James Drake and Elizabeth Postlethwaite

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Husband James Drake ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1787 - Drake's Ferry, Wayne Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1844 1
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         Father: Samuel Drake (Abt 1754-Abt 1827) 1
         Mother: Nancy Hamilton (1762-1833) 1

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Wife Elizabeth Postlethwaite ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1790 1
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           Died: 1854 1
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         Father: Thomas I. Postlethwaite (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Jane Matilda Drake ¹

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           Born: 1810 1
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           Died: 1842 1
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         Spouse: Capt.  Caldwell (      -      ) 1

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2 F Mary Rebecca Drake ¹

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           Born: 1811 1
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           Died: 1837 1
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         Spouse: James Fields (      -      ) 1

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3 M Samuel Drake ¹

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           Born: 1813 1
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           Died: 1844 1
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         Spouse: Mary McDowell (      -      ) 1

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4 M Thomas Irvin Drake ¹

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           Born: 7 Sep 1827 - Drake's Ferry, Wayne Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1863 1
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         Spouse: Catharine Wharton (1834-      ) 1
           Marr: 1853 1

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5 M James A. Drake ^{1 2}

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            AKA: [Unk] Drake 3
           Born: 1832 1 2
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           Died: 24 May 1868 2
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         Spouse: Mary Ellen Hinds (1838-1921) 1 3 4
           Marr: 25 Dec 1855 2

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6 M John Drake ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Nancy Drake ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Elizabeth Drake ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 F Arabella Drake ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 F Josephine Drake ¹

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General Notes: Husband - James Drake

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He was born at Drake's ferry, where he resided until the abandonment of the ferry. He received a fairly good education in the subscription schools of his neighborhood. Assisting with the work of the ferry until he was old enough to take charge of the same, he continued to run it until about 1830, when the construction of the canal through the Narrows took place, of which he was the first foreman. He then moved to the farm with his family, and built a log house which still stood nearly one hundred years later at the forks of the road at the mouth of Long Hollow, just east of the Furnace property, known as the James Drake homestead. Here he lived until his death, at the age of fifty-seven years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. In politics he was a Whig. He was of a delicate constitution, and a great sufferer from rheumatism all his life.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 50.

2 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 64.

3 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 17.

4 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 60.