Joseph Drugan ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

   Cause of his death was Stroke.³

  General Notes:

A very serious accident happened to Julius Kramer last Saturday. While cutting brush for Henry W. Shrake in some way he got near to Joe Drugan who is also cutting brush for Shrake and got his foot cut so bad that (Mr. or Dr. ?) Hutchins had to take fourteen stitches to sew up the wound. This will lay up Mr. Kramer for at least two months.

(Source: Winona Daily Republican; 8 Oct 1924 ; page 11)

NOTE - Joe Drugan was a brother-in-law to Henry Shrake who had married Margaret Drugan. Although Julius Kramer was not directly related to Joseph or Margaret Drugan, he was related to another side of the Drugan family that descended through Patrick Drugan. Joseph Drugan descended through Andrew Drugan, a brother to Patrick.
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Joe Drugan, who had a contract with the Burlington railroad to move part of Trempealeau Mountain for the new double track has finished his job.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, 21 Apr 1926, page 13)
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Joseph Drugan suffered a stroke Thursday at the home of his cousin, Mrs. Ella Schmitz, and was taken to a La Crosse Hospital.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, 28 Nov 1941, page 12)
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  Burial Notes:

No visible grave marker has been found. This person was listed on the 1995 printout of an old database supplied by the church or others and believed to be buried in Row 6, Lot 66, grave 2.

Find A Grave Memorial #100849703

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100849703/joseph-drugan: accessed April 11, 2025), memorial page for Joseph Drugan (15 May 1869\'9628 Nov 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100849703, citing Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Dale E. Ebersold (contributor 47867285).
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1867, Wisconsin, United States. ⁴

2. 1870 US Census, 11 June 1870, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁶ 1870 US Census
Page 16, Family 126
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Joseph Drugan..1..WI

(Living with parents.)

3. 1875 Wisconsin State Census, June 1875, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ¹³ 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.)

4. 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁷ 1880 US Census
Page 29A, District 72, Family 300, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Joseph Dougan..Son..11..WI..At School

(Living with parents.)

5. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Big Timber Township, Sweet Grass, Montana, United States. ⁹ 1900 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 132, Family 203
Big Timber Township, Sweet Grass County, Montana
Joseph Drugan..Boarder..May 1869..31..WI..Day Laborer

(Joseph was living by himself as a boarder with another family.)

6. 1905 Wisconsin State Census, June 1905, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁸ 1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 467, Line 51
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned
Joseph Drugan..Son..36..WI..Day Laborer

(Living with widowed mother.)

7. 1910 US Census, 16 April 1910, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ¹⁰ 1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 173, Family 51, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
home owned, no mortgage
Joseph Drugan..Son..40..WI..Bridge Carpenter

(Living with widowed mother.)

8. 1920 US Census, 19 January 1920, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ¹¹ 1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 219, Family 135, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Main Street; home owned, no mortgage
Joseph Drugan..Son..51..WI..General Work

(Living with widowed mother.)

9. 1930 US Census, 22 April 1930, Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 41-34, Family 124, Roll 2602
Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin
124 Jefferson Avenue
Joseph Drugan..Head..62..WI..Farmer, General Farm

(Living with 2nd wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 15 May 1869, then his age should have been 61 instead of 62.

10. 1940 US Census, 15 April 1940, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 61-24, Family 32, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House rented, $15
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Joseph Drugan..Husband..71..WI..7th grade..Helps at lodging house

(Living with wife and her granddaughter.)

11. Obituary: Winona Republican-Herald, 1 December 1941, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. ³ Funeral services for Joseph Drugan, 72, who died at 8:45 p. m. Friday at a La Crosse hospital following a stroke the day before, will be conducted at 9 a. m. Tuesday at St. Bartholomew Catholic church here by the Rev. John Murphy. Burial will be in the Trempealeau Catholic cemetery.

Mr. Drugan was a farmer and most of his life was spent in and around Trempealeau. He lived for a short time at Sparta. He was born May 15, 1869, son of Andrew and Mary Drugan.

He married Eva Marten Dilworth April 4, 1927. His wife and a granddaughter survive. Three brothers, Charles, Patrick and Andrew, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Shrake and Mrs. Richard McCarty, are dead.

Pallbearers at the funeral will be James Gibbons, Hubert Drugan, Frank Coyle, Roman Malcheski, Lloyd Cowan, and Felix Malcheski. The rosary will be said at the Smith funeral home at Galesville this evening at 8 o'clock.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 1 Dec 1941)
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Joseph married Hattie Alberta Oakes, daughter of James Hatfield Oakes and Caroline Cook, on 26 November 1894 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Hattie Alberta Oakes was born in September 1879 in Harrison Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States,¹⁴ died on 12 August 1905 in Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States ¹⁴ and was buried after 12 August 1905 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States ¹⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Divorced, 1895, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. Trempealeau County Civil Court Case Index
Defendant: Joseph Drugan; Plaintiff: Hattie Drugan 1895 1190

  Marriage Notes:

CONTEST FOR A BRIDE
STRANGE STORY REPORTED FROM VILLAGE OF TREMPEALEAU
Hattie Oakes Weds James (sic) Durgan (sic) and by the Aid of a Revolver her Brother induces her to Leave Him --- A Strange Complication of Matters Results.

A strange story comes from Trempealeau regarding the marriage of Mr. Jos. Drugan and Miss Hattie Oakes. They were married by Justice Gibson one day last week and four days later were separated by interference from the brides's parents, the bride by the persuasive argument of a revolver in her brother's hand being taken to her maiden home. It is related that the groom's demands for his bride were met with refusal by the parents, who said their daughter was under age and that legal steps to annul the marriage could be taken. The officer of the law, it is said, also refused to assist the groom in this attempt. It is said the claim is set up by the girl's parents that she was made the victim of a conspiracy or a species of kidnapping; that she was induced to go to the home of Frank Jones on some pretext or other where undue influence was brought to bear to have her marry Drugan, all of which is denied by the latter party, who claims the girl was perfectly agreeable to having the nuptial knot tied and moreover says she is 18 years old. The latest report is that the parents have consented to the match, but that Drugan and Jones imagining they have got into trouble have gone west. Miss Oakes is a very prepossessing young lady and Mr. Drugan an exemplary young man who was reared and brought up in Trempealeau.

(Source: Winona Daily Republican, 8 Dec 1894, Page 3)
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SHE WAS DRUGGED
HOW A TREMPEALEAU LADY ENTERED THE MATRIMONIAL STATE

Hattie Oakes Brings Suit Against Joseph Drugan, the Man Who thus Imposed Upon her, But he Cannot be Found --- former Reference to this Case.

On the 8th of December THE REPUBLICAN published a story from Trempealeau regarding the marriage of Miss Hattie Oakes and Mr. Jos. Drugan, in which it was stated, on one side that the marriage was in the nature of an elopement, and that the girl's brother had torn her away from her husband by the use of a revolver, and on the other side that the girl had been kidnapped and married as the result of a conspiracy. The latter story seems to have been the correct one, as the young lady --- who resides with her widowed mother on a small farm lying between Trempealeau and Galesville --- has this week appeared before G. O. McGilvray, a justice of the peace, and made an affidavit to the following story:

"On Sunday, November 25, I was prevailed upon by Frank Jones and his wife to go (to their) house on the pretext that my services were needed. A man by the name of Joseph Drugan was there. He was an entire stranger to me. Jones and his wife began by praising up Mr. Drugan as a nice fellow, and after a time he asked me to marry him, but I refused. On the following Monday I felt strangely, and in the evening was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Jones and Drugan before W. H. Gibson, a justice of the peace at Trempealeau, where Drugan swore that I was 19 years of age. I knew but little of what was transpiring about me, but later on I learned that I had been married to Drugan by Gibson. I was taken back to Jones's house and kept there three days by the Joneses and Drugan. On Friday Jones and Drugan went to Trempealeau, leaving instruction not to allow me out of the house. I improved my opportunities, however, and escaped to the home of my mother. It was some time before I felt right in my head."

The theory is that Miss Oakes was drugged at the supper table in Jones's and her friends were in a frenzy when they learned of the outrage which had been visited upon her. Steps were immediately taken to effect the arrest and punishment of Drugan, but when they searched for him they found that he had fled, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

The young woman will now ask the courts for a release from the matrimonial bonds placed upon her, and to that end has engaged Attorney Wyatt H. Graves, of La Crosse.

(Source: Winona Daily Republican, 15 Jan 1895, Page 3)
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Name: Joseph Drugan
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Nov 1894
Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original): Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: American
Race: W
Birthplace: Tremp., Tremp., Wis.
Father's Name: Andrew Drugan
Mother's Name: Mary Drugan
Spouse's Name: Hattie Oakes
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: W
Spouse's Race (Original): W
Spouse's Birthplace: Harrison, Ill.
Spouse's Father's Name: Hatfield Oakes
Spouse's Mother's Name: Caroline Oakes

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKT-5CN : 30 January 2020), Mary Drugan in entry for Joseph Drugan, 1894.
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Joseph next married Eva Catherine Morton, daughter of John Hailey Morten and Eliza Catherine Wormsley, on 4 April 1927 in Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States.^{2 3 4 5} (Eva Catherine Morton was born on 20 January 1866 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom,⁴ died on 3 November 1946 in Koochiching, Minnesota, United States ¹⁵ and was buried after 3 November 1946 in Forest Hill Cemetery, International Falls, Koochiching, Minnesota, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1930 US Census, 22 April 1930, Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 41-34, Family 124, Roll 2602
Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin
124 Jefferson Avenue
Joseph Drugan..Head..62..WI..Farmer, General Farm
Eva C. Drugan..Wife..62..ENG

2. 1940 US Census, 15 April 1940, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 61-24, Family 32, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House rented, $15
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Eva Drugan..Head..74..ENG..Attends lodgers in own home..earned $400 in 1939
Joseph Drugan..Husb..71..WI..Helps at lodging house
Kathrine Dilworth..GDau..15..WI..House help, H.S. Student

NOTE - Kathrine Dilworth was a granddaughter only to Eva and had no biological relationship to Joseph Drugan.