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JOHN
R. DRAKE, liveryman, Lebanon, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, March
15, 1844, his father, John, was born on the farm where
he now lives, in August, 1805, and, in 1832, he married Sarah
Evans, a daughter of Thomas Evans, of Pennsylvania.
She came to Ohio with her brother at an early day. They were the parents
of six children. Our subject worked upon the farm until 26 years of age,
going to school during the winter months. On the 7th of April, 1870, he
married Miss Ella B. Clegg, daughter of John
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Rebecca (Owens) Clegg, of Dayton, Ohio,
by whom he has had two children, Lydia and Rollin.
In 1869, he entered into the hardware business in Lebanon with R.
B. Corwin, but six months afterward withdrew and returned to
the farm, where he remained two years: he then moved to Dayton, and, in
company with John Mull, Esq., embarked in the grocery business,
in which he continued three years, and again returned to the farm. After
two years spent on the farm, he purchased the livery stable of John
H. Evans, Esq., of Lebanon, where he now holds forth. In May, 1864,
he enlisted in Company F, 146th
O. N. G., and, after four months’ service, was discharged at Camp
Denison, near Cincinnati, September, 1864. He is a warm-hearted, social
gentleman, a good citizen and a thorough business man, understanding his
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