Carl Schurz Trullinger

1875 - 1940  (64 years)

• Name	Carl Schurz Trullinger
  Birth	9 Nov 1875	Yamhill County, OR
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jan 1940	McMinnville, Yamhill, OR
  	The Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, February 1, 1940 YAMHILL MAN DIES SUDDENLY Heart Attack Takes C.S. Trullinger Death struck suddenly for Carl Schurz Trullinger, 64-year-old Yamhill farmer, who succumbed at 10:30 Saturday night in a McMinnville showhouse as the result of a heart attack. Mr. Trullinger was a native of Yamhill, the son of Daniel P. and Emily Trullinger, born Nov. 9, 1875. He was married to Alice Laughlin, who survives, in 1905. He is also survived by one son, Dan P., of Oregon City; a brother, Fredrick L., of Vancouver, Wash.; two sisters, Mary Henry and Mrs. Eustice, of Yamhill. At one time he was owner of the Yamhill Electric company. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Macy funeral chapel. Lafayette lodge, A.F. and A.M., of which he was a member, had charge of grave-side services in Evergreen cemetery. Rev. S.J. Osborne of First Christian church, officiated at funeral ceremonies.
  Burial	McMinnville, Yamhill, OR
  	Burial: Evergreen Memorial Park McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, USA
  Person ID	I1261	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Daniel Perry Trullinger,   b. 27 Apr 1840, Mt Pleasant, Henry, IA d. 28 Sep 1928, Yamhill, Yamhill, OR (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Emma Emily Wood,   b. 20 Jul 1854, Portland, Multnomah, OR d. 14 Apr 1911, Yamhill, Yamhill, OR (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Ann "Allie" Laughlin,   b. 29 Apr 1877, Yamhill, Yamhill, OR d. 8 Nov 1953, Salem, Marion, OR (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1907	Yamhill, Yamhill, OR
  	YAMHILL COUNTY (OREGON) MARRIAGE RECORDS Carl Trullinger & Alice Laughlin m. 15 Nov 1905 by Abraham A. Wuiler, MG, Portland, OR, at home of groom's parents. Wit: Ray Bunn/ M.A. Henry. #3524 Aff. Bert Morgan. Carl Trullinger in the Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975 Name: Carl Trullinger Gender: Male Age: 30 Birth Date: abt 1875 Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1905 Marriage Place: Yamhill, Oregon, USA Spouse: Alice Laughlin Film Number: 004474575
  Children	1. Infant Son Trullinger,   b. 5 Jul 1908, Yamhill, Yamhill, OR d. 5 Jul 1908, Yamhill, Yamhill, OR (Age 0 years)   2. Dr. Daniel Perry Trullinger,   b. 7 Feb 1909, Yamhill, Yamhill, OR d. 10 Dec 1971, Salem, Marion, OR (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Nov 1875 - Yamhill County, OR Marriage - 15 Nov 1907 - Yamhill, Yamhill, OR Death - 27 Jan 1940 - McMinnville, Yamhill, OR Burial - - McMinnville, Yamhill, OR  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  WWI Draft Registration - 1918

  
  

  Headstones		Evergreen Memorial Park McMinnville, Yamhill, OR

  
  

• Notes

  U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Earl Schenz[Schurz] Trullinger Race: White Birth Date: 9 Nov 1875 Street address: 1 Residence Place: Yamhill, Oregon, USA Physical Build: Medium Height: Tall Hair Color: dark Eye Color: Blue Relative: Alice Trullinger 1930 census lists occupation as proprietor feed store The family of D.P. Trullinger, who arrived in Oregon in 1848 and settled near Yamhill, would eventually join the aggrieved in a major way. Around 1870, he built a grist mill west of town on the old Yamhill-Tillamook stage route. There already was a small dam on the river there, and he rebuilt it, using the fall of the water to turn his water wheels. In 1900, his son, Carl, decided to make use of water power that was going to waste at night. He obtained a generator so he could produce electricity when the mill wasn't running and sold it to the people in the area. Then one day, Howe released a load of logs upstream and they washed right over the dam. The destruction was complete. Carl Trullinger sued Howe for damages. However, Judge William Galloway ruled the North Yamhill River was navigable from the splash dams to its mouth, and thus a public highway that could not legally be obstructed. Galloway said the plaintiff had a right to maintain and operate his dam, but had to modify it to allow free use of the river. He said the defendant had a right allowed to maintain and operate his splash dams, but must be responsible for any damages to structures not interfering with the free flow. Later that year, Howe was back before the judge. It seems Trullinger had not only left his dam in place, he had raised it six feet. Now, instead of ripping on over it, Howe's logs merely backed up behind it. Howe complained he had 6 million board feet of timber stuck behind the dam. The judge ordered Trullinger to cut a gate in the middle to let the logs though and fined him $50 for contempt. Trullinger appealed all the way to the Oregon Supreme Court. In October 1908, the circuit court was reversed. Howe was forever restrained from operating his splash dams. However, Howe continued to float logs down river anyway, out of spite, and they began causing serious damage. The battle went on until both men were forced under by larger competitors. The result was surely not to the satisfaction of either party.