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- The following information was submitted to Ancestry.com by Shirley Fabel (srfabel@cccomm.net) on 15 Jan 2004:
ID: I633
Name: JAMES W. DRULLINGER
Sex: M
Birth: 00-00-1864
Note:
SERVED IN THE INDIAN WAR IN ARIZONA, 1885-1886. DISCHARGED FIRSTSERGEANT IN
1889.
Father: EZRA CLAY DRULLINGER b: 00-00-1839 in MONTGOMERY COUNTY,INDIANA
Mother: SARAH ANN MARTIN b: 00-00-1837 in MORGANTOWN, MONGAHAL COUNTY,VIRGINIA
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ONEALL/2002-10/1035220540
From: Jill
Rootsweb
ONEALL-L Archives
Subject: [ONEALL-L] not an O'Neall but.....
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 07:21:57 -1000
References: <8c.200aaf7a.2ae31c62@aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <001d01c27869$d7d73660$a0856d42@b5r5h0>
Hi~
A short non-O'Neil story, delete if not interested.....
My experience with really difficult to locate grandfathers' ancestors is to
keep looking no matter what, I began looking for my greatgrandfather.....
Frank Martin (there's an ordinary name) in 1995 and finally this year
confirmed 7 generations getting his line back to Armagh and then Dumfries,
Scotland c 1620. I'd always thought he was an alien myself before that, as
I'd followed so many Virginia and Kentucky Martin's my head spun looking at
and recording from census'.
Finally what did it for me was posting his line on every Martin list and
message board I could find, and someone saw him, as a sibling of one of
their directs......I had to get confirmation, of course, the poster who
contacted me sent a Bible transcript, which was written by a nephew of this
Frank Martin, so I went to my oldest cousin who'd had close ties with this
family as a young man and asked if he'd known anyone by this nephews last
name, I just mentioned the last name only.... Drullinger....well,,,,,,my
wonderful cousin Jim Bain said, "SURE, Jim Drullinger, he used to come to
my Mothers house and sit on the porch and tell us about, well he said he
fought in the Indian Wars. He'd have great stories and we'd all sit
wide-eyed, he was my Mothers cousin I think, the mailman would bring him
over in the mornings, to sit on the porch and visit....(I asked if he was
an older man), he said "Sure, much older, he'd rock in the chair, he worked
at the Folsom Prison (nearby Orangevale, CA) he was called Big Jim and
nobody messed with him, he was the only one who could walk down the yard
without being molested."
I got all this from asking a last name, and I looked at the Bible
transcript and there it was, Ella's first cousin was Jim Drullinger, he'd
fought in the Indian Wars and he was the nephew of my Frank Martin, full
name Benjamin Franklin Martin born 1847 in Virginia! And what a great
story of the families' history to add to my collection too.
With that the gentleman who'd collected the Bible transcript also gave me 7
more generations he'd already researched like I said back to Ireland, and
then Scotland.
What a gift.
My Frank had ancestors! This summer I'd planned to go to Dumfries too but
didn't have a chance, maybe nest year. When my cousin Jim and his wife came
to Maui in August we celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and went to
a luau, and I gave him a compilation of his Martin ancestors, including his
grandfather Frank Martin (my great) I was thrilled to hand this to him, and
told him how important he had been in confirming that this was the correct
Martin family.
This was a good lesson to me to never stop looking.
Good luck on the hunt~
Jill O'Neall
U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments
Name: James W Drullinger
Birthyear: abt 1863
Birthplace: Nevada, United States
Enlistment Age: 21
16 Jan 1884 Goldhill NV, miner, blue, lt brown, 5 11 3/4, F 1st Inf, disc ETS 15 Oct 1889 Angel Island CA, 1SG
Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files
Name: James William
State Filed: California
Roll Number: T288_131
Comments: Indian Wars
Polk's 1890 Seattle Directory Drullinger James W. lab res 44 s s West ft Virginia
Polk's 1893 1901 Sacremento Drullinger James W.
STATE PRISON AT FOLSOM about 1909
Officers and Employees
Name: J. W. Drullinger
Office: Foreman of Quarry
Salary: $840
California Voter Registrations 1900 - 1910 guard Mormon Island Dem
do 1912 - 1914 guard Mormon Island Dem
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: James W Drullinger
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Nevada
Home in 1930: Granite, Sacramento, California
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Lettie E Drullinger
Occupation: Guard Prison
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: James W Deullinger [James W Drullinger]
Age: 55
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Nevada
Home in 1920: Natoma, Sacramento, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head]
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eleanor Deullinger
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Occupation: Prison Guard
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James W Drullinger [Janis W Drullinger]
Age in 1910: 46
Birth Year: 1864
Birthplace: Nevada
Home in 1910: Natoma, Sacramento, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eleanor Drullinger
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Occupation: Guard State Prison
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James Drullinger
Age: 36
Birth Date: Apr 1864
Birthplace: Nevada
Home in 1900: Natomas, Sacramento, California [Lee, Sacramento, California]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eleanor Drullinger
Marriage Year: 1890
Years Married: 10
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
email from irishjilly2002@yahoo.com
From my cousin Jim Bain remembered Jim Drullinger. Jim Bain said, "SURE, Jim Drullinger, he used to come to my Mothers house and sit on the porch and tell us about, well he said he fought in the Indian Wars. He'd have great stories and we'd all sit wide-eyed, he was my Mothers cousin I think, the mailman would bring him over in the mornings, to sit on the porch and visit....(I asked if he was an older man), he said "Sure, much older, he'd rock in the chair, he worked at the Folsom Prison (nearby Orangevale, CA) he was called Big Jim and nobody messed with him, he was the only one who could walk down the yard without being molested."
GLD
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1864 - 1940 (76 years)
