George John Franklin Drake b. 3 Dec. 1816 d. 19 Dec. 1886, m. 18 Oct. 1843 in Nash Co., Mary Ann Harrison, b. 24 July 1824, d. 20 Feb. 1897. He was a physician. They had a daughter., Jefferson Davis Drake, b. the last year of the Confederate War, who m. James B. Cooper, whose mother was Mary Arrington. There were 3 sons and 5 other daughters The sons d.s.p. George's parents were John Hodges Drake and Frances Williams.