Date: Thursday, 18 February 1999 4:11 I am new on this list and wondering if anyone is researching Drakes from Ohio or Illinois. I am interested in finding others researching Harriett Eliza Drake, born 17 May 1837 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to William Augustus Drake (born 8 Jan. 1800) and wife Eliza. Harriett Eliza Drake died 29 July 1914. She married William Thomas Elkins in Benton, Illinois on 2 Sep 1858. I am not certain of the middle name of Harriett's father - but believe it may be Augustus. Would welcome any information on this family which may have originated in New York. Victoria McCarty