Fuller, Drusella Cossal

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Drusella married Luke, Thomas on 1 Feb 1834 in Dearborn, Indiana. Thomas (son of Luke, Thomas A. Sr. and ?, Sarah) was born on 7 Jan 1804 in GreenwoodTownship, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania; died on 13 Dec 1877 in Crawford County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LUKE.W001
• Military Service: American Civil War, Company B, 143d Indiana Infantry

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NOTES FROM STEVE LUKE:
Moved to Indiana , Knox Co. form Ohio prior to 1860


NOTES FROM CARL WAYNE GRAY:

The first confirmed mention of William David Luke is in the 1850 Federal Census for Busseron, Knox County, Indiana. William is living on a farm owned by John B. Moore.


In the 1860 census, he is shown as Luke, W., as being born in Ohio and is age 29. William and Barbara are living on a farm owned by J. B. Moore.

This would place his birth date at about 1831. There is a William D. Luke listed in the 1850 census in District #61 (later named Busseron), Knox County, Indiana, but he is listed as 22 years old (born about 1828) and born in Ohio. Ages were not always accurately given to census takers, although the ages do not match during the 10 year period of the two census reports, I suspect that this may be the same William David Luke. To further complicate the situation, I checked the Ohio census for 1850 and found a William Luke in the town of Aurelius, Washington County, Ohio.

Birth:
The 1850 census says he was born about 1828 in Ohio.

Census:
In the 1850 census, William is living with the John B. and Eliza Moore family

William married Harrington, Barbara on 26 Jan 1856 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. Barbara (daughter of Harrington, T. and Phillips) was born on 28 Mar 1832 in Indiana; died on 3 Mar 1917 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 28 May 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Very little is known of Levi. He is listed in the 1860 census, but not listed in the 1870 census. He may have died during this period, or he may have been living with another family at the time of the census.

It is also possible that his last name was Macum or Herrington and that he was brought into Barbara's marriage to William David Luke.

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: LUKE.J001
• _FGRAVE: 24056773

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Birth certificate #4714 file in Clay County, Illinois.

Note from Carl W. Gray, 23 March 2010:

The 1880 Census for Busseron, Knox County, Indiana shows him living with George and Barbara (Herrington) Wilson as a farm hand, but does NOT indicate any relation to them.

Was my previous information incorrect?

Was Barbara Herrington not his mother?

Hopefully, as I look at the earlier census reports, some of these questions will be answered.

In the 1870 Census for Busseron, Knox County, Indiana, John A. Luke is 9 years old living with George W. and Barbara (Herrington) Wilson. I'm convinced that my previous information was correct. Barbara is the mother of John Albert Luke.

John married Kincaid, Eliza Ann on 20 Dec 1880 in Knox County, Indiana. Eliza (daughter of Kincaid, Edward and Wolfe, Nancy Anne) was born on 10 Jun 1862 in Illinois; died on 4 Jul 1893 in Wayne County, Illinois; was buried in Powers Church Cemetery,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Graham, Nella 'Nellie' on 27 Mar 1899 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. Nella (daughter of Graham, John Riley and Hornick, Rebecca Isabelle 'Bell') was born on 6 Jul 1880 in Knox County, Indiana; died on 9 Sep 1976 in Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Sep 1976 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LUKE.D001

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The infant was stillborn. The gender is unknown.

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• Occupation: Housewife
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• _FGRAVE: 24054184

Maude married Wilson, John Allen on 18 Dec 1901 in Richland County, Illinois. John (son of Wilson, J. and Walston, R.A.) was born on 25 Dec 1874 in Illinois; died in 1910; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maude married Abbott, George A. on 7 Aug 1911 in Richland County, Illinois. George (son of Abbott, Louis C. 'Louie' and Taylor, Perlina) was born in 1876 in Illinois; died on 26 Nov 1963 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LUKE.B001

Notes:

Burnetta may have died in September instead of October.

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• Occupation: Rail Road Laborer
• Reference Number: LUKE.G001
• _FGRAVE: 94813550
• Military Service: World War I, Private, Battery F 13th Field Artillery 4th Division, United States Army

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My grandmother Grace McDowell had a World War I photo of him in uniform. He is sitting on what appears to be an artillery caisson.

Buried:
Block 26B

Family/Spouse: Becker, Mary Wiliminia Leona. Mary was born on 20 May 1902 in Marion County, Illinois; died on 12 Jul 1993 in Kirkland, King County, Washington; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LUKE.E001
• _FGRAVE: 26893507
• Funeral: 16 Sep 1969, Noble Funeral Home, Noble, Richland County, Illinois

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Mrs. Edna Pearl Fryman, 79, of Noble, died Friday afternoon at the Richland Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Noble Funeral Home with Rev. Earl Travis in charge. Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Monday.

Mrs. Fryman was the widow of the late Charles Fryman.

She is survived by a son, Bert Fryman of Batesville, Arkansas; four daughters, Mrs. Doris Junkins and Mrs. Charlene Fulk, both of Noble, and Mrs. Mildred Westbrook and Mrs. Dorothy Westbrook, both of Vacaville, California. There are also fifteen grandchildren.

Olney Daily Mail
Olney, IL
September 15, 1969

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Note from Carl W. Gray: I used to mow Pearl's lawn when I was a teenager. I remember that she had a lot of photographs and that she tried to explain the family history to me. I wish now that I had paid more attention.

Edna married Fryman, Charles O. on 19 Dec 1908 in Richland County, Illinois. Charles (son of Fryman, J.A. and Worrell, M.E.) was born on 3 Oct 1882 in Illinois; died on 9 Jun 1959; was buried on 11 Jun 1959 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FGRAVE: 48367104

Sylvia married Ashbrook, Mayo Monroe on 1 Nov 1919 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Mayo (son of Ashbrook, John Elison and Kincaid, Phillinda) was born on 28 Mar 1895; died on 16 Apr 1967; was buried in Maple Dale Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Hired Girl
• Reference Number: LUKE.G002
• _FGRAVE: 53265784
• Funeral: 28 Nov 1990, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home,

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Census:
The 1920 census shows she is living with and working for the Thomas Viskniskki family.

Goldia married McDowell, Nathaniel 'Than' on 27 Aug 1921 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Nathaniel (son of McDowell, Warren Edmond 'Ed' and Patterson, Louvina 'Vine') was born on 11 Nov 1900 in Illinois; died on 4 Mar 1985 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 7 Mar 1985 in Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LUKE.I001
• _FGRAVE: 46385005

Iva married Pettyjohn, James Lewis on 18 Dec 1923 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. James (son of Pettyjohn, Edward Joseph and Walburn, Alice Elizabeth) was born on 30 May 1904 in Illinois; died on 28 Jun 1959; was buried on 30 Jun 1959 in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LUKE.N002
• _FGRAVE: 18363902
• Funeral: 2 May 1989, Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Nica married Conner, Everett 'Bab' on 28 Feb 1924 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Everett (son of Conner, L.D. and Smith, L.) was born on 3 May 1903 in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois; died on 30 Mar 1974 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 1 Apr 1974 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Homemaker
• Reference Number: LUKE.N001
• _FGRAVE: 25164912
• Funeral: 3 Mar 1998, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Nella married McDowell, Clayson Adrian on 3 Oct 1925 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Clayson (son of McDowell, Charles Arthur 'Charlie' and Bugg, Martha Alice) was born on 27 Aug 1903 in Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas; died on 11 May 1970 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 13 May 1970 in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Homemaker
• Reference Number: LUKE.M002
• Funeral: 1 Dec 1999, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Noble, Richland County, Illinois

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Mrs. Pflaum was a homemaker. She had worked for I.G.A. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Noble.

Minda married Pflaum, Raymond Leslie on 23 Apr 1932. Raymond (son of Pflaum, Ralph Ernest and Barnett, Minerva Luella) was born on 16 Nov 1910 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois; died on 23 Apr 1989 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana; was buried in Noble Prairie Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Retired oil field worker
• Reference Number: LUKE.J003
• _FGRAVE: 36880768
• Military Service: World War II, Private, United States Army
• Funeral: 18 Feb 2003, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

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Buried:
Plot: Lot 11 - 2 Add - Row 6

John married McDowell, Grace Ilene on 9 Jul 1941 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. Grace (daughter of McDowell, Edbert Grover 'Ed' and Sheets, Martha Ellen 'Ella') was born on 17 Jun 1921 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 7 Dec 1983 in Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 10 Dec 1983 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LUKE.F001
• _FGRAVE: 15941040
• Military Service: World War II, Chief Machinist's Mate, United States Navy

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NOTES FROM STEVE LUKE:
researched and written by J.Lee Ready

Floyd Vance Luke enlisted into the U.S. Navy in late 1940 and received training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. At the end of February 1941, he graduated Fireman 3rdC and took a leave at home. At some time during the year he joined the USS Holland,(Capt.J.W.Gregory) a submarine tender of 8,100 tons and a crew of 388, based at San Diego, Ca. The purpose of the ship was to repair damaged submarines,ie. (bad weather, battle, collision, normal wear and tear).

The "Holland" therefore had two " crews"; one whose job it was to sail the vessel; and the other whose job it was to repair submarines, and in time of emergency ( bad weather, combat, etc.) was to man damage control teams, medical rescuesti-aircraft gun teams, and to take over any job if the normal job holder was injured.

At the end of October 1941, the "Holland" sailed for Cavite Naval Base, Phillipine Islands and arrived 22 November, 1941. It was normal for new arrivals to receive a week off to aquaint themselves with the area, so Floyd probably visitedn a pass.

By December 1, the ship was certainly back to normal, pulling routine maintenance on submarines, which of course meant that it's mechanics often had to board the submarines.

On Monday 8 December, 1941 all ships were alerted that Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the major U.S. Naval Base in the Pacific ( and 4,000 miles closer to the USA than Cavite ) had been bombed by Japanese aircraft. Obviously this meant war. The Holldered to put to sea at once and it's feeble anti-aircraft guns were manned. ( a few .50 caliber machine guns and possibly a couple of 20mm cannon )

Before the ship could exit Manilla Bay, Japanese planes arrived and the Holland had to dodge enemy bombs and machine gun strafing by using wild manuvers, lay smokescreens and shooting back, hoping to put the enemy pilots off their aim. Ate planes left, but the night was spent docking and sending repair parties ashore to fix bomb damage to the shore facilities, which were on fire.

Next dawn the enemy planes arrived and the whole affair was repeated. That evening the Holland docked again.

The third day was a repeat of the second and by evening of the 10th it was decided that the Holland should make her way to Balikpapan on Dutch Borneo, over 2000 miles to the south.The Holland sailed and soon realized that the ship had toenese warships in the dark ( neither were equipped with radar ) and hole up during the day close to an island, where often times the trees hung over the water, hoping not to be seen by Japanese aircraft which were patrolling at will.

On the 12th the Holland miraculously missed running into a major enemy task force sailing to the southern Luzon. By hiding at times against the islands of Mindara, Panay, Negroes, Mindinao, Java and Borneo, the Holland finally reached Balowever, they found several vessels wrecked by Japanese aircraft, and at dawn the Japanese returned. The Holland stuck out like a sore thumb - a fresh target and a USN ship to boot. The Holland fought off the planes all day. ( By radio the Holland had learned that two British battleships had been sunk by enemy plane in just minutes, so the crew must have suspected that every moment under air attack would be their last)

The second day was a repeat of the first and that night the captain received permission to leave, the Dutch port was obvioously not as safe as it was declared.
By skirting the Borneo coast the Holland kept hidden and then made a 300 miile dash, in daylight, across the Java sea. The Holland safely reached the port of Sourabaya on Dutch Java. Once there the Dutch defense vessle.

" Sourabaya" and the shore guns provided protection and the Holland was able to survive the days air raids. They even managed to repair a submarine while there. This port was obviously not safe and the Holland received permission to sail to Pt Darwin, Australia, that night.

By hugging the coast of Java, Lombok, Bali and Timor islands, the Holland reached Darwin Australia in January 1942.

Safe now, the Holland began repairing submarines and other vessels. Over the next few days they learned that Cavite and Balikpapan, indeed all of the islands they had " hugged " had fallen to the Japanese, with the exception of Java.

On February 3, 1942 the Holland was asked to go back to Java to rescue Admiral Lockwood and several other americans. The reason a non-combatant vessel was chosen was that no allied warships were available

( either sunk, crippled or locked in combat ). The crew agreed and set sail. Ignoring the chance of being seen, the Holland sailed full speed in daylight and after six days reached the small fishing village of Tjilaljap and rescued the party whe under air attack. As the Holland returned across the Java sea, they passed two Japanese task forces, each about 100 miles north, and also the gunboat "Tulsa". The Holland reached Darwin Australia on February 14, 1942.

( Australian, British and Dutch ships at Darwin refused to sail this month, as they felt it was suicide, with the Japanese controlling the seas. Two Chinese vessels sailed, but returned after 24 hrs after having sighted enemy aircraft. Ten american vessels sailed but only two reached their destination, the other eight were never seen again, and those two were sunk on their return trip.

The Holland therefore was the only ship to sail from Darwin into enemy waters, at this time, and return and had covered 3000 miles doing it.

However, the sigh of relief heard aboard the Holland only lasted five days for on 19 February,1942, no less than 188 Japanese planes arrived. The holland put to sea at once and fought planes. Seventeen ships were sunk and others crippletuck of the Holland held.

A few days later the ABDA (Australian, British, Dutch, American) fleet entered the Java sea and was completely destroyed. Java was then occupied by the enemy.
Over the next four months there were sporadic air raids in the Darwin area, but the Holland moved on the night of 19 Feb.1942 to Fremantle,and on 15 Mar. to Albany to stay out of range of Japanese forces.

In April 1942 the mechanics aboard the Holland were commended for solving the problem of the ineffective torpedo: the single most important maintenance problem for the Navy in WWII.

Floyd was still with the Holland at this time. This is evidenced by a receipt to F. V. Luke for payment of replacement of a skylight for " C. Collins - Bootmaker" dated July 8 1942 in the amount of $4.16 in Albany, West Australia, which is abt 100 miles south of Frementle. Records show that the Holland was in Albany port doing a refit on the submarine Tautog, The Tautog stood out to sea on 8 October 1942.

In February 1943 the Holland sailed to Mare Island,Ca. for an extensive overhaul. The crew were allowed leave in March 1943.

In July ( or slightly later) 1945 Floyd, by now a Chief Machinists Mate, was assigned to shore duty on Okinawa at a naval magazine, an ammunition depot which was preparing for the invasion of Japan. He remained there untill 1946

Floyds decorations would have been:
Navy Unit Commendation Medal
Good Conduct Medal
American Defense Medal w/ 'F' fleet clasp
World War II Victory Medal
Phillipine Independence Medal
Phillipine Battle Star
East Indies Battle Star
(possibly)
American Campaign Medal
Occupation Medal

The Holland saw duty at Pearl Harbor from June 1943 to June 1944. Then sailed, with a brief stopover at Midway, to Guam. Duty there was often interupted by air raids, and going ashore was hazardous because of Japanese stragglers on the island.
November 1944 to January 1945 the Holland returned to Pearl Harbor, then back to a peaceful Guam. In July the Holland docked at Okinawa and September entered Tokyo Bay.
It is not known if Floyd was aboard the Holland at any point between June 1943 - 1945. If so he may have also earned the American Campaign Medal, the Marianas Battle Star and the Riyukyus Battle Star.


NOTES FROM CARL WAYNE GRAY:
Served on the USS Holland AS-3 1941-1943 served in Manila December 1941, East Indies 1941-1942. Participated in the rescue of Admiral Lockwood behind Japanese lines, Unit Citation

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com

Military Service:
Served on the USS Holland AS-3 1941-1943 served in Manila December 1941, East Indies 1941-1942. Participated in the rescue of Admiral Lockwood behind Japanese lines, Unit Citation

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1667514

Floyd married Jenkins, Bessie Elizabeth 'Bessie' on 23 Mar 1943 in Neosho, Newton County, Missouri. Bessie (daughter of Jenkins, James Noley and Nelson, L.M.) was born on 17 Dec 1921 in Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma; died on 6 Feb 1998 in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma; was buried in Sperry Rest Haven Cemetery, Sperry, Osage County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]