Jacob S. Apple
Jacob S. Apple was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, December 19, 1834, where his boyhood days were spent on a farm. He has made farming and stock raising his principal business through life, excepting about six months, during which time he was engaged in teaching school in Preble County, Ohio. In 1852 he came to Shelby County, made some improvements on section 30, Loramie Township, and then returned to Montgomery County. The land had been purchased by his father, John Apple, in 1847, and in 1855 Jacob S. Apple received a deed from his father. On the 28th of June, 1857, he married Miss Sarah E. Creager, of Montgomery County, Ohio, who was born June 15, 1834. In October, 1857, Mr. and Mrs. Apple came to Shelby County and settled on his land in Loramie Township, on which they have since resided. They have a family of three children, viz., John W., Henry H., and George E. Mr. Apple served as trustee of Loramie Township about nine years, and township treasurer about the same length of time. He has also been a member of the school-board for a number of years. He has conducted the business of farming with success, and now owns two hundred and forty acres of good land in Loramie Township, and is considered one of the leading farmers of the township.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883