Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Jefferson County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 564. JAMES G. DRAKE was the latest survivor of an English family which emigrated to the United States before 1810, and of whom the father, Samuel Drake, two sons, Alexander and Samuel, and a daughter, Julia, became celebrated in the dramatic annals of the West. Julia was the mother of Wm. W. Fosdick, the poet, by her first, and of Julia Dean the actress, by her second husband. Two descendants of the family became conspicuous actresses - Julia Dean Hayne (the one mentioned above), and Julia Drake Chapman, daughter of Alex. Drake. James G. Drake was the youngest brother of Alexander, Samuel, and Julia, and the last survivor bearing the family name. He died in Louisville, Ky., where he resided nearly all his life, May 13, 1850. A number of songs have been widely admired. [Note: Poem shown "Parlez Bas."] Drake Fosdick Dean Hayne Chapman = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jefferson/drake.jg.txt