appleton, Ross See R. Ross Appleton Appleton, Thomas (1763-1840) — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, April 2, 1763. U.S. Consul in Leghorn, 1798-1840, died in office 1840. Died in Leghorn (Livorno), Italy, April 27, 1840 (age 77 years, 25 days). Burial location unknown. Appleton, William (1786-1862) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., November 16, 1786. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1851-55, 1861 (1st District 1851-53, 5th District 1853-55, 1861); defeated, 1854, 1856. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., February 15, 1862 (age 75 years, 91 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. Appleton, William M. — of Ingomar, Allegheny County, Pa. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Allegheny County 14th District; elected 1964. Still living as of 1964. The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead. 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