| From "History of Shelby County and Representative Citizens," sketch of Henry A. Apple (son of Henry S. Apple): Henry S. Apple was born in Jackson township, Montomery County, Ohio, a son of John Apple and a grandson of Henry Apple, whose father, John Apple, came to America from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania. Henry S. Apple married Katie Gephart, a daughter of George Gephart, who was a pioneer in Jackson township, Montgomery County, and they came as pioneers to Loramie township, Shelby County. Here Henry S. Apple developed a farm from the wilderness and became a well-known and respected man, spending forty subsequent years in theis section and dying at the age of xixty-six years. His widow survived to the age of seventy-two years and their burial was in the cemetery at Covington, Ohio. They had sever children born to them, Henry A. being the fourth in order of birth. |
