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Melissa Drake 1843–1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1843

Birth Location: Bearhead Creek, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA

Death Date: AFT 1872

Death Location: , , Louisiana, USA

Father: John 1840

Mother: Elizabeth Ashworth

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Melissa Drake was born in 1843 in Bearhead Creek, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA, the child of John 3 Aaron Drake 1840 And Elizabeth Betsy Ashworth. Melissa Drake passed away in 1872 in , , Louisiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Melissa Drake was born in 1843 in Bearhead Creek, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA, the child of John 3 Aaron Drake 1840 And Elizabeth Betsy Ashworth.
  • Melissa Drake passed away in 1872 in , , Louisiana, USA.

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Melissa Drake's Ancestors

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Melissa Drake
1843–1872
Birth Place: Bearhead Creek, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA
Parents
John (3) Aaron Drake 1840
1806–1892
Attakapas Region, Louisiana, USA
Elizabeth (Betsy) Ashworth
1813–1843
Choupique Bayou, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA
Grandparents
John (Aaron Drake) Jr
1776–1828
St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana, United States
Rosalie Abcher
1782–1871
New Iberia, Iberia, Louisiana, United States
James (Joseph (Jim) Ashworth) Jr.
1788–1870
Indian Territory, Pendleton District, South Carolina, USA
Mary (Polly) Perkins
1796–1870
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Macklin
1752–1815
John Drake
1741–1813
John Abcher
1744–1810
Francoise HARGRAVE
1760–1855
James II
1760–1826
Mary Perkins
1771–1820
William II
1759–1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Drake
1717–1795
Benjamin Father)
1741–1827
Catherine Smithe
1746–1827
Abigail Williamson
1742–1778

Melissa Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1843
ABT 1843
Birth of Melissa Drake in Bearhead Creek, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA
Bearhead Creek, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA
1872
AFT 1872
Age 29
Death of Melissa Drake in , , Louisiana, USA
, , Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1843
    Event Place: Bearhead Creek, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: AFT 1872
    Event Place: , , Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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