Family of William APPLEMAN and Rebecca BIDDLEMAN

William APPLEMAN (1800-1872)

Rebecca BIDDLEMAN (1809-1860)

Howell APPLEMAN (c. 1827- )

Mathilda APPLEMAN (1828-1900)

Alfred APPLEMAN (c. 1831- )

Sarah APPLEMAN (c. 1833- )

George APPLEMAN (c. 1835- )

Charles M. APPLEMAN (c. 1835-1898)

Milada APPLEMAN (c. 1836- )

Leonard APPLEMAN (c. 1838- )

Thomas APPLEMAN (c. 1840-c. 1912)

Allena APPLEMAN (c. 1841- )

Martin Vanburren APPLEMAN (1842-1914)

Jacob APPLEMAN (c. 1847- )

Infant APPLEMAN ( - )

Death certificate of Martin VanBuren and Matilda Saliard (nee Appleman) shows their parents and birthplace and infers that William and Rebecca were married.

The New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index lists William as Rebecca Aplemans spouse. Spelling is incorrect for Apleman and no date is noted on this record.

William APPLEMAN

Male

Leonard APPLEMAN (1771-c. 1850)

Catherine MCCRACKEN (1774-1860)

The death records index from Family Search notes his parents were Leonard Appleman and Catharine.

Real Estate is valued at $600.

It is possible this is William Appleman in the 1870 census but this is only reference to this. He is in the same household as a Caroline Appleman but I have no record other than this census that they are married. In 1870 she was 39 and he was 70, a thirty one year age difference. If this family unit as listed in the 1870 census is accurate then it could be that William and Caroline married sometime in the 1860's after Caroline's first husband died. Then brought into the household Carolines children from her first marriage to David Reese and then they had their own child Eugene born in 1867.

In the 1870 census her Carolina has the inferred last name of Appleman. Not sure if this is a spouse or daughter

Rebecca BIDDLEMAN

Female

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Address: Oxford, Warren, New Jersey

Howell APPLEMAN

Female

Mathilda APPLEMAN

Female

Thomas B SALIARDS (1820-1899)

On the death certificate it lists her married status as widowed, a housewife with four children, three of whom are still living.

Alfred APPLEMAN

Male

Sarah APPLEMAN

Female

George APPLEMAN

Male

Charles M. APPLEMAN

Male

Lavindee Jane PUTNAM (1836-1907)

The record on the Veterans Burial cards is the only evidence that is not based on calculations of age as in the other records. The birth year ranges in these records from 1833 to 1835 and only one record includes the month and day of birth. Assuming that he was born on September 12th then there is one source for a 1832 birth year, four sources showing 1833, and two sources for 1834 ans two sources for 1835. The most likely year of birth is 1835, but until a birth record is located, this year remains subject to interpretation. See the genealogical proof report on his birth.

In 1860 Charles is listed as living in the household of Pulaski Carter. It is likely he worked for Mr. Carter. He had been variously reporting he was a "laborer", "blacksmith" and working in an ax factory. He is also listed after the war on the census of 1870 of working in a "ax factory". It is likely he returned to work as a blacksmith . It is unclear as to where he worked but it is likely he returned to work with Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter notably acted as a witness to a court hearing for Charles Appleman establishing him as a personal witness to his for his pension claim

http://www.pieroth.org/scwhite/kennedy/capouse.html

Address: at Camp Curtis in Harrisburg

His unit was organized at Camp Curtain in Harrisburg on 7th of October, 1861 when the regimental leadership established. The men were described by Bates in his record of the regiment were "well formed and hardy, and accustomed to the use of the rifle". They camped first at Kalorama Heights then in January of 1862 moved camp to Meridian hill where they moved into barracks, 16 feet wide and eighty feet long. They continued to train and many became sick of typoid and smallpox.

Left State for Washington, D. C., November 8. Attached to 1st Brigade, Casey's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1862.

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 28. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Bottom's Bridge May 19-20. Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-23. Reconnaissance to Seven Pines May 24-27. Skirmishes at Seven Pines, Savage Station and Chickahominy May 24. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1.

Address: Camp Kalorma and then Meridian hill

In July and August of 1862 the Union Army Muster Roll for Co. H, 52nd Regiment showed he was "absent sick". He was marked as present in May and June 1862.

Address: Porstmough Grove Hospital

He received a Surgeons Certificate from the U.S. Army, during his service with the 52nd Regiment, Company H of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. On the certificate is is noted he was unfit for duty for 110 days during the las two months of service. This shows he was first unfit for duty around May 31st. This contradicts the Muster Roll for that time which shows him as "present" in May and June of 1862

Charles appeared on this day to file paperwork for his invalid pension. With him were witnesses Pulaski Carter, his former employer and Thomas C. Appleman his brother. The application includes a description of the "wound" he suffered while in the military which states he "contracted disease of lungs near Yorktown in the month of June 1862 from exposure in the swamps. Was sent to hospital at Yorktown on about the first of July, from there he was sent to Rhode Island, to Portsmouth Grove Hospital in a few days where he recovered about four weeks, then sent to Hestonville Hospital Philadelphia PA. where he remained until discharged as fore said."

The census record shows his home is worth $500 and his personal personal estate is worth $200.

This declaration states "That while a member of the organization afresaid, in the service and in the line of his duty at Yorktown, in the State of Virginia on or about the 18th of April, 1862 he was disabled by sickness (Phthisis Pulmonalis) by a cold taken while laying in a swamp hear Lees ???. That he was treated in hospitals as follows: at Yorktown about 1st of May and at Rhode Island about 10th July 1862.

Originally, the term "<b>teamster</b>" referred to a person who drove a team of draft animals, usually a wagon drawn by oxen, horses, or mules. This term was common by the time of the Mexican–American War (1848) and the Indian Wars throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries on the American frontier. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teamster)

Not sure how he wound up in Pierce City Missouri in 1890

Address: 532 Deacon Street

Cause: from an embolism from heart disease

Address: Dunmore Cemetery

<b>History

</b>Col. John C. Dodge, Jr., c. 1900.

Formed in response to President Abraham Lincoln's calls, during the spring and summer of 1861, for volunteers to enroll for military service, the 52nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was composed primarily of men from Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Luzerne, Union and Wyoming counties of Pennsylvania. Authority to recruit men for the regiment had been granted by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin on August 1, 1861, to Lycoming County resident John C. Dodge, Jr., who had performed his three months' service during the opening months of the American Civil War.[1][2][3]

Following their muster-in at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, the members of this regiment engaged in basic training at this Union Army camp until November 8, 1861.[4][5] While stationed here, John C. Dodge, Jr., Henry M. Hoyt, and John B. Conyngham were commissioned as field and staff officers on October 7, and awarded the respective ranks of colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major. The 52nd Pennsylvania also initially had its own regimental band, a 16-piece ensemble staffed by members of the Wyoming Cornet Band from Wilkes-Barre, which was under the baton of Professor Fred Wagner. As the 52nd readied for departure, Governor Curtin presented regimental leaders with state and national flags to be carried by the regiment's color-bearer unit.[6][7]

On November 8, 1861, the regiment marched to the train station at Harrisburg, and was then transported to Washington, D.C. by way of York, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and Relay Junction, Maryland.[8] Upon arrival in Washington, the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers were marched to the Kalorama Heights in Georgetown, where they made camp at "Camp Kalorama," and received additional training.[9][10]

<b>1862

</b>Ordered into winter quarters, the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers were housed in barracks "on Meridian Hill, at Fourteenth street, in the rear of Columbia College," according to Bates. While here, they continued to perform in a series of dress parades as part of their ongoing training. Illness plagued the regiment during this phase of service with a number of 52nd Pennsylvanians contracting typhoid fever or variola (smallpox); several died. The regiment's ranks were further thinned when 10 men volunteered for gunboat service on detached duty (many of whom were then killed in June 1862 while serving aboard the steamer USS <i>Mound City</i> during the Battle of Saint Charles, Arkansas).[11][12]

In March 1862, the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, IV Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and on the 28th of that month, moved out with its brigade. Marching for Alexandria, Virginia, the regiment boarded the steamship USS Constitution, which ran aground twice after departing from that city's docks. Following their arrival at Hampton Roads, the regiment transferred to a smaller steamer, the USS Hero, which took them to Newport News. During their trip, the 52nd Pennsylvanians were fired upon by a Confederate artillery battery stationed on Craney Island, but escaped without damage to the ship or injury to the men. According to Bates, on April 17, the 52nd Pennsylvania and its brigade "advanced and took position in front of the enemy's lines at Lee's Mills, Smith's Division on the right, and Couch's on the left" with the "main operations of the siege ... directed against his fortifications at Yorktown."[13][14][15]

Now part of the Peninsula Campaign,[16] the 52nd Pennsylvania saw its first serious combat action in the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862. Assigned to point at the head of a Union Army column marching on Fort Magruder, part of the regiment was caught in an exposion of an improvised explosive device (IED). According to Bates, General Henry M. Naglee, his staff, and members of the 52nd's A Company had just crossed a parapet at the fort "when a torpedo, which had been skillfully planted in the way, exploded under Company F, instantly killing one man [Private John Pruyne of F Company], and horribly mutilating six [or nine] others."[17][18][19]

On May 20, General Naglee selected one hundred men from the 52nd Pennsylvania, designated them as sharpshooters, and placed them under the command of Captain Greanleaf Davis, commanding officer of the 52nd's E Company. Although this detachment came under heavy musket and artillery fire while assigned to reconnaissance of Bottom's Bridge and neighboring rail lines, it was able to maintain control of its assigned area, enabling Union forces to cross the Chickahominy River just 14 miles outside of Richmond.[20][21][22]

During the evening of May 23, General George B. McClellan ordered General Naglee to move his army toward Seven Pines with these words:[23]

Your instructions for the reconnaissance today, are as follows: You will, if possible, advance to the Seven Pines, on the forks of the direct road to Richmond, and the road turning to the right into the road leading from New Bridge to Richmond, and hold that point if practicable.... You will push the reconnaissance as far towards Richmond as practicable, without incurring too much danger.

In response, the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Dodge, departed early the next morning. They were accompanied by the 104th Pennsylvania, which was commanded by Colonel Davis. Joining up with them at 8 a.m. were the 1st New York Artillery's 2nd battery and Regan's 7th Independent New York battery. With the new column formed, the men moved out onto the Williamsburg road at 9 a.m. At Creek Run, roughly 1.5 miles from Bottom's Bridge, they encountered and chased off a group of Confederate pickets. As they progressed further, more CSA pickets were encountered, as were five regiments of Tennessee infantrymen who were part of Hatton's Brigade, and infantrymen and artillerymen under the command of General J. E. B. Stuart. Naglee ordered the 104th Pennsylvania to move to the left of the Williamsburg road and the 52nd Pennsylvania to the right of the road while also extending itself across the railroad. Advancing, they made it as far as a forested area just past Savage Station, where they encountered a much heavier enemy presence. Naglee then moved Regan's battery to the right at the front edge of the forest, from which it shelled the woods on the road's left side. The 52nd Pennsylvania, also on the right, was ordered to move forward to a farm and orchard nearby, where its men could take shelter in and behind the buildings and fence on the property. The shelling and troop movements "lessened materially the fire of the enemy on the left," according to Bates, enabling the 104th Pennsylvania to then also move forward. At 1 p.m., Gregg's Cavalry joined the Union force with Mink's artillery battery connecting with the group later that afternoon.[24][25]

Roughly a half mile outside of Seven Pines Corner, both regiments were subjected to withering fire from the enemy. The wood in front of the 52nd Pennsylvania was particularly thick with CSA skirmishers. In response, Naglee ordered the 104th Pennsylvania to fire obliquely on the enemy while the 52nd Pennsylvania continued its direct fire on CSA troops. Directing the 85th Pennsylvania to move forward to a position behind the railroad, he then ordered the 52nd Pennsylvania to "advance from the fence and buildings directly into the wood in front of it," which "forced the enemy to leave precipitately the wood on the right." At 4 p.m., Naglee directed the sharpshooters of the 52nd Pennsylvania to target enemy artillerymen; within 30 minutes, the fire from CSA batteries was significantly reduced, prompting CSA forces to retreat. Naglee then moved Gregg's Cavalry, part of Mink's Battery, the 85th New York, 104th Pennsylvania, and 52nd Pennsylvania forward, further scattering CSA troops. Naglee was then ordered by General Keyes to have his men stand down in order to prevent a larger scale engagement with the enemy.[26][27]

Ordering the sharpshooters from the 52nd Pennsylvania to advance during the early afternoon of May 25, Naglee then moved the 11th Maine, 104th Pennsylvania, two sections of Bailey's Artillery, and remainder of the 52 Pennsylvania forward in support of the sharpshooters who had advanced to a forested area 500 yards beyond Seven Pines in a "line extended perpendicular to the Williamsburg road, and across to the neighborhood of the Fair Oak Station," according to a report made later by Naglee, who added that he then "ordered the artillery to open upon the enemy," who were "forming in the open fields beyond the wood pile." Advancing his pickets toward the sharpshooters, Naglee then also moved the 11th Maine and 104th Pennsylvania forward, which prompted another CSA retreat. The next day, he continued his advance, moving his troops within five miles of Richmond. On May 27, he then ordered the sharpshooters of the 52nd Pennsylvania to advance yet again, which they did, reaching Garnett's field along the Chickahomony River. The 52nd Pennsylvania was then ordered to make camp "on the Nine Mile road, a half mile beyond Fair Oaks, as a support to the pickets along Garnett's field."[28][29]

Sometime during the opening days of the aforementioned engagement, Private Dilton "Sid" Taylor of the 52nd Pennsylvania's G Company was wounded seriously enough to require medical treatment and a period of convalescence after which he was honorably discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability on September 16, 1862.[30][31]

The next major interaction with the enemy by the 52nd Pennsylvania came during the Battle of Seven Pines (also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks) from May 30 to June 1, 1862. Stationed a half mile in front of and to the right of Seven Pines, this location brought the 52nd "into action on a different part of the field from the other regiments of the brigade, and at a somewhat later hour," according to Bates, who noted that by the time the 52nd Pennsylvania was involved, CSA troops had already "turned the left flank" of the other Union troops at Fair Oaks, "broken through on the Williamsburg road," and opened up a "destructive cross-fire" on Naglee's main force. In response, the 23rd Pennsylvania arrived, freeing up part of the 52nd Pennsylvania to advance. As it did, that detachment sustained a significant number of casualties; the 23rd Pennsylvania and remainder of the 52nd Pennsylvania were then forced to retreat. As the 52nd Pennsylvanians regrouped at sheltering structures along the Nine Mile road, they were then able to render "most effective service." Crossing to the left of Couch's Union troops, they advanced again, and made their way through a forest near Seven Pines, "where they remained actively employed until dark." At that point, CSA troops advanced "rapidly in masses to the rear of Nine Mile road," forcing Union troops to retreat, but the 52nd Pennsylvania, "having their line of retreat cut off," were forced to find another route of retreat. Escaping "by passing through the woods to the left and rear of the saw-mill at the White Oak Swamp" and then on to another Union line, they were finally able to reconnect with the 1st Brigade. McClellan later commended the brigade for gallantry. According to Bates, "Of the two hundred and forty-nine officers and men who went into the conflict, one hundred and twenty-five ... were killed or wounded. Of the latter were Captains Davis, who lost an arm, Lennard, Chamberlain, Weidensaul, and Carskaden." As records were updated, the names of four more 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers were added to the list, bringing the regiment's total number of casualties to 129.[32][33][34]

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Milada APPLEMAN

Female

Leonard APPLEMAN

Male

Thomas APPLEMAN

Male

Emma DEEMER ( -c. 1912)

Allena APPLEMAN

Female

Martin Vanburren APPLEMAN

Male

Cause: of an intracapuslar fracture of femur from an accidental fall

Jacob APPLEMAN

Male

Infant APPLEMAN²

Female