Melissa Anna Mize

1837 - 1925  (87 years)

• Name	Melissa Anna Mize
  Birth	22 May 1837	Somerset, Pulaski, KY
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Jan 1925	Center Twp, Atchison, KS
  Burial	Cummings, Atchison, KS
  	Burial: Pardee Cemetery Cummings, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I17078	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Johnson Mize,   b. 29 Sep 1817, KY d. 13 Dec 1884, Monticello Twp, Johnson County, KS (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Evans,   b. 1819, KY d. Abt 1865 (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F11680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isaac Van Camp,   b. 1830, Parke County, IN d. 2 Dec 1861, Jefferson City, Cole, MO (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	8 Dec 1853	Washington County, Iowa
  	Iowa, Select Marriages Index Name: Melisa Ann Mize Gender: Female Marriage Date: 8 Dec 1853 Marriage Place: Washington, Iowa Spouse: Isaac Van Camp FHL Film Number: 0969330 Reference ID: 2:3C146K2
  Children	1. William H. "Billy" Van Camp,   b. 4 Sep 1855, IA d. 8 Apr 1931, Effingham, Atchison, KS (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F11679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family 2	William R. Drollinger,   b. 26 Oct 1829, NC d. 17 May 1909, Center Twp, Atchison, KS (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1863
  Children	1. Commodore F. Drollinger,   b. 25 Jul 1862, Stueben, Leavenworth, KS d. 8 Feb 1915, Kansas City, Jackson, MO (Age 52 years)   2. Margaret Van Camp - Drollinger,   b. 1865, Stueben, Leavenworth, KS   3. Merrit S. Drollinger,   b. 17 Jan 1867, Center Twp, Atchison, KS d. 16 Apr 1898, Atchison, Atchison, KS (Age 31 years)   4. Anna Laurie "Annie" Drollinger,   b. 8 Mar 1869, Center Twp, Atchison, KS d. 13 Nov 1925, KS (Age 56 years)   5. Mary Stella Drollinger,   b. 11 Mar 1877, Center, Atchison, KS d. 21 Nov 1928, Effingham, Atchison, KS (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F5744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 May 1837 - Somerset, Pulaski, KY Marriage - 8 Dec 1853 - Washington County, Iowa Death - 18 Jan 1925 - Center Twp, Atchison, KS Burial - - Cummings, Atchison, KS  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		About 1885
  		Mize Sisters about 1914 (L-R) Elizabeth, Melisa, Lottie, Ella, and Martha Monticello Twp., Johnson, Kansas, United States Photo courtesy Bill Herrman, Kansas City, Kansas

  
  

• Notes

  Melissa A. Van Camp moved to Kansas from Iowa in 1865 with her first son William Van Camp, and located in the Salt Creek community south of Atchison. She wed W. R. Drollinger, post master of Pleasant Ridge, Leavenworth county. In 1870 the family moved to Farmington. where Mr. Drollinger served as a merchant and post master. They were the parents of Commodore F. Drollinger, Merrit S. Drollinger, Anna L. Blomberg Brink and Mary Stella Higley. (Advertisement) Atchison Daily Globe, Wednesday, August 15, 1888 W. H. VAN CAMP LAUDS TONIC Prominent Farmington Man Describes Case. KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY Remarkable Statement, Regarding Relief Mother Gained From the New Medicine, Is Given. W. M. Van Camp, a prominent and well-to-do retired farmer who lives at Farmington, twelve miles south-west of Atchison, is one of the hundreds of people of this vicinity who heartily indorse Tanlac, the Master Medicine. Mr. Van Camp indorses the new preparation because of relief his mother, Mrs. M. A. Drollinger, 77 years old, who also lives at Farmington, derived from its use. Hundreds of people in Atchison County are acquainted with Mr. Van Camp . . . 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Melissa A Drallinger Age: 63 Birth Date: May 1837 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1900: Center, Atchison, Kansas House Number: 0 Sheet Number: 13B Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 264 Family Number: 269 Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: William R Drallinger Marriage Year: 1863 Years Married: 37 Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother: number of living children: 4 Mother: How many children: 9 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes Household Members: Name Age William R Drallinger 70 Melissa A Drallinger 63