========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Pruden Submitted: June 2003 ========================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ======================================================== submitted by Laura Pruden, email Raisndustbunys@aol.com ======================================================== EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical C. D. APPLIN (Clarence D. Applin) - Vol II, pg 541-542 C. D. Applin, manager of the K. & W. C. Erickson Company, Realtors, of Minneapolis is a stanch booster of this city. He was born in Minnesota on the 4th of May, 1885, a son of C. D. and Mary V. (Pieton) Applin. His father was a native of Wisconsin, the Applins having been among the pioneer settlers of that state. He engaged in farming for the greater part of his life and his death occurred in 1902, at the age of forty-two years. Mrs. Applin was a daughter of Victor E. Pieton. She is making her home in Minneapolis and is sixty-one years of age. The public schools of Kasson, Dodge county, afforded C. D. Applin his early education and after graduating from high school he came to Minneapolis and took a course in a business college. His first position was with the Milwaukee Railroad and he remained with that road as clerk for three years. For the following three years he was with the Kettle River Company as clerk and he then accepted a position with the Walstad Pearson Investment Company for two years. At the termination of that time he became associated with the K. & W. C. Erickson Company, Realtors, and for the past ten years he has been manager of this progressive enterprise. He is likewise secretary for the Anaconda Gold Mining Company, a corporation with a paid-up capital of five hundred thousand dollars, and secretary of the Interior Oil Company of Minneapolis. In early life Mr. Applin determined to pay close attention to the thing at hand and take advantage of every opportunity offered him to advance. As a result he has attained a position of affluence in business circles and is readily conceded to be one of the leading citizens of Minneapolis. Since attaining his majority Mr. Applin has maintained an independent course in politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office without regard for party principles. He is an active member of the Calhoun Commercial Club and of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association. His religious faith is manifest in his attendance upon the services of the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Applin finds his greatest recreation in hunting and fishing and he is a close follower of all seasonable sports. He is a man of genial and pleasing personality and he enjoys the confidence and esteem of his staff of workers. He is essentially public-spirited and is a firm believer in Minneapolis. His cooperation can always be counted upon in the furtherance of any movement for the benefit of the community at large and he wields a great influence for the public good. He is unmarried.