Owner of Texas Cotton Gin
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James Key Appleby |
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1844 - 1908 |
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note: Two charts are included at the end of this article: John and Virginia (Key) Appleby James Key and Sarah (Winston) Appleby. |
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As the sixth child of John and Virginia (Key) Appleby, James Key Appleby was born in LaFayette, Alabama on September 29th, 1844. At the age of sixteen, James enlisted in the Confederate Army and served with the Fifty-fourth Georgia Regiment during the Civil War. Following the war, he entered Poughkeepsie College and upon graduation entered a business career. On the first day of September 1867, James Key Appleby married Sarah Lawrence Eugenia Winston. She was called Dukie by her family and friends. The ceremony was conducted by James' brother-in-law, Reverend Balop Benjamin McCraw. Rev. McCraw was first married to James Key Appleby's sister, Melissa. Upon her early death, McCraw later married her sister, Laura Augusta. One of the first recorded positions held by James was tax assessor in Chambers County, Alabama. Two sons, Winston and John Key, were born in Alabama. In 1870, James Key Appleby, with his wife and sons, moved to Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas. With five hundred black workers brought with him from Alabama, James owned and operated a cotton gin. Another son, Hugh, and a daughter, Nellie, were born in Texas. In 1889, a fire destroyed the cotton gin and James suffered heavy financial loss. That same year, Washington became a State and the Appleby family moved there and settled in Whatcom County. James Appleby served as City Clerk in Bellingham for several terms of office. Other endeavors followed, including the grocery and real estate business. When his health begin to fail because of throat cancer, he moved to his farm on Samish Island. He continued an active life until his death on November 9, 1986. He and his wife, are buried in Bay View Cemetery, Bellingham, Washington. Their graves are unmarked (1990), but their locations are in the cemetery records.
A special note of thanks to Richard H. Pingrey, of California, for the major portion of this material. In the early 1990's, he writes, " You are very welcome to use any of the material we have sent you. If it is of value then we are pleased that we could be of assistance. Actually, most of the credit for the material is duemy great aunt Rose (Rogers) Bowman. She spent many long years gathering material on our family and she died in her late nineties, before most of us begun to understand the importance of what she was doing. It was her sister, Gertrude Rogers, who married Dr. Winston Appleby. They were my maternal grandparents." |
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Chart for John Appleby and Virginia Key ================================= Husband: John APPLEBY Birth: 24 May 1808 Georgia (Prob) Death: 6 Jun 1878 Lafayette, Alabama Buried: Lafayette Cemetery, Alabama Occupation: Probate Judge Father: James APPLEBY (1779-1866) Mother: Virginia Jane MONTGOMERY (1781-1875)
Marriage: 14 Oct 1830 Jackson Co. Georgia to: Wife: Virginia Julia KEY Nickname "Topie" Birth: Circa 1810 Place: Henry Co. Virginia Death: Jun 1892 Rome, Georgia Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery; Rome, Georgia Father: Tandy Center KEY (1776-1838) Mother: Ann Barber COCHRAN ———Children——— 1. M Child: Tandy Linton APPLEBY Birth: 30 Sep 1831 Henry Co. Virginia Christen: 27 Jul 1832 Thyatira Church; Jackson Co. Georgia Death: 29 Nov 1902 San Antonio, Bexar Co. Texas Buried: Confederate Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Occupation: Physician Spouse: Charlotte Elizabeth NUNN _________________________________
2. F Child: Anne Cassandra APPLEBY Birth: About 1833 Death: Infant ______________________________
3. F Child: Evelyn Jane APPLEBY Birth: 29 Aug 1835 Henry Co. Virginia Death: 25 May 1923 Place: Georgia Spouse: James Young ASHFORD Marriage: 19 Oct 1854 ________________________________
4. F Child: Laura Augusta APPLEBY Birth: 1 Aug 1837 Salem, Alabama Death: 23 Nov 1856 New Orleans or Lafayette, Alabama Buried: Lafayette, Alabama Cemetery Spouse: Balop Benjamin McCRAW Marriage: 12 Nov 1854 Place: Salem, Alabama ______________________________
5. F Child: Melissa Ann APPLEBY Birth: 16 Sep 1839 Alabama Death: 21 May 1868 Spouse: Balop Benjamin McCRAW Marriage: 1 Jul 1857 Chambers Co. Georgia _______________________________
6. F Child: Mary Virginia APPLEBY Birth: Jun 1842 Georgia Death: 1865 Georgia Spouse: Nathan LYONS Marriage: 3 Jul 1860 Place: Lafayette, Chambers Co. Georgia _____________________________
7. M Child: James Key APPLEBY Birth: 29 Sep 1844 Lafayette, Chambers Co. Alabama Death: 9 Nov 1908 Samish Island, Bellingham, Washington Place: Bay View Cem; Bellingham, Washington Spouse: Sarah Lawrence Eugenia WINSTON Marriage: 1 Sep 1867 Lafayette, Chambers Co. Georgia ________________________________
8. F Child: Octavia Florine APPLEBY Birth: 1846 Lafayette, Alabama Death: Infant _____________________________
9. F Child: Susan Ione APPLEBY Birth: 1849 Place: Spouse: Nathan LYONS ______________________________
10. M Child: John Scott APPLEBY Birth: 1851 Death: Infant
======================================= Chart for James Key Appleby and Sarah Winston =======================================
Husband: James Key APPLEBY -
Birth: 29 Sep 1844 Lafayette, Chambers Co. Alabama Death: 9 Nov 1908 Samish Island, Bellingham, Washington Burial: Bay View Cemetery Bellingham, Washington Father: John APPLEBY (1808-1878) Mother: Virginia Julia KEY (1810-1892 Spouse: Sarah Lawrence Eugenia WINSTON Marriage: 1 Sep 1867 Lafayette, Chambers Co. Georgia
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1. M Child: Winston APPLEBY Birth: 31 Aug 1868 Lafayette, Chambers Co. Alabama Death: 16 Feb 1914 Anacortes, Skagit Co. Washington Burial: Bay View Cem., Bellingham, Washington Marriage: 26 Sep 1894 Bellingham, Whatcom Co. Washington
Spouse: Gertrude Helen ROGERS Birth: 25 Aug 1875 LaFayette, Yamahill, Oregon Death: Dec 1944 Bellingham, Whatcom Co. Washington Father: Ellery Walker Rogers _____ 2. M Child: John Key APPLEBY Birth: 24 Jun 1873 Alabama Note: World War 1 Draft Registration In Seattle had Birth date ___ 3. M Child: Hugh Welbon APPLEBY Birth: 10 Sep 1882 —---- 4. F Child: Nellie APPLEBY Spouse: WATHERALL (?)
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revised: 09 May 2003
reviewed: 07 March 2005