Barb is number 5 of the Applegate girls and is the ‘baby of the family’.  She was 5 years old when the family left Corydon; however, her memories of those 5 years are vivid and treasured.  Her favorite memories are of those times she spent learning to swim in the local creeks, and playing on the farm of Lowell, Mabel and Laura Etta Sibert, in White Cloud, Indiana, which was 7 miles south of Corydon.  Barb is a farm girl at heart.  She and her husband Don moved from Texas to Colorado in 1968.  They have three wonderful children, Theresa, John and Bill, nine terrific grandkids and three great-grandkids.  Barb and Don live in a suburb of Denver, with their Labrador Retrievers and three beautiful Morgan horses.  Barb retired in May of 2014 and is loving every minute of retirement, spending time with her family, dogs and horses, doing genealogy, photography, working around the homestead, and, of course, reading.

07211943_Ted_to_parents:  From Ted to his parents, announcing the birth of Barb.

Oct_1952_trip_to_Indiana:  Writings during 1952 trip to Indiana.

Barb about 1 year

Barb, 5 years, Corydon, Indiana

Barb on Skippy at Corydon’s Harrison County Fairgrounds, 1947 or 1948

Rica and Barb with Lowel Sibert, 1946 or 1947

Barb, age 6

Barb, Ford Miles, Grace, Rica, Jackie Miles, Wilda Eskew, 1947, Corydon

Corydon kids, 1947

Corydon kids’ names, 1947

Barb, Grace, Rica, 1948, Corydon

Ted and Barb with her Kachina doll from Wyandotte Cave, 1947

Barb, 2nd row, 2nd from left. First on left is Mary Ann Kirkham. Corydon, 1948.

Barb on beach, Long Island Sound, Stamford, Connecticut, 1948

Ted and Barb, 1949

Barb on Grasshopper, 1950, Monahans

Ann on Grasshopper, Sue on Tack, Grace on Lady Gardner, Rica on Joe, Barb on Baby, with Larry Skylstad, 1950

Grace, Barb, Sue, 1950, Monahans

Barb, age 8, 1951

Barb, May 1952, Monahans

Rica and Barb, May 1952, Monahans

Ted, Barb, Sue, May 1952, Monahans

Barb, 1952, Monahans

Barb, May 1952, Monahans

Barb, 1953, Monahans

Barb and Don marriage, Oct. 1964. Don’s brother Gary, pastor.

Bill, John, Theresa, Dec., 15, 1974

Theresa, Bill, John, Duke, Fluffy, Dec. 1975

Bill, John, Don, Theresa, Dec., 1980

Sue, Grace, Ann, Rica, Barb, 1986, Duncanville, TX

Don, Bill, John, Dec., 1987

Barb and Don, Dec. 24, 1987

Barb and Don, 1995

Barb with Theresa, John and Bill, Sept. 20, 1996

Ann, Barb, Rica, Grace, Sue, Dixie, Carter, April 1999, New Braunfels

Don, Laura Etta Sibert Leffler, Barb, Grace, 2001

Sue, Ann, Laura Etta Sibert Leffler, Barb, Grace, Sept. 2001

Barb, Grace, Rica, 2002, Pueblo, Colorado

Grace, Rica, Barb, 2002, Pueblo, Colorado

Barb and Don, Sept. 5, 2004, at Copeland Falls in Colorado

John’s and Bill’s family at Bill’s, August 2009

David, Theresa, Laura and Andrea

Theresa, Don, John, June 2007

Bill’s family, December 25, 2009

Rica, Grace, Barb, July 2012, Colorado

Richard, Grace, Richard, Rica, Don, Barb, July 2012, Colorado

Bill, Nancy, Makenna, Landon, Chloe with Harry, Passion and Maddie, July 2013

Makenna, Landon, Barb, Don, Chloe with Harry, Passion and Maddie, July 2013

Barb and Don, July 2013

Barb on her tractor, May 18, 2013

Bill, 2014

Barb and Passion, July 1, 2014, Dawson’s Butte, Colorado