John Alva Drewlinger

1904 - 1972  (68 years)

• Name	John Alva Drewlinger
  Birth	14 Jul 1904	Daviess County, KY
  	Born in Daviess County, KY per his World War II Draft Registration Card.
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Aug 1972	Richland, Spencer, IN
  	Indiana, Death Certificates Name: John A Drewlinger Gender: Male Race: White Age: 68 Birth Date: 14 Jul 1904 Birth Place: Kentuckey Death Date: 27 Aug 1972 Death Place: Richland, Spencer, Indiana, USA Marital Status: Married Spouse: Grace Drewlinger Father: Amos Drewlinger Mother: Dicie Lee U.S., Social Security Death Index Name: John Drewlinger SSN: 316-07-5543 Last Residence: 47634 Richland, Spencer, Indiana, USA BORN: 14 Jul 1904 Died: Aug 1972 State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)
  Burial	Hatfield, Spencer, IN
  	Burial: James Parker Cemetery Plot: Lot A, Row 5, Grave #39 Hatfield, Spencer County, Indiana, USA Inscription: DREWLINGER Grace G. 1916-2002 John A. 1904-1972
  Person ID	I17959	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos Elymas Berkly Druelinger,   b. 30 Jun 1874, Henderson County, KY d. 1922 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Dicey Ann Lee,   b. 1867, KY d. 1940, IN (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F6093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dollie Brown,   b. 28 Nov 1907, Harrison, Vigo, IN
  Marriage	1 May 1926	Spencer County, IN
  	Indiana Marriages Name John Druelinger or Drewlinger Sex Male Birth Date 5 July 1904 Birthplace Ky Residence Place Rockport Race White Number of Previous Marriages 1 Father's Name Amos Druelinger Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Dicy Lee Mother's Sex Female Spouse's Name Dollie Brown Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Residence Place Rockport Spouse's Birth Date 28 November 1907 Spouse's Birthplace Harrison, Ind Spouse's Race White Spouse's Previous Marriage Number 1 Spouse's Father's Name R A Brown Spouse's Father's Sex Male Spouse's Mother's Name Anna Pease Certifier's Name Orville Martin Officiator's Name Geo F McNaughton Event Type Marriage Event Date 1 May 1926 Event Place Spencer, Indiana, United States
  Divorce	Bef 1930
  	Divorced per 1930 Census
  Family ID	F9394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Grace Geneva Ruark,   b. 8 Jan 1916, Rockport, Spencer, IN d. 15 May 2002, Newburgh, Warrick, IN (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1936	Spencer County, IN
  	Indiana Marriages Name John Druelinger Sex Male Birth Date 14 July 1905 Birthplace Henderson, Ky Residence Place Eureka, Ind Race White Number of Previous Marriages 2 Father's Name Amos Druelinger Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Dicie Lee Mother's Sex Female Spouse's Name Grace Ruark Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Residence Place Eureka, Ind Spouse's Birth Date 8 January 1916 Spouse's Birthplace Spencer, Ind Spouse's Race White Spouse's Previous Marriage Number 1 Spouse's Father's Name John Ruark Spouse's Father's Sex Male Spouse's Mother's Name Mary Phelps Certifier's Name Chas H Salen Officiator's Name Jess F Gettings Additional Person's Name Chas H Salen Event Type Marriage Event Date 3 June 1936 Event Place Spencer, Indiana, United States
  Children	1. Owen Wayne Drewlinger   2. Marvin Keith Drewlinger   3. Tryllis Juanita Drewlinger
  Family ID	F9393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jul 1904 - Daviess County, KY Marriage - 1 May 1926 - Spencer County, IN Marriage - 3 Jun 1936 - Spencer County, IN Death - 27 Aug 1972 - Richland, Spencer, IN Burial - - Hatfield, Spencer, IN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Death Certificate
  		WWII DRC

  
  

  Headstones

  James Parker Cemetery Hatfield, Spencer, IN

  
  

• Notes

  John A. Drewlinger for whatever reason chose to go by the Drewlinger spelling versus the Druelinger spelling. He was known as the blacksheep. All according to Donald Richard Druelinger Sr. on 6 Dec 2014. Don thought that his uncle John was born in Basket, KY According to John's marriage record with Dollie, it states he had a previous marriage. Who was that person he was married to? 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Amos Drullinger [Amon Drollinger] Age: 47 Birth Year: abt 1873 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1920: Luce, Spencer, Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Dixcie Drullinger Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Amos Drullinger 47 Kentucky (Wife) Dixcie Drullinger 52 [22] Kentucky (Son) William Drullinger 26 Kentucky; Occupation: Laborer - home farm (Son) Clyde Drullinger 18 Kentucky; Occupation: Laborer - home farm (Daughter) Blanch Drullinger 15 Kentucky (Son) John Drullinger 14 Kentucky (Daughter) Amanda Drullinger 12 Kentucky (Amos and son, Bert were next door neighbors as enumerated in this 1920 census) World War II Draft Registration Card Name John Alva Drewlinger Birth Date 14 July 1905 Birthplace Daviess, Kentucky Residence Place Rockport, Spencer, Indiana Employer John S Stacer Complexion Dark Race White Height 5 10 Weight 140 Eye Color Brown Hair Color Black Relative's Name Grace Geneva Drewlinger Relative's Relationship to the Head of the Household Wife Employer Name John S Stacer Event Type Draft Registration Event Date 16 October 1940 Event Place Rockport, Spencer, Indiana, United States Affiliate Publication Number 7644728 Affiliate Publication Title Draft Registration Cards for Indiana, 1940-1947. 1950 United States Census Name John Drewlinger Sex Male Age 44 years Birth Year (Estimated) 1906 Birthplace Kentucky Marital Status Married Occupation Machinist Industry Steel Co Race White Relationship to Head of Household Head Event Date 8 April 1950 Event Place Luce Township, Spencer, Indiana, United States Enumeration District 74-18 Line Number 25 Page Number 9 John Drewlinger's Spouses and Children Tryllis Drewlinger Daughter F 5 years Indiana Kieth M Drewlinger Son M 10 years Indiana Grace Drewlinger Wife F 34 years Indiana Owen W Drewlinger Son M 13 years Indiana