Note: Another record indicates that he was born in St. Clair, Franklin Co., Missouri.

The Applegate family (brothers Charles, Lindsey & Jesse with their families) came West in 1842 along the Oregon Trail.

1850 U.S. Census for Benton county, Oregon Territory (29 Sept.):
Jesse Applegate M 39 Kentucky
Cyntha Applegate F 37 Ohio
Alexander Applegate M 12 Missouri
*Robert Applegate M 10 Missouri
Gertrude Applegate F 8 Missouri
Henry Applegate M 6 Oregon Territory
Daniel Applegate M 4 Oregon Territory
Sarah Applegate F 2 Oregon Territory

Jesse resides alongside his brothers, Charles & Lindsey Applegate. All are farmers.

Robert married Melinda A. Miller 5 Dec. 1858. (Her parents were James Miller & Lucinda Whitsett. Lucinda Whitsett Miller died 15 April 1846, Moniteau Co., MO.. James married again and moved to Oregon. In fact, he was married 3 times.)

1860 U.S. Census for Fifth District, Umpqua Co., Oregon:
Robt S Applegate M 20 Missouri
Malinda A Applegate F 19 Missouri
Aaron P Applegate M 0 Oregon

1870 U.S. Census for Yoncalla, Douglas Co., Oregon:
Robert Applegate M 30 Missouri
Melinda Applegate F 30 Missouri
[Aaron] Purcill Applegate M 11 Oregon
William Applegate M 9 Oregon
Oscar Applegate M 6 Oregon
Anna Applegate F 5 Oregon
Katy Applegate F 3 Oregon

The family resides right next to Jesse Applegate, both farming. Jesse's brother & his family live nearby.

1880 U.S. Census for Yoncalla, Douglas Co., Oregon:
R. S. Applegate M 41 Missouri
son Aaron Applegate M 20 yrs, b. 1859 Oregon
son Wm. Applegate M 18 yrs, b. 1861 Oregon
son Oscar Applegate M 16 yrs, b. 1863 Oregon
dghtr Annie L. Applegate F 14 yrs, b. 1865 OR
dghtr Catharine Applegate F 12 yrs, b. 1867 OR
dghtr Edna Applegate F 9 yrs, b. 1870 OR
dghtr Jessie Applegate F 6 yrs, b. 1873 OR
son Ira Applegate M 4 yrs, b. 1875 Oregon
nephew Jas. J. Fay M 14 Oregon

Robert is a County Commissioner and a farmer. The census lists him as "married." There is tragedy in the family as nephew James D. Fay's father had recently committed suicide. His mother is Gertrude Applegate Fay, daughter of Jesse Applegate.

Notes: Daughter Anna Laura, b. 26 Sept. 1865, Douglas Co., OR; m. 26 April 1899 John McKirdy; d. 27 Nov. 1941

Daughter Catherine (Kitty) Ida was b. 29 Dec. 1867, Douglas Co., Oregon; m. Joseph Francis 17 May 1892; d. 9 Nov. 1939, Douglas Co., OR.

Daughter [Mary] Edna, b. 10 Aug. 1870, Douglas Co., Or; m. 1) 1905 Michael Damrose; 2) 1918 John Craighead; d. 12 May 1951, Marion Co., OR.

Daughter Jessie, b. 21 Aug. 1873, Douglas Co., OR; m. Isaac Ohlsen 16 Feb. 1904; she d. 3 April 1927, Marion Co., OR. Isaac d. 1 Mar. 1927 in Douglas Co., OR. Jessie & Isaac are buried in the Applegate Cem. in Yoncalla, OR.

All the children were born in the Yoncalla area, Douglas Co., Oregon.

Wife Malinda was b. 15 April 1840 near St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri; d. 31 Jan. 1930, Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. Her parents were James Miller (b. 2 Sept. 1818, Tenn; d. 2 Sept. 1882, Yoncalla, Douglas Co., OR)
and Lucinda Whitsett (b. 1815, Cole Co., Missouri; d. 15 April 1846, Moniteau Co., MO).

Melinda's father James Miller m. Lucinda Whitsett 27 August 1835, Cole Co., Missouri. Lucinda, died 14 April 1846, Moniteau Co., MO.

Her father, James Miller, is buried in the Applegate Pioneer Cem. in Yoncalla, OR.