1900 census says b: Apr 1879 Carmi-White Co IL; d: Mt Carmel; s/of Frederich Appel (ca 1842) & Catherine Sauer (Jul 1850 Germany-19 Nov 1917 Belmont ; m2: Henry Kleinschmidt buried St Johns Cem); m: Bertha M.*; res: 1900 Bellmont 1910 Mt Carmel; ch: Harold D. (ca 1903 IL). Note: spelled Apple on census