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Simeon Randolph Drake 1841–1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 September 1841

Birth Location: Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 30 December 1904

Death Location: Western Springs, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Father: Randolph Drake

Mother: Jane Randolph

Spouse(s): Martha Cheever

Children(s): Nellie Drake

Simeon Randolph Drake was born in 1841 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA, the child of Randolph Drake And Jane Eliza Randolph. Simeon Randolph Drake married Martha Mason Cheever, and had children including Nellie Arnold Drake. Simeon Randolph Drake passed away in 1904 in Western Springs, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Simeon Randolph Drake was born in 1841 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA, the child of Randolph Drake And Jane Eliza Randolph.
  • Simeon Randolph Drake married Martha Mason Cheever, and had children including Nellie Arnold Drake.
  • Simeon Randolph Drake passed away in 1904 in Western Springs, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

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Simeon Drake's Ancestors

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Simeon Drake
1841–1904
Birth Place: Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Parents
Randolph Drake
1809–1874
Washington Valley, Somerset, New Jersey, USA
Jane (Eliza) Randolph
1810–1889
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States of America
Grandparents
Noah Drake
1779–1844
Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Margaret Cole
1781–1849
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Simeon (Fitz) Randolph
1791–1857
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Isabella Davidson
1788–1835
New Jersey, USA
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Drake
1740–1827
Eunice Martin
1759–1840
Jonathan Cole
1757–1828
Dorcas Waller
1769–1790
Barzilla Randolph
1761–1837
Elizabeth
1764–1849
Sarah Voorhees
1765–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Humphrey Martin
1740–1805
Experience Pyatt
1733–1813
Joseph Sr
1717–1807
Phebe Gritman
1720–1807
William Sr
1733–1817
Thomas Randolph
1729–1792
Elizabeth Dunn
1735–1775
Sarah Sickles
1755–1797

Simeon Drake's Descendants

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Simeon (Randolph) Drake (6 September 1841–30 December 1904) m. Martha (Mason) Cheever (8 December 1835–4 November 1913)
  1. 1. Nellie (Arnold) Drake 1874–1948 m. Alfred (Wallace) Dow 1872–1954
    1. 1. Martha (Melvina) Dow 1906–1994 m. George (Roy) James 1904–1967
      1. 1. George (Roy James) Jr 1929–2011

Simeon Drake's Timeline

3 Records

1841
6 September 1841
Birth of Simeon Randolph Drake in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
1865
29 Jun 1865
Age 24
Simeon Randolph Drake was married in Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Tazewell, Illinois, United States
1904
30 December 1904
Age 63
Death of Simeon Randolph Drake in Western Springs, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Western Springs, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 September 1841
    Event Place: Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1865
    Event Place: Tazewell, Illinois, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 December 1904
    Event Place: Western Springs, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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