WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Michael Drake

* Michael Drake b. 1755 VA, d. abt 1798 Montgomery Co VA
  m. Jane Davidson abt 1773 Montgomery Co VA
     b. abt 1760 VA, d. bef 1824 Roane Co VA(WV)
  *  James Drake b. Oct 10 1775 Montgomery Co VA
     m. Christena Adkins Oct 24 1793
     2nd wife of James Drake:
     m. Nancy Adkins Dec 20 1797 Montgomery Co VA
  *  George Drake b. 1778 Montgomery Co VA
     m. Nancy Robbins Jun 7 1798 Montgomery Co
  *  Charles Frederick Drake Sr
     b. Feb 2 1780 Gillmer VA, d. Mar 16 1842 Roane Co VA(WV)
     m. Clarissa Ann James Oct 10 1804 Grainger Co TN
        b. Mar 28 1788 NC, d. Dec 9 1860 Roane Co VA(WV)
     *  Silas Isaac Drake Sr
        b. Feb 14 1802 Russell Co VA, d. Sep 23 1883 Calhoun Co WV
           1870 living in Roane Co WV
        m. Betsy Adkins May 15 1826 Pike Co KY, b. 1808 d. 1830
        2nd wife of Silas Isaac Drake Sr:
        m. Margaret Pauline "Peggy" Bishop Mar 11 1830 Pike Co KY
           b. Oct 14 1805 Elk Garden VA, d. Mar 9 1889 Calhoun Co VA
        *  Silas Isaac Drake Jr b. abt 1831
        *  Nancy Drake b. Jun 8 1833 Pike Co KY, d. Oct 17 1895 Uler WV
           m. Rev. Davidson W Ross Jul 14 1850
              b. Jan 6 1831 Pike Co KY, d. 1893 Uler WV
        *  Elizabeth Betsy May Drake
           b. Mar 28 1836 Pike Co KY, d. Dec 25 1912
           m. John Wesley Hensley Jan 25 1857
              b. Mar 29 1837 Kanawha Co WV, d. Feb 1916
        *  Telitha Jane Drake b. 1842 VA
           m. James White abt 1862, b. abt 1840
        *  Lorenzo/Linsey Drake b. abt May 1843
              one source says b. abt 1859
           m. Ms Smith abt 1881, b. abt 1861
        *  Huldah Drake b. abt 1844
           m. Mr Graham
     *  Admiral Sutton Drake b. Feb 12 1807
        m. _ _ abt 1829
     *  Micheal Drake  b. May 1 1808 WV?
        m. Susanna _ abt 1835, b. abt 1810
        *  Milly/Molly Drake b. 1839
     *  William Alfred Drake b. Aug 1 1811 VA
        m. Elizabeth Breeding Jul 3 1831, b. 1806
        2nd wife of William Alfred Drake:
        m. Nancy Elizabeth Payne Nov 20 1833 Bedford Co VA
        *  Finetta Jenette Drake b. 1834
        *  Erastus "Harvey" Drake b. 1837
           m. Nancy Webb 1861, b. 1838
        *  Elvira Drake b. 1839
           m. Jamison E Boothe Aug 20 1857 Roane Co VA(WV)
        *  Rebecca Drake b. 1841
           m. Josiah H Philips b. 1837
        *  Charles "Orville" Drake b. 1843
        *  Barnett Drake b. abt 1845
        *  Zedikiah Drake b. 1846
        *  Betty Drake b. 1848
        *  Zelda B Drake b. Nov 1848
     *  Solomon Drake b. Mar 2 1813 Pike Co KY
        m. Elizabeth Virginia Jane "Jenny" Elswick Oct 15 1829 Pikeville KY
           b. 1815 Pike Co KY
        *  Sutton Drake b. Feb 12 1842 d. Dec 1893 Uler WV
           m. Jane Deel b. Jul 1 1843 d. Oct 29 1916
        *  Robinson Drake b. Feb 14 1833 Pike Co KY
           m. Sarah Jane Cobb Sep 15 1853 Kanawha Co WV, b. abt 1835
        *  Margaret Hulda Drake b. 1835
           m. Joseph Hall b. abt 1833
        *  Admiral Drake
           b. Nov 22 1840 Pike Co KY, d. Jan 9 1925 Roane Co WV
           m. Mary Ann Hobbs b. abt 1842
           2nd wife of Admiral Drake:
           m. Rachel Ann Carper Jan 31 1864, b. abt 1842 d. 1887
        *  Louisa Eliza Drake b. Mar 1 1844
           m. William Crockett McCroskey Jan 15 1864, b. Nov 1 1842
     *  Elizabeth Drake b. Mar 3 1816
        m. Mr Hensley
     *  Silas Drake b. 1820
        m. Nancy Layne b. abt 1830
     *  Mary Delinda Margaret Drake b. May 13 1820
        m. Andrew Naylor Aug 6 1858, b. Sep 1801
        *  James W Naylor
        *  McClellan Naylor
     *  Hulda B Drake b. Aug 29 1823
        m. William E Graham b. abt 1821
     *  Charles Frederick Drake Jr
        b. Jan 29 1826 Pike Co KY, d. 1878 Roane Co WV
           Charles and Sara lived on Big Sandy River, Roane Co WV.
           Civil War: Co. B, 9th VA Inf. for two years, taken prisoner
           at Cloyd Mountain, escaped in 12 days. Settled in Geary Dist,
           Roane Co 1846/47, from the area of James and Roanoke Rivers.
           Wrote "Biography by Charles Frederick Drake Jr" which is
           being looked for
        m. Sarah Ann (Lester) Bishop May 11 1847
           b. Jun 9 1828 Russell Co VA, d. 1884 Pike Co KY
           one source says she d. 1910 Roane Co WV or Pike Co KY
        *  William Parrott Drake
           b. Sep 16 1850 VA, d. Nov 14 1918 Roane Co WV
           m. Amanda Patton Dec 28 1871, b. abt 1852
        *  Marshall Greenberry Drake b. Oct 20 1852 VA
           m. Elizabeth McQuain Nov 19 1874 Roane Co WV, b. abt 1854
        *  Mahala Rose Ann Drake
           b. May 11 1855 Newton WV, d. Feb 1 1935 Kanaha Co WV
           m. Thomas Marshall McQuain Jr Mar 21 1878 Kanawha Co
              b. Oct 24 1855 Newton WV, d. 1928 Newton
              Post Master of Roane Co WV
        *  Huldah Catherine Drake
           b. Oct 31 1858 Geary Dist, Roane Co VA(WV)
           d. Oct 27 1941 Roane Co
           m. Jacob Cook Jan 3 1884
        *  James Russell Drake
           b. Oct 16 1860 Geary Dist, Roane Co VA(WV)
           d. Aug 27 1947 Roane Co
           m. Sarah Elizabeth Meadows Apr 12 1884
        *  America Victoria Drake
           b. Feb 16 1863 Geary Dist, Roane Co WV
           d. Oct 31 1942 Cottageville WV
           m. William Franklin Wilson Sr Apr 13 1881 Roane Co
              b. Dec 15 1860 d. Jan 6 1925 Ravenswood WV
        *  Newton Jasper Drake
           b. Nov 24 1865 Geary Dist, Roane Co WV, d. Oct 10 1952 Roane Co
           m. Cynthia Catherine Kiser Nov 20 1886
           m. Wanda Kathryn "Wonder" Hall May 10 1891, b. 1870
        *  Mary Delinda Margaret Drake
           b. Jun 20 1868 Roane Co WV, d. May 25 1954 Roane Co
              one source says d. 1917
           m. Aaron Cook b. abt 1888
           m. Clarence Hershberger b. abt 1864
        *  Samuel Drake b. abt 1869
        *  Sarah Drake b. Sep 24 1870
           m. Benjamin Franklin Atkins b. abt 1868
        *  child b. and d. 1872 Roane Co WV
     *  Calathia Drake b. 1809
        m. James White b. 1800
     *  Priscilla Drake b. abt 1830
        m. George W King b. 1825
        *  William Rufus King
  *  Jane Drake b. 1782 d. Nov 2 1865 Roane Co WV
     m. Isam Atkins b. abt 1780
  *  Elizabeth Drake b. abt 1783
     m. Soloman Rowe b. abt 1781
  *  Mahulda "Huldy" Drake b. bef 1794 Montgomery Co VA
     m. Nathan Adkins Jan 21 1817 Floyd Co KY
  *  John Drake b. 1794 Montgomery Co VA
  *  Michael Drake Jr b. 1795 d. Oct 24 1876 Roane Co WV
     m. Sarah Lucy Hunt Feb 27 1816 Floyd Co KY
     *  Clarissa Drake
     *  Nancy Drake
     *  Michael Drake III
     2nd wife of Michael Drake Jr:
     m. Lucy Deal Mar 14 1861 Roane Co WV
  *  Nancy Drake b. 1796 Floyd Co KY
     m. William R Elswick Jan 12 1813 Floyd Co
     *  Elizabeth Virginia Jane "Jenny" Elswick b. 1815 Pike Co KY
        m. Solomon Drake Oct 15 1829 Pikeville KY, b. Mar 2 1813 Pike Co
        Descendants of Elizabeth Elswick and Solomon Drake
  *  Priscilla "Polly" Drake b. 1799 Montgomery Co VA
     m. Thomas Hackney Apr 18 1817 Pike Co KY
     m. James Belcher Jun 7 1822 Pike Co KY


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