Johnny Appleseed

"To Do Justly, To Love Mercy and To Walk Humbly With His God."

Johnny Appleseed died on March 18 in 1845 at the age of 70 in Fort Wayne, Indiana,  where he also is buried. He had spent 50 years of his life travelling round several States. 

In those days there was a law which required each settler to plant 50 apple trees the first year, so Johnny Appleseed found out  how to help these pioneers. He realized that there was a real need and an opportunity for service in supplying seeds and seedlings. 
Moving ahead of the pioneers, Johnny Appleseed  started many nurseries throughout the Midwest planting the seeds which he bought from cider mills in Pennsylvania. Later on he became the owner of many nurseries in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, where he grew his beloved apple trees, so it was easier for him to supply apple seeds to the pioneers in the mid-western USA.

In those days transportation was difficult, so apples became a practical necessity in the early settlers diets.

Johnny Appleseed Chapman spread religion as well as apples! He was a deeply religious man, who shared his religious tracts and his Bible with the settlers who listened to him.
He was also accepted as a peacemaker between the Indians and the settlers.

It is possible today to follow his path through the East and Midwest because it is dotted with many monuments to the memory of this man who fulfilled the Biblical requirements "To Do Justly, To Love Mercy and To Walk Humbly With His God."