- GEORGE M. APPLEBY, of Beloit, Rock County, holds the responsible
position of city marshal,
- and has for a number of years discharged the duties of that
position in an intelligent and fearless manner. He is highly
thought of as a police officer, and his honor and integrity as
a man are unquestioned.
- Mr. ABBLEBY was born in Avon, Rock Co., Wis., Aug. 30, 1855,
and is a son of John Thomas
- and Sarah (LANDDRAGIN) APPLEBY, both natives of England.
They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are now
living; John Thomas, Jr.; Elizabeth, wife of Albert Graves; George
M.; Caroline, wife of Henry GRAVES; and William H. The father
was formerly a silk weaver. He came to this country, and settled
in Wisconsin at an early day, locating in Janesville, where he
was a butcher for some years. For the last fifteen years he
has led a retired life, living in Beloit, in the home of his
son George M. His wife died in 1865. She was a Seventh-day
Adventist. The paternal grandfather of George M. APPLEBY lived
in Boone County, Iowa, where he and his wife died at an advanced
age. He was a general merchant, and served as a justice of the
peace. The father of Sarah LANDDRAGIN was a merchant in London,
where he died.
- George M. APPLEBY lived in Avon, Wis., until he reached the
age of nineteen years, attended
- the public schools, and was reared on a farm. When he attained
his majority he moved to Beloit, where he secured the appointment
of assistant city marshal, and so energetic and capable did he
prove, that six months later he was made the city marshal, and
has been retained in this position by every succeeding city administration.
Mr. APPLEBY and Miss Anna NOBLE, of Marengo, Ill., were married
Jan. 1, 1885. Mrs. APPLEBY is a daughter of John and Jane (CORVAN)
NOBLE, and is the mother of one daughter, Flossie. She is a
member of the Episcopal Church. Our subject is a member of the
order of Modern Woodmen, and is a Republican politically. He
is deputy sheriff of Rock County, having held this position for
five years, and is poor master for the southern tier of towns
in Rock County, including Beloit and the village of Clinton.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"
(c) 1901, p. 103.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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