Family of Benjamin Ashley DRAKE and Sarah Eliza BEIGHLEY

Husband:	Benjamin Ashley DRAKE (1849-1915)
Wife:	Sarah Eliza BEIGHLEY (1851-1950)
Children:	Matilda DRAKE ( - )
	Stella DRAKE ( - )
	Blanche DRAKE ( - )
	Gertrude J. DRAKE ( - )
	Elmer G. DRAKE ( - )
	Epsie E. DRAKE ( - )
	Jesse O. DRAKE (1879-1960)
	Edith Odessa DRAKE (1892-1951)
Marriage	Apr 1871	Vernon County, Wisconsin 1

Husband: Benjamin Ashley DRAKE

Name:	Benjamin Ashley DRAKE 2,3,4
Sex:	Male
Father:	Reuben Golden DRAKE (1824-1888)
Mother:	Matilda Ann SANDERS (1827-1888)
Birth	25 Oct 1849	Monroe, Perry County, Ohio 2,5,6,7
Burial	1915 (age 65-66)	Sugar Grove Cemetery
Residence	May 1888 (age 38)	Kickapoo, Vernon, Wisconsin 8
Death	1915 (age 65-66)	Vernon County, Wisconsin 7,9

Additional Information

Burial

Kickapoo, WI

Wife: Sarah Eliza BEIGHLEY

Name:	Sarah Eliza BEIGHLEY 10
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	Nov 1851	Pennsylvania
Burial	1950 (age 98-99)	Sugar Grove Cemetery
Death	1950 (age 98-99)	Vernon County, Wisconsin 11

Additional Information

Burial

Kickapoo, WI

Child 1: Matilda DRAKE

Name:	Matilda DRAKE
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Arthur WARD ( - )
Residence	1951	Readstown, Wisconsin 12

Child 2: Stella DRAKE

Name:	Stella DRAKE 12
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Ed BARNEY ( - )
Residence	1851	Soldier's Grove, Wisconsin 12

Child 3: Blanche DRAKE

Name:	Blanche DRAKE 5,13
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Howard HENTHORNE ( - )

Child 4: Gertrude J. DRAKE

Name:	Gertrude J. DRAKE 5,14
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Ott MCDANIEL ( - )

Child 5: Elmer G. DRAKE

Name:	Elmer G. DRAKE 5,15,16
Sex:	Male

Child 6: Epsie E. DRAKE

Name:	Epsie E. DRAKE 17
Sex:	Female

Child 7: Jesse O. DRAKE

Name:	Jesse O. DRAKE 10,18
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Mattie M. MORROW (1881-1950)
Birth	1879	Vernon County, Wisconsin
Residence	1951 (age 71-72)	Viola, Wisconsin 12
Death	1960 (age 80-81)	Vernon County, Wisconsin

Child 8: Edith Odessa DRAKE

Name:	Edith Odessa DRAKE 19
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Fred WARD ( - )
Birth	11 Apr 1892	Sugar Grove, Vernon, Wisconsin 12
Death	15 Aug 1951 (age 59)	Helena, Montana 12

Note on Husband: Benjamin Ashley DRAKE - shared note

Among the papers sent to me by Vera Knowlton is an entry from the Deed Record Book Vol. 25 pg 196:

 

State of Wisconsin-Vernon County ss:

Be it remembered that on this 18th day of Januar AD 1890 personally came before me the above named grantors Benjamin A. Drake and Sarah E. Drake (his wife). To me known to be the persons who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed for the uses and purposes herein mentioned.

 

George Spurrier, Justice of the Peace

 

An abstract of the Quit Claim Deed for the S1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 12 Township 11, Range 3West can be found in the "notes" for Reuben G. Drake.

 

Also among these papers is a record of burials at the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Kickapoo, Vernon, Wisconsin. Listed is Drake, B.A. 1849-1915

 

"Benjamin first came to Vernon County, Wisconsin in 1855 with his father, Reuben.

After his marriage to Sarah, they went to Iowa, and took a homestead in Lyons County. They remained there for one and one half years.

They returned to Kickapoo Town, Vernon Co, Wis and bought land on section 13, town 11 north, range 3 west. In 1881 he bought another tract in the same section.

They are the parents of five children--Blanche, Elmer G., Elpsie E., Jesse O., and Gertie J."

 

From: History of Vernon County Wisconsin, Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1884. pg 611-612.

Note on Wife: Sarah Eliza BEIGHLEY - shared note

Among the papers sent to me by Vera Morgan Knowlton is the page that appears to be a record of burials at the Sugar Grove Cemetery, Kickapoo, Vernon Co., Wis. Drake, Sarah 1851-1950.

Sources

1	""History of Vernon County, Wisconsin"". 611. Text From Source: Benjamin...was joined in marriage in April, 1871 to Sarah Beighle, a native of Pennsylvania."

2	"1850 Census- Monroe, Perry, Ohio".

3	1888 article in "The Censor" Vernon County, Wisconsin, "Newspaper report on murder of Reuben, wife Matilda, and 2 grandchildren".

4	"Reuben Golden Drake's Bible pages". Text From Source: Benjamin Ashley born Oct 25th 1849

5	"Vera Knowlton".

6	"1888 Newspaper "The Censor" Kickapoo, Vernon, Wisconsin". Text From Source: News article about the murder of his parents, Reuben and Matilda Drake, and accompanying obituaries. May 24, 1888.

7	Vera Morgan Knowlton, "Vera Morgan Knowlton".
	Email Vera E. Knowlton knowlton1@compulinx-net.net.

8	"1888 Newspaper "The Censor" Kickapoo, Vernon, Wisconsin".

9	"Sugar Grove Cemetery, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Tombstone Inscriptions". Text From Source: Drake, B.A. 1849-1915.

10	"LDS Ancestral File".

11	"Sugar Grove Cemetery, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Tombstone Inscriptions". Text From Source: Drake, Sarah 1851-1950.

12	"Obituary Aug 1951 Helena, Montana sent by Mrs. Katheryn Ward-Peden".

13	"History of Vernon County Wisconsin" (Name: Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Illinois, 1884.;). 612. Text From Source: Mr. and Mrs. Drake (Benjamin and Sarah) are the parents of...Blanche Drake.
	Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Call Number: US/Can 977.573.

14	Ibid. 612. Text From Source: Mr. and Mrs. Drake (Benjamin and Sarah) are the parents of...Gertie J. Drake.

15	"Betsy Errickson, Hopewell Museum".

16	"History of Vernon County Wisconsin" (Name: Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Illinois, 1884.;). 612. Text From Source: Mr. and Mrs. Drake (Benjamin and Sarah) are the parents of ...Elmer G. Drake
	Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Call Number: US/Can 977.573.

17	Ibid. 612. Text From Source: Mr. and Mrs. Drake (Benjamin and Sarah) are the parents of...Epsie E. Drake.

18	Ibid. 612. Text From Source: "Mr. and Mrs. Drake (Benjamin and Sarah) are the parents of..Jesse O. Drake.

19

Sent by Mrs. Kathryn Ward-Peden, "Obituary - Mrs. Fred Ward (Edith Drake) 15 Aug 1951". Text From Source: Mrs. Fred Ward (Edith Odessa Drake) passed away in Helena Montana 15 Aug 1951. Her parents were Benjamin and Sarah Drake, and the family had lived in the Kickapoo Valley of Wisconsin since the Civil War.