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James "Jim" Drake 1830 – 1912 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Oct 1830

Birth Location: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 27 Aug 1912

Death Location: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

Father: Etheldred Drake

Mother: Elizabeth Dunn-Finch

Spouse(s): Sarah Arnold

Children(s): James Drake

James "Jim" Drake was born in 1830 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA, the child of Etheldred F "Dred" Drake and Elizabeth 'Betsy' "Betty Ann" Dunn-Finch. James "Jim" Drake married Sarah Catherine Arnold, and had children including James T "Jimmie" Drake. James "Jim" Drake passed away in 1912 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • James "Jim" Drake was born in 1830 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA, the child of Etheldred F "Dred" Drake and Elizabeth 'Betsy' "Betty Ann" Dunn-Finch.
  • James "Jim" Drake married Sarah Catherine Arnold, and had children including James T "Jimmie" Drake.
  • James "Jim" Drake passed away in 1912 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Etheldred Drake
1801 – 1882
Birth Location: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
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Elizabeth Dunn-Finch
1798 – 1888
Birth Location: Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Arnold
1836 – 1915
Birth Location: Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
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Children(s)

James Drake
1862 – 1923
Birth Location: Oglethorpe, Georgia
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James Drake's Ancestors

Self
James Drake
1830 – 1912
Birth Place: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Parents
Etheldred F "Dred" Drake
1801 – 1882
Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth ('Betsy' "Betty Ann") Dunn-Finch
1798 – 1888
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Ethelred (Dred) Drake
1778 – 1800
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Susannah Averett
1777 – 1801
Nash County, North Carolina, USA
William Finch
1762 – 1842
Cumberland, Virginia
Mary ("Polly") Dunn
1770 – 1840
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Drake
1758 – 1820
Mary Green
1758 – 1830
Jeduthan Averitt
1754 – 1798
Rebecca Stephens
1760 – 1806
Charles (PATRIOT)
1728 – 1795
Joyce Moss
1730 – 1800
Georgia Rousseau
1748 – 1784
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Drake's Descendants

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James ("Jim") Drake (18 Oct 1830 – 27 Aug 1912) m. Sarah (Catherine) Arnold (22 Jul 1836 – 19 Nov 1915)
  1. 1. James (T "Jimmie") Drake (May 1862 – 10 Aug 1923) m. Leola ((Ola)) BRITT-DRAKE-MCNESBY (12 Aug 1868 – 1960)
    1. 1. Georgia (Caroline) Drake (5 Dec 1889 – May 1979) m. John (R) Poindexter (29 March 1888 – 11 September 1956)
      1. 1. Kathleen Poindexter (abt 1924 – 26 May 2003) m. Lester Campbell (abt 1922 – 17 August 1987)
        1. 1. Vicki (Jane) Campbell (20 Oct 1953 – 21 Jun 2013) m. Robert (H) O'Connor (abt 1945 – )

James Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1830
18 Oct 1830
Birth of James "Jim" Drake in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
1912
27 Aug 1912
Age 82
Death of James "Jim" Drake in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1830
    Event Place: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1912
    Event Place: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
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