Date: Wednesday, 4 August 1999 3:52 Roy, I am trying to piece together a bit of my ancestry on the Drake side of our family. Reliable information seems to have stopped at my great-grandmother Permelia Drake. I hav included below test from a book relating to Permelia and a newspaper clipping on her death. Her father is listed as Leonard Drake and her mother as Elizabeth Cleveland. Any assistance you could provide on listing a query for me would be appreciated. Ron Chard rchard@gte.net Query...... Name: Permelia Time Frame: 1800 Location / Area: Ohio/Indiana Comments: Information of Leonard and Elizabeth (Cleveland) Drake and their daughter Permelia Submitter: Ron Chard ----------------- Entry found in the Knauss Genealogy book on Lukas Knauss from Dudelsheim, Germany on his American Descendants. [Page 111] 128. Henry David Knauss (Solomon-Johan D.-Daniel-Ludwig-Lukas) was born on 26 October 1838 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After completing a common school education, he moved with his parents to Ohio, where he located on a farm near Bellevue. He married 20 November 1860 to Permelia, daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth (Cleveland) Drake. She was born in Vermont and died in Kinderhook, Michigan on 21 January 1917 after 56 years of marriage. In 1877 he purchased a farm in Kinderhook Township, Branch County, Michigan, and moved with his family from Ohio to his new purchase. He was a Democrat in politics; residence near Coldwater, Michigan. He died 9 March 1930. ----------------- The following newspaper clipping of Permelia's death was found in the Knauss family bible: Mrs. Henry D. Knauss Permelia Lowisa Drake, daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Drake, was born in Steuben County, New York, June 10, 1841, and departed this life at her home in Kinderhook, Michigan, January 21, 1917, being 75 years, 7 months, 11 days of age at the time of her departure. At the age of four years, she removed with her parents to Erie County, Ohio, where she grew to womanhood. November 20, 1860, she was united in marriage to Henry D. Knauss, also of Erie County, Ohio, and for fifty-six years she was his faithful and loving wife. To this union were born five children, Ida L. Dewey, who died Christmas Eve, 1915; Della L. Lazenby, of Gilead, Michigan, Nellie E. Morgan, of Taft, California, and Harry Knauss, of Kinderhook, Michigan. A son born in 1870, died in infancy. October 9, 1877, the family moved to Kinderhook, Michigan, which place with the exception of one year spent in Fremont, Indiana, has since been their home. Besides the immediate family, she leaves to mourn her departure four grand-children, a sister, three brothers and many other relatives and friends. She accepted Christ as her Savior fifty-four years ago and she has constantly manifested her faith to Him. She was devoted to the needs of her family, no sacrifice or loving service being too great for her to perform for them. She took an active interest in every good work of the community until failing health prevented. "She hath done what she could." She has gone to her reward. Cards of Thanks......... We desire to thank the many kind friends and neighbors for their expressions of sympathy in services, songs, consoling words and floral tributes during the severe hours of our bereavement; also to the Pastor for his words of confort in this hour of sorrow. Mr. Henry D. Knauss and family. ----------------- Ron Chard Leo, Indiana USA