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Appleton, Joseph W.

Joseph W. Appleton U.S. Navy WWII
Joseph W. Appleton U.S. Navy WWII
 
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Date of Birth: 10/6/1900
Died On: 1/15/1958
Street Address: Post Road
Service Number: unknown
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy-WWII


Veteran Code: USN-5


BIOGRAPHY
 
Joseph W. Appleton


Joseph Wheeler Appleton was born on October 6, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York, to Mary Frederika Schaumberg, age 37, and Ruel Ross Appelton, age 47. In Rye his family lived on Post Road .

Joseph attended Taft School and Yale University. He is a member of the Yale Club, the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Ocean Racing Club.

He married Miss Geraldine Frances Brophy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Basil Brophy of Mendota Ave., Rye, N. Y., on July 14, 1938.

Joseph enlisted in the military on September 21, 1942, when he was 41 years old. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

A native of Brooklyn, Commander Appleton enlisted in the Naval Reserve early in World War II and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He served in the bureau of shipping. After the war he built ship models in Stonington, CT.

He was a member of the Yale Club, the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Ocean Racing Club.

Joseph W. Appleton. U. S. Naval Reserve, retired, of Stonington, Conn., a former Rye resident died January 15,1958 at Veterans' Hospital in West Haven, Conn. He was fifty-eight years old.

He was survived by his wife, the former Geraldine Francis Brophy and three children. Funeral services will be held in Stonington.

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