Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 7:04 PM

I would like to make you aware of a Drake relative of mine, although he is 
not an ancestor.

Jeremiah Clinton Drake,
married Clarissa (Clara) Utley in Boonville, NY on March 25, 1852  where he 
was a baptist minister.  He was also pastor of the First Presbyterian Church 
in Westfield NY.  During the Civil War he was a col. commanding a brigade, 
fell in the battle of Cold Harbor VA on June 1, 1864, age 40.  He was in the 
112th Regt. NYS Vol. Inf.


Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 3:31 PM

Dear Roy,

Thanks for writing.  Here is the rest of the information that I have on the 
Drake family.

Clarrissa Utley  born December 8, 1829, the daughter of Isaac Utley and Lucy 
Walker.  Born in Boonville, NY.   Died April 6, 1892 in Westfield, NY.

Children of Clara Utley and Jeremiah Clinton Drake.

Emily Drake    married    ?  Moulton

J.C. Merle Drake born 1855
married Cassie Crouch in Erie, PA  June 4, 1890
died 1935

Jenny Drake
born 1857
married Louis Leakey
died 1933

Charles K. Drake
born July 19, 1860
died March 14, 1875  Westfield NY

This is all I know about this family at the present time.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Patricia Stillwell Mims