Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . y. Dr. Lewis for-merly was a general practitioner in Macombfor fourteen years, and gave up a business of$4,000 to $5,000 a year to look after the grow-ing Interests of the coal The firmowns mines at Cuba and Hanna City, 111., em-ploys about two hundred and twenty-five men,and has a mining capacity of tons of coala day. Formerly Mr. Applegate had an inter-est in the sewer-pipe concern now operatingunder the name of Dickey & Company, ofKansas City, and which have several concernsengaged in the manufacture of sewer-pipe indifferent parts o
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . y. Dr. Lewis for-merly was a general practitioner in Macombfor fourteen years, and gave up a business of$4,000 to $5,000 a year to look after the grow-ing Interests of the coal The firmowns mines at Cuba and Hanna City, 111., em-ploys about two hundred and twenty-five men,and has a mining capacity of tons of coala day. Formerly Mr. Applegate had an inter-est in the sewer-pipe concern now operatingunder the name of Dickey & Company, ofKansas City, and which have several concernsengaged in the manufacture of sewer-pipe indifferent parts of the country. The plant atMacomb, 111., in which Mr. Applegate was inter-ested, burned in 1896 with a loss of $40,000above the insurance and was almost immediate-ly rebuilt. Politically. Mr. Ai)ple,gate is a Republican,and fraternally is connected with the MacombLodge No. 17, A. F. & A. M. December 24,1864, he married Lucinda Murry, a native ofSchuyler County, III., and a graduate of theRushville high school. Mrs. Applegate is a. ^AMEIS HARRIS JH - HISTORY OF Mcdonough county. 8lS ilaughter of Allen and Sarah (Marvin) Miirry,natives of New York and Vermont, Mr. and .Mrs. Apple^ate have been horn twochildren, of w^hora Fannie died at the age of twoyears, and Addie L. is the wife of Dr. RobertE. Lewis, of .Macomb. .Mr. Applegate is a mancf strong and forceful character, and through-out an extended and busy career has evincedthe most important and fundamental requisitesof success. ARCHER, John M., formerly a prosperousfarmer in Macomb Township, McUonoughCounty, III., now living in retirement in Ma-comb, was born April 14, lt>27, in Warren Coun-ty, Ohio, where he enjoyed the limited ad-vantages of the common schools of that is a son of John and Rachel (Hillman)Archer, natives of New .Jersey, the father hav-ing been born in Camden County. John was the youngest of six children bornto his parents. In his youth he learned thel)Iasterers trade, whi
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