Family of John Mellick DRAKE and Susanna STORTS
Husband: John Mellick DRAKE
Additional Information
Wife: Susanna STORTS
| Name:
| Susanna STORTS
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Father:
| -
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| Mother:
| -
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| Birth
| 22 Nov 1833
| Perry, Ohio
4,6,7,8 |
| Burial
| 1918 (age 84-85)
| Pleasant Mound Cemetery
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| Death
| 1918 (age 84-85)
| Crawford Co., Wisconsin
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Additional Information
Child 1: Mary Catherine DRAKE
| Name:
| Mary Catherine DRAKE
2,9 |
| Sex:
| Female
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| Spouse:
| Wilson SHOCKLEY (1843- )
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| Birth
| 2 Feb 1851
| Perry, Ohio
10 |
| Death
| 31 Dec 1895 (age 44)
| Crawford County, Wisconsin
1 |
Child 2: Emoline DRAKE
| Name:
| Emoline DRAKE
9 |
| Sex:
| Female
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| Spouse:
| William Guthrie REYNOLDS (1848-1933)
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| Birth
| 17 Sep 1852
| Perry, Ohio
1,4 |
| Burial
| 14 Jan 1933 (age 80)
| Boscobel Cemetery
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| Death
| 12 Jan 1933 (age 80)
| Boscobel, Crawford Co., Wisconsin
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Additional Information
Child 3: Barbay A. DRAKE
Child 4: Jeremiah Clark DRAKE
Child 5: Josephine DRAKE
Child 6: Reuben William DRAKE
Child 7: Ida Jane DRAKE
| Name:
| Ida Jane DRAKE
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Birth
| 21 Sep 1864 (app)
| Wisconsin
1 |
| Burial
| 1876 (age 11-12)
| Boscobel Cemetery
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| Death
| 13 Jan 1876 (age 11)
| Boscobel Cem., Grant Co., Wis.
1 |
Additional Information
Child 8: Cora Ellen DRAKE
Child 9: Frank DRAKE
| Name:
| Frank DRAKE
1 |
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 1871
| Wisconsin, USA
1 |
| Death
| bef 1880 (age 8-9)
| Wisconsin, USA
1 |
Note on Husband: John Mellick DRAKE - shared note
When John and Susannah were living in Adair County, Missouri (in the late 1850's and early 1860's) there was an unlawful gang called "Quantrill and his Raiders" terrorizing local people and forcing young men to join their gang. The Drake family was on the watch for this gang and made preparations ahead of time, hiding a packed wagon in the woods, in case the gang came in their direction. One evening as they sat down to supper, word came that the gang was approaching. Without stopping to eat, they got in the wagon and left, traveling all night so they wouldn't be followed. They had a long, slow journey through Illinois to finally settle in the Boscobel area of Wisconsin.
Excerpted from: "The Reynolds Family History" by
Deborah J. Reynolds Biesemeier page 71.
(a history of the Reynolds/McCord/Drake families)
This report was sent to me by Dale Jones.
Tombstone names parents as Ralph (Drake) and Mary Huseletons. Correct name for mother was Catherine Husselton. (?possibly her middle name was Mary?)
Note on Wife: Susanna STORTS - shared note
Susannah's maiden name variously spelled. Sometimes given as Stotts, sometimes as Storts. Other variations on the family name have been Sturtz, Stortz, etc.
Tombstone inscription gives birth date as 1833. Other sources gave 1834.
Sources
| 1 | "Dale Jones--Drake Newsgroup".
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| 2 | ""Ancestry" File#F3831D - Submitted by Susan Mortenson".
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| 3 | "1850 Census- Monroe, Perry, Ohio".
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| 4 | "Adair County, Missouri: County Census 1860".
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| 5 | "Christ or Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Crawford Co., WI Tombstone Inscriptions".
Text From Source: Drake, John M. July 22, 1827--Nov 1, 1906; son of Ralph &
Mary Huseletons
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| 6 | "John Jacob Stotts Sr., Revolutionary War Pension Application #10232".
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| 7 | "Dale Jones--Drake Newsgroup". djones@nextdim.com.
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| 8 | "Christ or Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Crawford Co., WI Tombstone Inscriptions".
Text From Source: Drake Susannah (Stotts) 1833-1918, born in Ohio
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| 9 | "1860 County Census-Adair County, Missouri".
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| 10 | "1860 Federal Census-Clay Twp, Adair Co., Missouri".
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| 11 | "1900 Census, Marietta Twp, Crawford County, Wisconsin". ED 17 Sheet 2.
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| 13 | "Dale Jones--Drake Newsgroup". ED 17 Sheet 2.
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| 14 | "1900 Census, Marietta Twp, Crawford County, Wisconsin".
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