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- NAME: Johnny Appleseed
- OCCUPATION: Folk Hero
- BIRTH DATE: September 26, 1774
- DEATH DATE: c. March 18, 1845
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Leominster, Massachusetts
- PLACE OF DEATH: Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Originally: John Chapman
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U.S. pioneer and folk hero Johnny Appleseed collected apple seeds from cider presses in Pennsylvania then traveled west, planting the seeds along the way.
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Johnny Appleseed was born September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was trained as a nurseryman and in 1800 began collecting apple seeds from cider presses in Pennsylvania. He then traveled west to the Ohio River valley, planting apple seeds along the way. He tended 1,200 acres of his own orchards and was responsible for hundreds of square miles of others.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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