Date: Sunday, 6 December 1998 3:54 Greetings all. I am searching for the ancestors of the following Drakes from Phillips and Desha Counties, Arkansas. According to the Desha Co., Ark 1880 Federal census, Robert Benjamin Drake, Sr., Josh or Joshua Drake, and Emma or Emily Drake were living in the household of William Smith. They may have been orphaned. Of all these people, only Robert Benjamin Drake, Jr., of Greenville, Miss., is still alive and will be 95 on 12/9/98. He is the last male Drake of this family line. (Unknown) Drake ...2 Robert Benjamin Drake, Sr b. abt 1872, Phillips Co, d. 1932 Little Rock, Ark *married Ludie Avery who died about 1925 .......3 Viola Drake .......3 Troy Lea Drake .......3 Albert Newton Drake b 1901 d 1956 New Orleans, La .......3 Robert Benjamin Drake, Jr b 12/9/1903 Gillete, Ark married Kathryn Kent Shawblosky b 1923 Greenville, Ms *second marriage to Anna (last name Unknown) .......3 Ruth Drake ...2 Emma or Emily Drake b 1878 married Hiram Marshall ...2 Josh or Joshua Drake b 1875 (born, raised and died in Phillips Co., Ark) never married ...2 Gladys Drake all dates and places unknown Keith Barton 6894 Dawnhill Bartlett, Tn 38135