When Martha Jane Drollinger was born on 15 June 1832, in Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel Drollinger, was 27 and her mother, Martha Evans, was 32. She married Silas Jones on 9 January 1853, in Porter, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Porter, Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Porter Township, Porter, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 2 April 1908, in Boone Grove, Porter Township, Porter, Indiana, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Merriman Cemetery, Hebron, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
German: ethnic or habitational name for someone from Tyrol.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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