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John Cooly Drake 1886 – 1969 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Jul 1886

Birth Location: Logan, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 19 Jul 1969

Death Location: Elkhart, Logan, Illinois, USA

Father: Silas Drake

Mother: Sarah Wright

Spouse(s): Alice Primm

Children(s): Catherine Drake, Mary Drake, Ralph Drake, Evelyn Kutz

1886 marked the beginning of John Cooly Drake's life in Logan, Illinois, USA, to parents Silas Hamilton Drake and Sarah Ellen Wright. Eventually, John Cooly Drake married Alice Primm, and they welcomed Catherine Drake, Mary L Drake, Ralph Primm Drake and Evelyn Alberta Drake Kutz. John Cooly Drake passed in 1969 at Elkhart, Logan, Illinois, USA.

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Parents

Silas Drake
1843 – 1920
Birth Location: Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States of America
SD
Sarah Wright
1860 – 1943
Birth Location: Oswego County, New York, United States of America
SW

Spouses(s)

Alice Primm
1892 – 1962
Birth Location: Rock Creek, Hardin, Illinois, USA
AP

Children(s)

Catherine Drake
1915 – 1998
Birth Location: Illinois
CD
Mary Drake
1918 – 1996
Birth Location: Logan County, Illinois, USA
MD
Ralph Drake
1920 – 2016
Birth Location: Elkhart, Logan, Illinois, USA
RD
Evelyn Kutz
1930 – 2005
Birth Location: Elkhart Loga, Illinois
EK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 30 Jul 1886
    Event Place: Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), For the State of Illinois; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2097

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Hulburt, Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Hulburt, Logan, Illinois; Roll: T625_383; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 72

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Hurlbut, Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 2340269

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00838; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 54-27

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Hurlbut, Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00838; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 54-27

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Hurlbut, Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hurlbut, Log

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Hurlbut, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), For the State of Illinois; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2097

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Jul 1969
    Event Place: Elkhart, Logan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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