Anna "Anne" Drullinger

1838 - 1916  (78 years)

• Name	Anna "Anne" Drullinger
  Birth	23 Apr 1838	Darke County, OH
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Dec 1916	Hartford, Van Buren, MI
  	The Hartford Day Spring, Wednesday, December 27, 1916, page 1 DEATH CLAIMS PIONEER LADY Mrs. Stephen Zimmerman Died Christmas Eve The passing of another Van Buren county pioneer was recorded this week in the death of Mrs. Stephen Zimmerman, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allie Tuttle, southeast of Hartford, on Christmas Eve, after a week's illness, aged 79 years. Mrs. Zimmerman had been a resident of Keeler, Hamilton, and Hartford townships in this county for a half a century. Her maiden name was Miss Anna Drullinger. She was born in Dark county, Ohio, and 60 years ago was married to Stephen Zimmerman in Indiana. They came to Michigan 50 years ago and settled in Keeler. Eight years later they moved to Hamilton township where they lived until 1897, when they moved to Hartford where Mr. Zimmerman died eleven years ago. They were the parents of five children, all of whom survive the mother. They are Riley Zimmerman and Chas. H. Zimmerman of Hamilton, and Mrs. Mary J. Olds, Mrs. Effie M. Tuttle, and Mrs. Dora B. Martin of Hartford. She also leaves one brother, Henry Drullinger of Hartford and one sister, Mrs. Viola Shockney of Keeler. She also leaves four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A sister-in-law, Mrs. David Briggs and husband, an aged couple from Napier, Nebr., arrived here Christmas to spend the winter with Mrs. Zimmerman, only to learn of her death. Funeral services for her were attended at the Allie Tuttle home Monday afternoon, Rev. T. Porter Bennett officiating and interment took place at Maple Hill. Anna Zimmerman, Van Buren County, Michigan Death Record Book D:150,no. 12279, 24 Jan 1917, FHL 1,019,196.
  Burial	Hartford, Van Buren, MI
  	BURIAL Maple Hill Cemetery Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I5043	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Aaron Drullinger,   b. 1812, Guilford, Orange, NC d. 16 Apr 1897, Keeler, Van Buren, MI (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann Mikesell,   b. 14 Jul 1814, Montgomery, VA d. 8 Oct 1889, Keeler, Van Buren, MI (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephen Zimmerman,   b. Dec 1834, MD d. 24 Mar 1906, Hartford, Van Buren, MI (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1857	Randolph County, IN
  	Indiana Marriage Collection Name: Stephen Zimmerman Spouse Name: Ann Drullinger Marriage Date: 29 May 1857 Marriage County: Randolph Performed By: JP Harry Mote Source Title 1: Randolph County, Indiana Source Title 2: Marriage Records 1852-1858 Source Title 3: Copied by Alice Lake Ketron Winchester, Indiana OS Page: 56 Stephen Zimmerman & Anna Drullinger, Randolph County, Indiana, Marriage Return, 13 June 1857, Book 2: 18, FHL 1,654,840.
  Children	1. Aaron Riley Zimmerman,   b. 20 Mar 1858, Bartonia, Wayne, IN d. 23 Jul 1933, Hamilton, Van Buren, MI (Age 75 years)   2. Mary Jane Zimmerman,   b. 21 Sep 1860, Bartonia, Wayne, IN d. 3 Aug 1943, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan (Age 82 years) + 3. Ephronsia May Zimmerman,   b. 24 Jan 1864, Bartonia, Randolph, IN d. 9 Aug 1933, Pittsfield, Washtenaw, MI (Age 69 years)   4. Dora Belle Zimmerman,   b. 20 Feb 1867, Keeler, Van Buren, MI d. 4 Mar 1952, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI (Age 85 years)   5. Charles Henry "Charley" Zimmerman,   b. 16 Feb 1872, Hamilton, Van Buren, MI d. 7 Feb 1950, Kissimmee, Osceola, FL (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F4015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Apr 1838 - Darke County, OH Marriage - 28 May 1857 - Randolph County, IN Death - 23 Dec 1916 - Hartford, Van Buren, MI Burial - - Hartford, Van Buren, MI  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Maple Hill Cemetery Hartford, Van Buren, MI

  
  

• Notes

  Anna and Stephen, living right next door to her parents, started putting down roots in Randolph County, Indiana. It's likely that all but the youngest of their children were born in Randolph County, but for only one is there certain evidence. Riley was just two years old when he was enumerated on the 1860 census, right next door to his Drullinger grandparents. His Grandfather Aaron had purchased land in and around Bartonia, Randolph County, and they lived either on the edge of Bartonia or in the town itself. When Aaron and Elizabeth moved the Michigan in 1863, the Zimmermans remained in Indiana as did Anna's sister Milly. The lure of family was strong, however, and sometime between daughter Dora's birth in 1867 in Indiana and son Charles's birth in Michigan in 1872, off they went to Van Buren County, Michigan. Perhaps they were in transit when the 1870 census was taken; whatever the reason, they have not been found anywhere in 1870. They have not been located through a name-by-name search of either Randolph County, Indiana, or Van Buren County, Michigan, nor are they on the nationawide 1870 index available through ProQuest. Stephen did not have the same occupation throughout his life. He was a carpenter with $400 of personal property when he and Anna married. According to his son Charles's birth record, he was a shoemaker in Michigan. This may have been an interim trade, taken up before he had any property in Michigan. Or it might have been something he did in the winter while the fields were dormant because he was listed as a farmer in 1880 and 1900. The largest landholder in Keeler township where Stephen's in-laws lived was Charles Duncombe who was a tanner, currier, and shoemaker by trade. He farmed three seasons of the year, but in the off season tended his other businesses. Stephen may have worked for him or been employed at the boot and shoe shop in Hartford village. After Stephen's death of "acute proctitis" in 1906, Anne went to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary J. and Byron J. Aldo. Anna died there two days before Christmas, 1916. Anna and Stephen's burial places are unknown. Kay Germain Ingalls 2003