Andrew Hugh Drugan Jr. ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

At about age 35, Andrew was institutionalized in the county asylum at Whitehall, Wisconsin for the rest of his life.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• 1875 Wisconsin State Census: Wisconsin State, June 1875, Trempealeau, WI. ⁷ 1875 Wisconsin State Census
Line number 63, Image 56
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
A. Drugan:
Males: 3 = Andrew Drugan; (Joseph, son; Andrew Jr, son; Patrick, son)
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 29A, Roll 1448, District 72, Dwelling 292, Family 300
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Andrew Dougan..Son..9..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 20 June 1895. ⁸

1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 1, Line 17
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Andrew Drugan:
Males: 6 = Andrew Drugan Sr; (Andrew Jr, son; Patrick, son; Charles, son; 2 Unknown)
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 9 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 137, Dwelling 154, Family 155
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
farm owned with mortgage
Andrew Drugan..Son..Nov 1870..29..WI..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Lincoln Township, Trempealeau County, WI in 1 June 1905. ³

1905 Wisconsin State Census
page 343, line 11, family 124
Lincoln Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Andrew Drugan..35..Wisconsin..Inmate of Asylum
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lincoln Township, Trempealeau County, WI on 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 8B, Roll 1739, District 169, Line 85
Lincoln Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Trempealeau County Insane Asylum
Andrew Drugan..Self..39..WI..Inmate
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• He was buried on 13 February 1941 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

No visible grave marker can be found. Newspaper obituaries and church records indicated that he was buried here in Lot 66, Grave 4.

Find A Grave Memorial #100846219
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• His obituary was published in the La Crosse Tribune on 13 February 1941 in La Crosse, WI.

⁹ Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from Saint Bartholomew's church for Andrew Drugan, 69, who died Monday at the county asylum, Whitehall. The Rev. John P. Murphy officiated and interment was in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Drugan had been an inmate of the Whitehall asylum for the past 40 years. He is survived by a brother.

(Source: La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, WI, Thursday, February 13, 1941, page 17)
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 13 February 1941 in Trempealeau, WI.

⁵ Funeral services for Andrew Hugh Drugan, 70, were conducted Wednesday morning at St. Bartholomew church, the Rev. John Murphy officiating. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Drugan was found dead in bed Monday morning at the county asylum in Whitehall. He had been (a) baker at the asylum for many years and a resident of the Whitehall community for 35 years. He was unmarried. He is survived by one brother, Joseph, Trempealeau. Other near relatives are Henry Shrake of Trempealeau, Leo McCarty of Florida, and Seymour Drugan of Chicago. He was a member of the Catholic church in Independence. He was the son of Mary and Gilroy (sic) Drugan, and was born in the house where the Henry Shrake family live. Pallbearers were William Clower, Edward Martin, Dominic Jessessky, Frank Coyle, Henry Gibbons, and Hubert Drugan.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 13 Feb 1941)

NOTE - The phrase "son of Mary and Gilroy Drugan" should have been "son of Mary Gilroy and Andrew Drugan".
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