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James W. Drake 1820–1897 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1820

Birth Location: Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 1897

Death Location: Briggs, Burnet, Texas, USA

Father: John Drake

Mother: Mary Felts

Spouse(s): Clarissa Petty

Children(s): Pauline Drake, James Drake, Sarah Drake, Berrella Drake, Theophilus Drake, Alford Drake, Andrew Drake, David Drake

James W. Drake was born in 1820 in Kentucky, USA, the child of John G Drake And Mary Polly Felts. James W. Drake married Clarissa Clara Missouri Petty, and had children including Alford T Drake, Andrew J Drake, Berrella V Drake, David F Drake, James Walter Drake, Pauline Estelle Lina Drake, Sarah J Drake, Theophilus Drake. James W. Drake passed away in 1897 in Briggs, Burnet, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • James W. Drake was born in 1820 in Kentucky, USA, the child of John G Drake And Mary Polly Felts.
  • James W. Drake married Clarissa Clara Missouri Petty, and had children including Alford T Drake, Andrew J Drake, Berrella V Drake, David F Drake, James Walter Drake, Pauline Estelle Lina Drake, Sarah J Drake, Theophilus Drake.
  • James W. Drake passed away in 1897 in Briggs, Burnet, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Drake's Ancestors

Self
James Drake
1820–1897
Birth Place: Kentucky, USA
Parents
John G. Drake
1791–1860
Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, USA
Mary (Polly) Felts
1797–1849
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Francis Drake
1765–1814
Probably Cumberland Co, VA
Martha Gilliam
1766–1819
Goochland Co., Virginia
Archibald (*) Felts
1758–1824
Albemarle, Surry Co., VA
Mary (*) Baugh
1767–1814
Halifax Co., NC
Great-Grandparents
James Drake
1740–1796
Mary Taylor
1744–1828
John Gilliam
1712–1794
Sarah Farris
1730–1807
Nathaniel Felts
1739–1784
Anne Bullock
1739–1790
Isaac Weldon
1745–1831
Mary Burton
1744–1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Drake
1706–1770
Unknown Sarah
1665–1697
Nathaniel Bullock
1703–1798
Jane Acre
1703–1739

James Drake's Descendants

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James (W.) Drake (Abt 1820–1897) m. Clarissa ("Clara" Missouri) Petty (Jan 1828–04 Jul 1905)
  1. 1. Pauline (Estelle Lina) Drake 1862–1939 m. John (Lewis Martin) Whiteley 1854–1926
    1. 1. John (Thomas) Whiteley 1876–1913
    2. 2. Albert (Young) Whiteley 1879–1947
    3. 3. George (Oliver O. L.) Whiteley 1882–1940
    4. 4. Andrew (Jackson) Whiteley 1884–1954
    5. 5. Nora (L) Whiteley 1887–1904
    6. 6. William (Leonard Willie) Whiteley 1890–1935
    7. 7. Alice (N) Whiteley 1892–1926 m. Joseph (Sy 'Joe') Blanchett 1879–1943
      1. 1. Joe (Delmar) Blanchett 1910–1985 m. Loretta (Margaret) Grove 1923–1989
        1. 1. Joe (Delmar Blanchett) Jr. 1946–2008 m. Jo (Anna) Gardner 1940–2009
      2. 2. Dillard (Warren Blancett) Sr 1918–1986
      3. 3. Dalton (L 'Tex') Blanchett 1915–2003
      4. 4. Thelma (Ann) Blanchett 1913–1985
      5. 5. Elmer (Floyd) Blancett 1909–1995
    8. 8. Wilburn (Norman) Whiteley 1895–1948
    9. 9. Budie Whiteley 1897–1905
    10. 10. Tom (Ernest Emmett Benton) Whiteley 1900–1974
    11. 11. Otto Ceberon 1910–1986 m. Emma (Dorothy) Lorenze 1913–2007
      1. 1. Michael (Scott) Whiteley 1939–2009
  2. 2. James (Walter) Drake 1848–1935
    1. 1. Jacob (Jeremiah) Drake 1877–1958 m. Ollie (Lee) Jackson 1881–1954
      1. 1. James (Willie) Drake 1911–1997 m. Early (Merle) Pritchett 1920–1990
        1. 1. James (Roy) Drake 1941–1988
        2. 2. Darrel (Richard) Drake 1944–2023
        3. 3. Gracie (Fay) Drake 1951–1951
        4. 4. Shirley (Ruth) Drake 1946–2003 m. John (Henry) Griffith 1940–2011
      2. 2. Tommy (Riddle) Drake 1909–1965
      3. 3. Mary (Viola) Drake 1913–1991
      4. 4. Ellen (Lee Anna) Drake 1915–1938
      5. 5. George (Calvin) Drake 1923–1973
  3. 3. Sarah (J.) Drake 1847–
  4. 4. Berrella (V.) Drake 1853–
  5. 5. Theophilus Drake 1854–
  6. 6. Alford (T) Drake 1856–
  7. 7. Andrew (J) Drake 1859–
  8. 8. David (F.) Drake 1865–

James Drake's Timeline

4 Records

1820
Abt 1820
Birth of James W. Drake in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1824
24 Dec 1824
Age 4
Birth of James W. Drake in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1897
24 Apr 1897
Age 77
Death of James W. Drake in Briggs, Burnet Co., Texas
Briggs, Burnet Co., Texas
1897
1897
Age 77
Death of James W. Drake in Briggs, Burnet, Texas, USA
Briggs, Burnet, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Dec 1824
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1820
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Apr 1897
    Event Place: Briggs, Burnet Co., Texas

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1897
    Event Place: Briggs, Burnet, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

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