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Last Update 9 October 1999

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Bobby Lee "Joe" Applegarth
  (1926 - 1984)


Spouse's Name:  Evelyn Lois Edgar
Marriage Date:  29 June 1948
Spouse's DoB:  Private
Spouse's PoB:  Private
Date of Death:  Still Living
Place of Death:
Buried:

Father's Name:  Roy Edward "Dinger" Applegarth
Father's DoB:  10 October 1892
Father's PoB:  Fairpoint, Belmont Co., Ohio
Date of Death:  23 June 1970
Place of Death:  New Athens, Harrison Co., Ohio
Buried:  Smithfield, Harrison Co., Ohio

Mother's Name:  Lelia Bell Leasure
Mother's DoB:  21 December 1893
Mother's PoB:  St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio
Date of Death:  13 July 1970
Place of Death:  Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio
Buried:  Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio


Born 9 December, 1926 in Fairpoint, Belmont Co., Ohio, he was the youngest son of Roy "Dinger" and Lelia Applegarth. His Christian name at birth was Bobby Lee, when he went into the Navy during WW2, he filled out all of the paperwork as "Robert Lee" which is the way it is listed on all official records except his birth certificate. A U.S. Navy veteran of WW2, he returned to his home in Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio after the war and went back to school. He immediately picked up the nickname "GI Joe" in school and over the years, the GI part disappeared and he was known as "Joe Applegarth".

He married Evelyn Edgar on 19 June 1948. He was employed for several years at the Scio Pottery Company in Scio, Harrison Co., Ohio. After leaving the pottery, he worked for the Y&O Coal Company at their #2 mine in Hopedale until falling ill to cancer. He lived for nearly 20 years in Cherry Valley, a small coal mining camp near Hopedale. He also lived in Jewett, Scio and finshed out the remainder of his life at his home on Church Street in Hopedale. He passed away 18 January 1984, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Harrison Co., Ohio.


Bobby Lee Applegarth  (1926 - 1984)
      Evelyn Lois Edgar  (PRIVATE)

           Joseph Roland Applegarth  (PRIVATE)
           Robert William "Bill" Applegarth  (1950 - 1988)
           James Franklin "Frank" Applegarth  (PRIVATE)
           Sharon Lee Applegarth    (PRIVATE)
           Richard Louis Applegarth  (PRIVATE)

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