Rachel Applegate Solomon
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Rachel Emma Applegate Solomon (November 23, 1887 - June 15, 1955) was an American educator.
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]
