Leslie Norman Applegate was born in Trenton New Jersey to Charles Richard Applegate (1878-1929) and Carrie W. (Hutchinson) Applegate (1877-1964), and had a sister Ruth Emma (1900-1995) and Charles Richard Applegate Jr. (1902-1982). He married Bartella Probasco (1911-1986) on November 7th 1931 in Doylestown Pennsylvania and they had a son Norman T. Applegate and a daughter LaVerne Bitner. See Matrimonial - Applegate - Probasco.
Bartella died in 1986 and at the time of her passing she had six grandchildren. See Bartella Applegate Obituary.