Gamaliel Mahlon Druliner

1804 - 1864  (60 years)

• Name	Gamaliel Mahlon Druliner
  Birth	23 Mar 1804	Warren County, OH   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jun 1864	St Joseph County, IN
  	Indiana, Wills and Probate Records Name: Gamaliel Druliner Probate Date: 1 Jul 1864 Probate Place: St Joseph, Indiana, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1864 Inferred Death Place: Indiana, USA Item Description: Probate Records, Box 34-Box 36, 1845-1865
  Burial	Hamilton, St. Joseph, IN
  	Burial: Hamilton Church Cemetery Hamilton, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA Inscription: Age: 60Y 2M 22D
  Person ID	I1320	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Gabriel Druliner,   b. 4 Apr 1780, Salem County, NJ d. 29 Dec 1851, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Catherine Hormel,   b. 17 Jun 1776, Salem County, NJ d. 27 Feb 1859, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Wills,   b. 28 Apr 1800, Clear Creek Twp, Warren County, OH d. 7 Jun 1864, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1825	Lebanon, Warren, OH
  	Ohio, County Marriages Name Mahlon Druliner Sex Male Spouse's Name Abigail Wills Spouse's Sex Female Event Type Marriage [Application] Event Date 7 Apr 1825 Event Place Warren, Ohio, United States Source Details Vol Z1 p289 Ohio, County Marriages Name Mahlon Drullinger Sex Male Spouse's Name Abigail Wills Spouse's Sex Female Event Type Marriage Event Date 28 April 1825 Event Place Warren, Ohio, United States Page Number 250 It appears Abigail wanted to be married on her birthday.
  Children	1. Sarah Druliner,   b. 29 Oct 1823, St Joseph County, IN d. 16 Oct 1838, St Joseph County, IN (Age 14 years)   2. Delilah Druliner,   b. 23 Oct 1826, Warren County, OH d. 24 Dec 1912, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN (Age 86 years)   3. Syntipe Druliner,   b. Feb 1828, St Joseph County, IN d. 26 Dec 1916, Polk County, MO (Age ~ 88 years)   4. Hannah Druliner,   b. 28 May 1829, Warren County, OH d. 31 Jul 1928, South Bend, St. Joseph, IN (Age 99 years) + 5. Catherine "Kate" Druliner,   b. 3 Apr 1831, La Porte County, IN d. 7 Sep 1891, South Bend, St. Joseph, IN (Age 60 years)   6. James W. Druliner,   b. 2 Jan 1833, St Joseph County, IN d. 15 Nov 1838, St Joseph County, IN (Age 5 years)   7. Rebecca Druliner,   b. 2 Oct 1834, St Joseph County, IN d. 29 Jan 1841, St Joseph County, IN (Age 6 years)   8. Henry Druliner,   b. 25 Jan 1837, St Joseph County, IN d. 31 Oct 1838, St Joseph County, IN (Age 1 year)   9. Unity Druliner,   b. 1837, St Joseph County, IN d. 27 Oct 1838, St Joseph County, IN (Age 1 year) + 10. John W. Druliner,   b. 23 Oct 1838, Olive, St Joseph, IN d. 13 Feb 1921, La Porte, La Porte, IN (Age 82 years)   11. David L. Druliner,   b. 9 Dec 1841, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, IN d. 3 Feb 1918, Niles, Berrien, MI (Age 76 years)
  Documents		Ohio, County Marriages Name Mahlon Druliner Sex Male Spouse's Name Abigail Wills Spouse's Sex Female Event Type Marriage [Application] Event Date 7 Apr 1825 Event Place Warren, Ohio, United States Source Details Vol Z1 p289
  		Ohio, County Marriages Name Mahlon Drullinger Sex Male Spouse's Name Abigail Wills Spouse's Sex Female Event Type Marriage Event Date 28 April 1825 Event Place Warren, Ohio, United States Page Number 250
  Family ID	F447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Mar 1804 - Warren County, OH Marriage - 28 Apr 1825 - Lebanon, Warren, OH Death - 14 Jun 1864 - St Joseph County, IN Burial - - Hamilton, St. Joseph, IN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  The South Bend Tribune (Indiana), May 30, 1937 Editor's Note: This article provides some history regarding the migration of Asher White to Indiana along with that of several other people, some of whom are his wife, Jemima nee Druliner, John Druliner, Brazilla Druliner, Gamaliel Druliner, Gabriel Druliner, Frederick Druliner[Drollinger], Joseph Druliner, Rebecca nee Druliner, Catherine "Kate" nee Druliner, Abigail nee Druliner and Elizabeth nee Druliner[Drollinger](wife of Thomas Vail).

  
  

  Headstones		Hamilton Church Cemetery Hamilton, St. Joseph, IN
  		Hamilton Church Cemetery Hamilton, St. Joseph, IN

  
  

• Notes

  HISTORY OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, Howard Gamaliel Druliner, the father, was born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1802 and his death occured in June 1864. His grandfather, Frederick Druliner, a native of Germany, was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war, his descendants being thus entitled to become members of the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution. The grandson Gamaliel received an ordinary educational training in the schools of "ye early day" but was a man of great decision and firmness of character and his entire life was exemplified by the strictest honesty of his purpose. It was in the year 1830 that he and his two brothers, John and Brazilla, also John, Jacob, and Paul Egbert, Benjamin and Robert Redding, John Wills (from whom Wills township of LaPorte county received its name), William White and Israel Rush, a company of eleven brave and sturdy pioneers, faced to the west with ox teams on a prospecting tour across swamps, quagmires, through valleys, over hils and finally landed in St. Joseph county, where Mr. Druliner purchased one hundred and thirty acres of land on the beautiful Terre Coupee prairie, one mile north of the present site of New Carlisle, which place is more recently known as the Eli Wade farm. There he broke the virgin soil, planted his crops, and then started on the return journey to Ohio for his family, with whom he again made the weary journey to Indiana with ox teams, while at nightfall they would make camp as was the usual custom of the pioneer wanderers, the wolves oftentimes making the night hideous with their howlings. Wending their weary way along, their last night on the road was spent in the then little straggling village of South Bend, which contained at that time perhaps a dozen houses, and they secured lodging at the little inn kept as a trading post for the Indians, the proprietor being a French Canadian. On the following day they landed a short distance west of Hamilton, where the family lived in their wagons until the men could fell the logs and erect their primitive log mansion, which was heated by the wide open fireplace with a mud and stick chimney, and the little habitation was covered with a clapboard roof, above which was a ceiling made of the same material. Oftentimes during the extreme cold winters the father would go aloft and sweep the snow from their beds. There were no highways at that time, only blazed trails, and the remnants of the tribe of Pottawatomie Indians were plentiful and offtimes troublesome, especially during the sugar-making time. On one occasion John Druliner took a good sized gad to the dusky fellows and put them to flight, much to the apprehension of the family, who feared they might retaliate. Mr. Druliner was very successful in his business affairs , and not only left to his children the heritage of an honored name but also a worldly competence. All that he possessed was the result of his own ability, for after paying for his land he had just a dollar and a half left. Politically he was a stanch Jackson Democrat, and always gave liberally of both his time and money to those measure intended to bebefit his community. His wife, who was also a native of Warren county, Ohio, born in 1800, died on the 7th of June, 1864, while only six days later on the 13th, her husband joined her in the home beyond, both being laid to rest in the same grave.

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] Hamilton Cemetery Headstones, St Joseph cty.