Mary Ellen Druliner
1857 - 1929 (71 years)-
Name Mary Ellen Druliner Birth 25 May 1857 New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN 
Gender Female Death 3 Jan 1929 Kennewick, Benton, WA Burial Kennewick, Benton, WA - Burial: Riverview Heights Cemetery
Kennewick, Benton County, Washington, USA
Person ID I7612 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 23 Dec 2021
Father Joseph Graham Druliner, b. 29 Feb 1832, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN d. 22 Aug 1917, Excelsior Springs, Clay, MO (Age 85 years) Mother Sarah Jane Woolman, b. 11 Mar 1837, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN d. 8 Jun 1861, St Joseph County, IN (Age 24 years) Family ID F2157 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family James Nelson Pratt, b. 21 Sep 1854, Albany, Gentry, MO d. 4 Jun 1944, Lewiston, Nez Perce, ID (Age 89 years) Marriage 29 Feb 1884 Oakland, Pottawattamie, IA Children 1. Verda Belle Pratt, b. 31 Jan 1885, Pottawatomie County, IA d. 10 Apr 1964, Kennewick, Benton, WA (Age 79 years)2. Edna May Pratt, b. 10 Sep 1891, Oakland, IA d. 11 Apr 1910, Kennewick, Benton, WA (Age 18 years)+ 3. Sarah Jane Mable Pratt, b. 23 Oct 1893, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA d. 17 Dec 1988, Woodburn, Marion, OR (Age 95 years)4. Florence Morea Pratt, b. 23 Jul 1896, MO d. 25 Jul 1898 (Age 2 years)5. Joseph Carroll "JC" Pratt, Sr., b. 15 Mar 1898, King City, Gentry, MO d. 10 Jul 1974, Kennewick, Benton, WA (Age 76 years)Family ID F3276 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 May 2022
- Burial: Riverview Heights Cemetery
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Event Map 
Birth - 25 May 1857 - New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN 
Marriage - 29 Feb 1884 - Oakland, Pottawattamie, IA 
Death - 3 Jan 1929 - Kennewick, Benton, WA Burial - - Kennewick, Benton, WA = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones 
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Notes - Interestingly, I have passed by this small cemetery literally thousands of times in my life, and until around November of 2005, I had no idea that a distant relative of mine, Mary Ellen (Druliner) Pratt, was actually buried there! Because she came to Kennewick in 1906 when the population was around 500 people according to census information, it is probably safe to say she is the original Kennewick immigrant with the Druliner (Drollinger) surname.
Ref my electronic file titled, "Mary Ellen Druliner" for more information on her family.
(David H. Drollinger 14 Jan 2011)
I am in the possession of a book titled, "Kin-i-wak, Kenewick, Tehe, Kennewick" written by Martha Berry Parker and published by Ye Galleon Press of Fairfield, Washington, copyright 1986. It is a history of the town of Kennewick, Washington. On page 331 it talks briefly about Mary Druliner and J.N. Pratt. The following is the exact text excerpted from the book (the year is 1937): (sic) "In the September 23 paper J.N. Pratt's 83rd birthday was recorded. He was born in Albany, Missouri. At the age of 21 he went overland to Iowa. There he married Mary Druliner in 1884. She had been raised in Indiana. Their older three daughters were born in Iowa. Then they moved to Missouri where son, Carroll and another daughter were born. In 1906 the family moved to Kennewick. There the wife and two girls died. The rest of the family lived at Vista Station."
(The newspaper mentioned is noted by the author to be the 'Courier-Reporter')
(Provided by David H. Drollinger 14 Jan 2011 and who was raised in Kennewick, Washington)
Also cross reference text included with headstone photo for Mary Ellen (Druliner) Pratt for which the following applies:
"Betty from OR" is actually Betty Hanson, a gal my age, who is married to Paul Hanson and lives at 1732 W. 17th Ave, Kennewick, WA which, according to her is on the corner of Olympia Street and is just up the street (Olympia St. that is) from the Riverview Heights Cemetery. She is LDS Mormon. I contacted her in regards to another grave (Donald E. Trullinger 1920-1969 - ref more notes in his record in the Drollinger database) I came across on the Internet while doing a search for "Trullinger" that she had photographed and submitted to www.findagrave.com. She told me that she is attempting to catalog (and submit to findagrave) ALL graves in the Tri-City area! Her contact information is: (509) 586-2045 (peblchanson@msn.com). This is now the second grave I have "found" thanks to her efforts! End
(David H. Drollinger 2 Dec 2005)
- Interestingly, I have passed by this small cemetery literally thousands of times in my life, and until around November of 2005, I had no idea that a distant relative of mine, Mary Ellen (Druliner) Pratt, was actually buried there! Because she came to Kennewick in 1906 when the population was around 500 people according to census information, it is probably safe to say she is the original Kennewick immigrant with the Druliner (Drollinger) surname.