Rachel Applegate Solomon
Rachel Emma Applegate Solomon (November 23, 1887 - June 15, 1955) was an American educator.
Early life
[edit]Rachel Emma Applegate was born in Lone Rock Ranch, Klamath County, Oregon, on November 23, 1887, the daughter of Capt. Oliver Cromwell Applegate (1845–1938) and Florence Ella Anderson (1855-1919). Her father was a pioneer and staunch friend of the Indians. Her grandfather, Rev. Jesse Marion Anderson, was a pioneer Methodist minister, who was widely known in southern Oregon as a man of ability and worth.[1] She had 5 siblings: Frank Lindsay Applegate (1879-1964), Annie Elizabeth Halferty (1881-1935), Leroy Gilbert Applegate (1885-1966), Jean Margaret Applegate (1894-1956), Oliver Cromwell Applegate (1896-1994).[2]
She graduated from Klamath County High School and taught one year before entering the University of Oregon to complete her education.[2]
Career
[edit]Rachel Applegate Solomon was a Latin teacher for 25 years, first in Klamath County High School and later in Klamath Union High School; she was very active in church work.[1][2]
She held office in several clubs and fraternal organizations.[1] She was a leader of the Delphian Society, a national organization that promoted the education of women in the United States.[3] As a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, she placed commemorative markers on Denny Creek located on Rock Creek and on Oregon's first battlefield of the Modoc War: her father Captain O.C. Applegate, Rachel and Bert C. Thomas motored to the historic spots.[4] She was one of the first members of the Schoolmates Club.[2]
She wrote a history of Klamath County, published in 1941.[2]
She was a member of: American Association of University Women, Klamath Falls Library Club, Women's Library Club, Women's Auxiliary, Sisterhood Circle of the First Methodist church, Pioneer School Girls.[1][3][2]
Personal life
[edit]Rachel Applegate Solomon lived at 426 N. 7th St., Klamath Falls, Oregon.[1][5]
On July 29, 1920, she married Claude E. Solomon. She remarried on January 1, 1929, to David Jay Good (1872-1939). She married for the third time to John George Swan (1875-1951), the former superintendent of Klamath County Schools. She died on June 15, 1955, and is buried at Rest Lawn Memorial Park, Junction City.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 164. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d e f g "June 17, 1955". Herald and News. 1955.
- ^ a b "Sunday, December 8, 1929". The Klamath News. 1929. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Wednesday, June 5, 1929". The Klamath News. 1929. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Descendants of Thomas Applegate". Retrieved 17 August 2017.
