George Wilder Appleby, MD

APPLEBY, WILDER, EVERETT, POST, MCCLELLAN, WHITE

Posted By: Mike Appleby (email)
Date: 6/29/2009 at 08:35:24

George Wilder Appleby was born 25 Aug 1860, in Stockton, Jo Daviess, IL, to Isaac and Maria Wilder Appleby.

He graduated from the Northwestern School of Medicine in Chicago, Cook, IL, in 1885. He moved to Bristow, Butler, IA, in 1890 and practiced medicine until 1933, when he retired due to failing health.

He married Maria Wilder on 29 May 1886, in Crown Point, Lake, IN. She died 6 April 1929, in Bristow, Butler, IA. She had married Harrison Post in 1877, and had one son by that marriage.

Dr and Mrs Appleby adopted two children: Vera born Jun 1889 and Lloyd Everett born 19 Oct 1896 in Chicago, Cook, IL, and adopted from the Chicago Foundling Home.

Dr G W Appleby died 19 Feb 1943, in Waterloo, Black Hawk, IA, and is buried in Bristow.