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Anna <I>Buchanan</I> Applegate

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Anna Buchanan Applegate

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
20 Apr 1921 (aged 60)
Arkansas, USA
Burial
Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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THE APPLEGATE FAMILY, J.E. (Joseph Edgar) Applegate was born in Illinois in
1857. In 1881, looking for a place to move with his brother A.R., he heard about
the new area opening in northwest Arkansas. Late in 1881 J.E. and A.R. purchased
a former drugstore in Rogers and opened Applegate Drug; J.E. bought out A.R. a
year later. In November of 1894 J.E. traveled back to Illinois where he married
Anna Buchanan and returned to Rogers with her. To Anna and J.E. Applegate were
born eight children, whom Anna called her "jewels." Two died in their teens from
tuberculosis. The five sons who survived all followed in their father's
footsteps and became pharmacists. The family's first home was a farm on North
Eighth Street called "The Elms." They later moved into town at 506 West Poplar,
where Immanuel Baptist Church stands today. Many of Rogers church and social
functions were hosted at their home. Applegate Drugstore moved two times, the
final move to an A.O. Clarke-designed building at 116 South First which opened
in 1907, today home to Poor Richard's Gifts and Confectionery. J.E. played a
major part in Rogers activities, including serving as the second president of
the Board of Trade (predecessor to today's chamber of commerce) in 1904,
president of the American National Bank in 1915, and charter member of the
American Legion Post established in 1919. Both J.E. and Anna were charter
members of Rogers ' Presbyterian church. Anna died in 1921, and J.E. in 1937.
History claims that the old pendulum clock in the Applegate Drugstore stopped
ticking the day J.E. died.
THE APPLEGATE FAMILY, J.E. (Joseph Edgar) Applegate was born in Illinois in
1857. In 1881, looking for a place to move with his brother A.R., he heard about
the new area opening in northwest Arkansas. Late in 1881 J.E. and A.R. purchased
a former drugstore in Rogers and opened Applegate Drug; J.E. bought out A.R. a
year later. In November of 1894 J.E. traveled back to Illinois where he married
Anna Buchanan and returned to Rogers with her. To Anna and J.E. Applegate were
born eight children, whom Anna called her "jewels." Two died in their teens from
tuberculosis. The five sons who survived all followed in their father's
footsteps and became pharmacists. The family's first home was a farm on North
Eighth Street called "The Elms." They later moved into town at 506 West Poplar,
where Immanuel Baptist Church stands today. Many of Rogers church and social
functions were hosted at their home. Applegate Drugstore moved two times, the
final move to an A.O. Clarke-designed building at 116 South First which opened
in 1907, today home to Poor Richard's Gifts and Confectionery. J.E. played a
major part in Rogers activities, including serving as the second president of
the Board of Trade (predecessor to today's chamber of commerce) in 1904,
president of the American National Bank in 1915, and charter member of the
American Legion Post established in 1919. Both J.E. and Anna were charter
members of Rogers ' Presbyterian church. Anna died in 1921, and J.E. in 1937.
History claims that the old pendulum clock in the Applegate Drugstore stopped
ticking the day J.E. died.

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