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Rufus Butler Drake 1839–1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 June 1839

Birth Location: New York

Death Date: 13 September 1850

Death Location: Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA

Father: Seth Drake

Mother: Sophronia Castle

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Rufus Butler Drake was born in 1839 in New York, the child of Seth H Drake And Sophronia Castle. Rufus Butler Drake passed away in 1850 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • Rufus Butler Drake was born in 1839 in New York, the child of Seth H Drake And Sophronia Castle.
  • Rufus Butler Drake passed away in 1850 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA.

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Rufus Drake's Ancestors

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Rufus Drake
1839–1850
Birth Place: New York
Parents
Seth H Drake
1805–1850
Oneida County, New York, USA
Sophronia Castle
1811–1888
Oswego County, New York, USA
Grandparents
Warner Drake
1771–
East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Olive (Butler) (Castle)
1786–1857
New York, United States
Smith Castle
1785–1856
Canaan, Columbia, New York, USA
Olive (Butler) (Castle)
1786–1857
New York, United States
Great-Grandparents
Ebenezer Drake
1739–1823
Martha Stedman
1743–1823
Rufus Butler
1764–1856
Lydia Sykes
1759–1848
Rufus Butler
1764–1856
Lydia Sykes
1759–1848
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Drake
1708–1800
Elizabeth Drake
1710–1790
Stephen Steadman
1718–1794
Martha "Stedman"
1722–1813
Isaiah Jr.
1726–1767
Rebecca Foote
1727–1802
Isaiah Jr.
1726–1767
Rebecca Foote
1727–1802

Rufus Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1839
26 June 1839
Birth of Rufus Butler Drake in New York
New York
1850
13 September 1850
Age 11
Death of Rufus Butler Drake in Greenbush, Clinton, Michigan, USA
Greenbush, Clinton, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 June 1839
    Event Place: New York
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 September 1850
    Event Place: Greenbush, Clinton, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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