GEORGE S. APPLEBY, merchant and farmer of Decorum, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born June 17, 1853, son of John and Priscilla (Montague) Appleby. His father died when he was three years old. He attended public school during the winter months until he was twenty years of age. In his twenty-third and twenty-fourth years, he taught school in Wayne township, Mifflin county. In that township, in 1884, he married Mary F., daughter of Jacob and Amanda (Morgan) Casner. His children are: Eugene H.; Eva Fay; and Wayne Casner. He resided in Wayne township two years, engaged in lumbering, after which he returned to Dublin township, Huntingdon county and opened a general store at Decorum. He was soon after appointed postmaster, and still holds that office. He owns and cultivates a small farm in Dublin township. Mr. Appleby is a staunch Republican, and has served as auditor of his township. He is a member of the Presbyterian church at Burnt Cabins, Fulton county. His uprightness and perseverance have won for him confidence and esteem.
-- The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of The Juniata Valley, comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania, 1897
-- The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of The Juniata Valley, comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania, 1897
GEORGE S. APPLEBY, merchant and farmer of Decorum, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born June 17, 1853, son of John and Priscilla (Montague) Appleby. His father died when he was three years old. He attended public school during the winter months until he was twenty years of age. In his twenty-third and twenty-fourth years, he taught school in Wayne township, Mifflin county. In that township, in 1884, he married Mary F., daughter of Jacob and Amanda (Morgan) Casner. His children are: Eugene H.; Eva Fay; and Wayne Casner. He resided in Wayne township two years, engaged in lumbering, after which he returned to Dublin township, Huntingdon county and opened a general store at Decorum. He was soon after appointed postmaster, and still holds that office. He owns and cultivates a small farm in Dublin township. Mr. Appleby is a staunch Republican, and has served as auditor of his township. He is a member of the Presbyterian church at Burnt Cabins, Fulton county. His uprightness and perseverance have won for him confidence and esteem.
-- The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of The Juniata Valley, comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania, 1897
-- The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of The Juniata Valley, comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania, 1897
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