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Joseph Drouillard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1796 - 1895  (98 years)


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  • Name Joseph Drouillard 
    Born 01 Sep 1796  Wellsburg, Brooke County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Record Fifer with Captain Elias Langham's Company in the War of 1812 
    • Discharged December 1814 at Spring Wells near Detroit
    • A War of 1812 Declaration for Pension was filed by Joseph Drouillard for his military service - June 08, 1872
    Occupation Clerk of Common Pleas and Supreme Courts in 1835  
    • An office he held by appointment and election until 1858
    Occupation Elected Treasurer of the county in 1827 
    • Served until 1844 (a time when treasurer, auditor, and recorder were all in one office)
    Occupation Mason for 70 years 
    Occupation Postmaster of Gallipolis 
    • July 01, 1861 - December 1865
    Died 10 Mar 1895  Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Pine Street, Section 3, Gallipolis, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Methodist Episcopal church

      When Joseph was four years old, the family moved to the Ohio side of the River, 25 miles below
      Gallipolis, site of Millersport, which was named for his grandfather.

    Person ID I1145  Drouillard
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2003 

    Father Pierre Drouillard,   b. 11 Oct 1746,   d. 14 Apr 1803  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Susan Miller 
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Bowen,   b. 04 May 1801,   d. 29 Apr 1861, Gallipolis, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 01 Sep 1820  Marietta, Washington County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anthony Wayne Drouillard,   b. 26 Jun 1821, Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Feb 1873, Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Susan Miller Drouillard,   b. 27 Nov 1822, Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1910, Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +3. Harriet Drouillard,   b. About 1828,   d. Before 1903  (Age ~ 74 years)
    +4. Simon Kenton (Bolivar) Drouillard,   b. 21 Aug 1829, Gallipolis, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1873, Portsmouth, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     5. Christopher Columbus Drouillard,   b. 04 Jun 1829, Gallipolis Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1863, Gallipolis Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Emily Drouillard,   b. 1832,   d. 20 Jan 1913, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Joseph, Jr. Drouillard,   b. 1835, Gallia County Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1920, Toledo, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +8. James Pierre Drouillard,   b. 1839, Gallipolis, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1892, Nashville, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     9. Marie Drouillard,   b. 1841, Gallia County Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Jul 1844  (Age 3 years)
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2004 
    Family ID F492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 4-50.

    2. [S42] A History of Scioto County, Ohio, Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio , Nelson Evans, (Nelson Evans, 1903), pp 51, 53 (sketch), 530, 637, 961-62, 1089, 1262-63.

    3. [S16] Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. XVI, 473 (1890).

    4. [S36] Historical Collections of Ohio, Henry Howe, (State of Ohio), 68l.

    5. [S87] Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia From 1768 to 1795, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, (Hamilton, OH: The Republican Publishing Co., 1915), 474.