Trullinger, Joseph W.

TRULLINGER, MASS, RIDGWAY

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/9/2019 at 17:59:40

Biography ~ Joseph W. Trullinger

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 614

“JOSEPH W. TRULLINGER, farmer and stock-raiser, resides on section 17, High Point Township, where he owns 120 acres of land. He was born November 21, 1853, son of Gabriel and Elizabeth (Mass) Trullinger, natives of Ohio, who settled in Decatur County in 1855, where they remained until the death of the father, which occurred in February, 1885. They had eight children, Joseph being the youngest of the children of the father’s second marriage. He was reared to the occupation of a farmer. He was married in Decatur County, in 1878, to Jennie Ridgway, born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Job and Hattie A. Ridgway. They have one child – Freeman L. Mr. Trullinger is a Master Mason, a member of Lodge 170, Garden Grove. Postoffice, Garden Grove.”

Transcribed by Christy Jay for Decatur County, Iowa, Rootsweb.