I'm nearly certain this is the grave I found at Old Slifer's Church cemetery near Farmersville, Ohio. The headstone reads: "Elizabeth, wife of Henry Apple. Born September 19, 1807. Died January 6, 1838. Age 30 years, 3 months, 17 days. It checks out because their next-to-last child was born in 1835, and Henry married a second time in 1839. There was no headstone for Henry nearby.
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From "Centennial Biographical Record of Dayton and Montgomery County:"
Henry Apple, son of the above [Henry Apple] and father of the subject [Henry Apple], was born in 1802 in Berks County, Pa., where two of his brothers, John and George, were also born, the remainder of the family being born in Montgomery County, Ohio. Henry was but three years old when brought to Ohio by his parents, and grew up a pioneer among the pioneers. Trained to a farmer's life he naturally adopted that vocation. He married Elizabeth Rodehefer, who was born in 1807, and was a daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Ruby) Rodehefer, both of whom were of German descent and pioneers of Montgomery County. Henry Apple and his wife settled in the woods in Jackson township, prospered by hard work and economical management, and in 1838 bought 160 acres of land in that township. Mr. Apple also entered 160 acres in Darke County. He was a member of the Lutheran church, in which he was a deacon and an elder, as was his father before him. His children were as follows: William, Julia, George, Solon, Catherine, Barbara, Henry and Elizabeth. The above children were by his first wife, after whose death he married Sarah Stroup, by whom he had the following children: John, Samuel, Louisa (who died at the age of seventeen), Mary (who died at the age of twenty years), Lydia, Hiram, David, and Sarah Eve. Thus he was the father of sixteen children, fourteen of whom were living at the time of his death. Politically he was a democrat, and as a citizen he was held in high regard. |
