Muster Rolls [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Discharge Papers

 

Larry Drinkwine was born May 1, 1821 and was the son of George and Mary Drinkwine.  He enlisted with Co. "B" of the 8th Regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry on August 20, 1861 serving as a Private and was discharged September 16, 1864.  He died November 13, 1901 and is buried in the Greenwood, Wisconsin City Cemetery.  His daughter, Mrs. Otto Sruell of Greenwood, WI was listed as his next of kin on his grave registration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mrs. Otto Sruell of Greenwood, Wi was listed as his next of kin on his grave registration. Her married surname was Duell. - .]

Larry Drinkwine's Biography; from "Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties, WI," Lewis pub. co., 1891, pg. 327

Larry Drinkwine’s first home was of logs twelve by twelve feet, and roofed with elm bark, but was large enough for himself, wife and three children.

HISTORY OF STEELE BENAJMIN SCHOOL Joint District--Warner & Mead

By Chas, A Varney 22 Apr. 1937

 

In 1871, the families of Thos, Steele, Chas. Patterson, Larry Drinkwine, Morria Markham, Curtis Markham and Mr. Baldwin being in need of school privileges for their children proceeded to build a house of logs 16 by 20 feet in dimension, made furniture of lumber, chinked the crack in the building, nicely pointed it up outside with mud and on the inside with lime. A big box stove stood in the center of the room. There were two windows in each side, (north and south side). The teacher had the west end and the outside door was in the east end.

The Star News, Nov. 2, 1933 (Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin)

John Drinkwine, Polley resident, sixty-nine years old, died of heart
failure shortly after seven o'clock Sunday evening, October 29, at his home.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon, Thursday, at two o'clock at
Gilman, with Rev. J. M. Ayres, Presbyterian pastor, officiating. Interment will be in
Meadowbrook cemetery, and the following men will act as pallbearers: John Rossman, Alra Adams, Henry Smith, Will Haccks, Herman Freeze and Al Kirchoff.

John Luther Drinkwine was born in Sheboygan in 1865, and came to Taylor
county at the age of three with his parents. He was married on July 4, 1898, and
had made his home in Polley since October 27, 1910. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Leona Drinkwine, and seven children: Mae, Gilferd, Girlen, Joe, Addie, Beryl, and Lorin. There are also five grandchildren.

Among the out of town attendants at the funeral services will be Mrs.
Addie Huble and Girlen Drinkwine both of Flint, Michigan, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lloyd of Greenwood, Wis.

Mr. Drinkwine was a member of the Methodist Church.

Census Information

 

Land Records [1]

Descendants of Larry Drinkwine

Generation No. 1

1. Larry Drinkwine was born 1 May 1821 in Paris, France, and died 13 Nov 1901 in Clark Co., Wisconsin. He was buried in Greenwood City Cemetery, Clark Co. Wis. He married Clarissa Tedrow. She was born 22 May 1835 in Sherbrook, Canada, and died 4 Sep 1896 in Clark Co., Wisconsin. She was buried in Greenwood City Cemetery, Clark Co., Wis.

Children of Larry Drinkwine and Clarissa Tedrow are:

Generation No. 2

3. George Washington Drinkwine (Larry Drinkwine1) was born 4 Mar 1863 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and died 15 Jul 1924 in Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Wash. He married Maud E. Mabie, daughter of John Cushman Mabie and Cerissa Jane Preston [Deerfield]. She was born Aug 1876.

Children of George Washington Drinkwine and Maud E. Mabie are:

7 i. Ivy [Ivie] J. Drinkwine was born 1 Feb. 1900 in Clark Co., Wis. She married Lester Neeld Byrd. He was born 30 Oct. 1891 (SSDI/WWI Reg.) in Columbia Co., Washington, and died 8 Apr 1965 in Dayton, Washington.

Notes: Clearly this article [Bio: Drinkwine, George's Son] has an error, as it states that a son was born in Feb. 1900. According to census records and birth dates, Ivy was the first child born to George and Maud (Mabie) Drinkwine.

8 ii. Vernon Drinkwine was born 4 Jan. 1902 in Clark Co., Wisconsin.

Notes:

George Drinkwine and his family are index as Drenkwine in the 1910 U. S. Federal Census, Washington, Chelan Co., West Wenatchee.

4. John Luther Drinkwine (Larry Drinkwine1) was born 4 Sep 1864 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and died 29 Oct 1933 in Ford Township, Polly, Taylor Co., Wis. He married Leone E. Lloyd 4 Jul 1898 in Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, daughter of Charles Smith Lloyd and Sarah Amelia Davis. She was born 16 Mar 1881 in Loyal, Clark Co., Wisconsin.

Children of John Luther Drinkwine and Leone E. Lloyd are:

9 i. Mae Allie Drinkwine was born 25 Aug 1899 in Warner, Clark Co., Wisconsin, and died 17 Dec 1964 in Memorial Hosp. Neillsville, Clark Co., Wisconsin. She is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood Co., Wis. She married Leo Clendenning in Pittsburg, PA.. He died 1949.

10 ii. Addie Amelia Drinkwine was born Abt. 1902 in Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin.

11 iii. Gilford Drinkwine was born Abt. 1905.

12 iv. John Girlen Drinkwine was born 14 Mar 1907 in Clark Co., Wisconsin, and died 15 Mar 1981 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.

13 v. Joseph C. Drinkwine was born 7 Aug 1915 in Aurora Township, Taylor Co., Wisconsin, and died Aug 1968 in Michigan. He married Velva E. Wilhelm. She was born 15 Feb 1925 in Flint, Michigan, and died 27 Jan 2004 in Alden, Antrim Co., Michigan.

14 vi. Beryl E. Drinkwine was born 1918.

15 vii. Lorin Ellis Drinkwine was born 2 Oct 1920 in Ford Township, Polly, Taylor Co., Wis., and died 19 Mar 1973 in Macomb Co., Michigan.

5. Minnie Arvilla "Villa" Drinkwine (Larry Drinkwine1) was born 27 May 1868 in Plymouth, Wisconsin, and died 16 Nov 1943 in Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin. She was buried in Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin, Cemetery. She married Otto E. Gruwell 1 Aug 1891 in Merrillian, Jackson Co., Wisconsin. He was born 5 Oct 1864, and died 29 Jan 1935 in Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin.

Child of Arvilla "Villa" Drinkwine and Otto E. Gruwell is:

16 i. Asa Gruwell was born 4 Dec. 1890 in Town of Warner, Clark Co., Wis., and died 11 Oct. 1940 in Bonduel, Wis. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood Clark Co., Wis. He married Elizabeth Shemmine 28 Jan. 1917 in Chicago, Ill.