James B. Applebee was born on December 23, 1863 in LaSalle, Illinois to John and Mary Ellen (Denton) Applebee. He married Sarah M. Grown on May 7, 1886 in Beatrice, Nebraska. They were the parents of Herbert M. (1886–1973), Leonard Egbert (1890–1987), Ezra Elbert (1892-1924), Andrew M. (1894-1994), Bryan D. (1896-1980), Olen Irvin (1898-1984), Mary Ruth (born 1899), Melvin A. (1901-1933), Daniel (1903-1958), Samuel B. (1905-1929), and Clarence E. (1907-1976). He died on July 18, 1950, in Gage, Nebraska at the age of 86, and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Adams, Nebraska.
Fact: Residence (1870) Richland Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Nemaha Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Nemaha, Gage, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) Nemaha, Gage, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Residence (1930) Mission Creek, Pawnee, Nebraska
Fact: Residence (1935) Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Residence (1935) Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Residence (1940) Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Residence (1940) Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Burial (20 July 1950) Highland Cemetery, Adams, Gage, Nebraska, United States
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YD-727 : 14 January 2022), James Applebee in household of Johnny Applebee, Hanover Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML46-K1Q : accessed 3 July 2023), James B Applebee, Nemaha, Gage, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 846; FHL microfilm 1,374,859.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2W-P5H : accessed 3 July 2023), James B Applebee in household of Herbert M Applebee, Mission Creek, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 5A, line 11, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1289; FHL microfilm 2,341,024.
1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9M8-H5R : Sat Jun 10 11:25:42 UTC 2023), Entry for James B Applebee and Sarah M Applebee, 1940.