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Pat
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 9:29 am: | |
From: <vern0904@charter.net>
Date: Monday, 24 January 2005 12:02 PM
Hello found your name on Ancestry.com concerning the Drake website. I am trying to find information on the William L. Drake family from Cherryvale Kansas. Do you have any inquiries concerning this line? Thank you. Pat Williams at Vern0904@charter.net
Pat
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Paula Hansen
| | Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 5:06 am: | |
Looking for relatives of E.C. Drake lived at R.F.D #2 Bethel, Wyandotte, Kansas. Employed a man named Sherman John Graves in 1898 as a farmer. Any assistance would be appreciated. |
Roy Andrews
| | Posted on Friday, March 03, 2006 - 9:33 am: | |
Hi Paula,
Sherman Graves gave that address on his WW1 Draft card
around 1917 or 1918. He was living on the Drake farm
at the time of the 1920 Census in Praire TWP,
Wyandotte, KS. The name on that census was "Eliza
Drake." In 1930, the same man is called Elijah C.
Drake. On his draft card, he is called "Elijah Coleman
Drake." He was born 26 Aug 1873, in Arkansas. He was
in the same location in 1910 and had been married for
14 years.
Skipping to 1880, Elijah Coleman Drake was living in
the household of Elijah Drake, Jun. I think there is
at least one other person on this list who can tell
you much more about him. Let me know if I can help
further.
Barb Marshall
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Roy Andrews
| | Posted on Friday, March 03, 2006 - 9:36 am: | |
Good question! I'm pretty sure there is at least one
person on the Drake list researching Elijah Coleman
Drake. Perhaps she'll see this and post an answer. I
have to run now, but let me know if I can be of any
further help.
Barb
--- Paula Rubar - Hansen
<hisglitterywon@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Thanks Barb! My question is, are the Drake's
> related? Could they be related to Shermans mother,
> Clara Thompson?
>
> Thanks in advance!
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Roy Andrews
| | Posted on Friday, March 03, 2006 - 9:37 am: | |
I have found an elija c in MO as well.
Shown below is info. on Elijah Coleman Drake
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1870 Census-Richland
Township
Elijah Drake (merchant) 29 m
AR
Jane 25 f
AR
U.S. Grant 3 m
AR
Mandy C. 1 f
AR
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1880 Census-Richland
Township
Elijah Jun Drake m 39 m
Farmer AR AR TN
Amanda Jane f 35 m - -
KH AR TN SC
Ulysas G. m 13 s - -
AR AR AR
Arminda C. f 11 s - -
AR AR AR
Lucinda E. f 9 - -
AR AR AR
Elijah Coleman m 7 - -
AR AR AR
Eliza Angaline f 4 - -
AR AR AR
Luster M. Knight m 1 - -
AR AR AR
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Notes for Elijah Drake Jr.:
Elijah Drake Jr., son of Elijah Drake, age 25, enlisted February 10, 1863,
as a private in the Union
Army at Richland, Arkansas. He served in the 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment,
Company G.
He was mustered out August 10, 1865, as a private.
His cousin, Wilson E. Drake, son of Isaac Drake, age 18, enlisted with him.
Ref: ARKANSAS' DAMNED YANKEES - An index to Union Soldiers in Arkansas
Regiments!
1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized at Fayetteville, Arkansas, and
mustered in March 25,
1863. Commanded by Colonel John Edwards, 18th Iowa Infantry Regiment. His
command consisted of the 1st Arkansas Infantry, 2nd Kansas Cavalry, 2nd
Indiana Battery, and 18th Iowa Infantry.
Attached to District Southwest Missouri, Department of Missouri to december
1863. 2nd Brigade,
District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, Department of Arkansas to March
1864. 1st Brigade, Distruict of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, to February
1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Armt Corps to August 1865.
Total enlistment 1340 men.
SERVICE:
Duty at Fayetteville, Arkansas to April 1863. Cabell's attack on
Fayetteville, April 18. March to Springfield, Missouri, April 25 to May 4
and duty there until July 1863. Newton County, Arkansas, June 14. Moved to
Cassville, July 6. Joined Army of Frontier at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation
(Later Oklahoma) August 17, Pursuit of Cabell to Perryville, Arkansas,
August 22-26. Perryville, Arkansas, August 26. Devil's Back Bone, Back Bone
Moutain, Fort Smith, September 1. Capture of Fort Smith,
Sept 1, and duty there until March 1864. Moffatt's Station, Franklin,
County, September 27, 1863, Mt. Ida, November 13.
Scout from Waldron to Mt. Ida, Caddo Gap and Dallas, December 2-7. Steele's
expedition from Little Rock to Camden March 23-May3. Prairie D'Ann April
9-13. Moscow, April 13. Camden April 15-18. Jenkins Ferry, Saline River,
April 30.
March to Fort Smith, May 1-16. Garrison duty at Fort Smith and escort and
duty on Frontier until August, 1865. Skirmish in Bates Township, November 2
and Newton County, November 15, 1864.
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