Individual Details
Martha Elizabeth Horn
(September 16, 1862 - February 6, 1936)
BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH: Correspondence with family members. Birthplace was given by Lee Horn in Aug. 1984 as Coles Co. Ill. [Md says ILL. Below--Ohio?] Death given as 6 Feb 1936.
BIRTH, DEATH: Michael Drake in 1995 gave her death as Sept.2, 1936. He also confirmed her birthplace as Coles Co IL "somewhere south of Mattoon."; Helen Drake, Feb 1996, confirmed death 6 Feb 1936 and birth 16 Sep 1862.
BIRTH, MARRIAGE: Michael Drake, 5 N. Edgewood, LaGrange, IL 60525: "Martha Elizabeth Horn, Henry's wife to be, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Sept 16, 1862.. Her father, Nicholas Horn, had been born on the ocean, according to family legend, in 1830, coming from the old country. Nicholas Horn lived until January 24, 1875. Martha's mother had been born Jane Hayes. She was born in Michigan on Nov. 12, 1832. She lived in Mattoon, Illinois until Jan. 16, 1916. Henry had just turned twenty when he and Martha were married on Saint Patrick's Day, 1882 by Reverend E.B.Davis."
MARRIAGE: Coles Co. .IL Marr. Bk 1-102: "Md 17 Mar 1883 at Lafayette, Coles, IL. Henry B. Drake farmer 22 b. Iowa, f. Jas.E.Drake, m. Evaline McKee, 1st; Horn, Martha E. 22 b. Ill, res. Lafayette, Coles, f. Nicholas M. Horn, m. Mary J. Hays.; Wit: Scintha A. Drake.
DESCRIPTION: Per Dorothy May Smith Drake, mother of Michael Drake, "Grandma Martha smoked a clay pipe. She kept her tobacco tucked up under skirt and was not shy about hauling up her dress and loading her pipe when the urge to smoke struck her. She was a very small woman." Michael's dad claims she was a mean woman. Apparently, she did not shower her grandchildren with affection. Per Michael Drake-describing her picture--"Martha Drake showed a twinkling eye, high, ruddy, rounded cheek bones and hair pulled tightly back into a bun. Her collar rode high up on her neck."
BIRTH, DEATH: Michael Drake in 1995 gave her death as Sept.2, 1936. He also confirmed her birthplace as Coles Co IL "somewhere south of Mattoon."; Helen Drake, Feb 1996, confirmed death 6 Feb 1936 and birth 16 Sep 1862.
BIRTH, MARRIAGE: Michael Drake, 5 N. Edgewood, LaGrange, IL 60525: "Martha Elizabeth Horn, Henry's wife to be, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Sept 16, 1862.. Her father, Nicholas Horn, had been born on the ocean, according to family legend, in 1830, coming from the old country. Nicholas Horn lived until January 24, 1875. Martha's mother had been born Jane Hayes. She was born in Michigan on Nov. 12, 1832. She lived in Mattoon, Illinois until Jan. 16, 1916. Henry had just turned twenty when he and Martha were married on Saint Patrick's Day, 1882 by Reverend E.B.Davis."
MARRIAGE: Coles Co. .IL Marr. Bk 1-102: "Md 17 Mar 1883 at Lafayette, Coles, IL. Henry B. Drake farmer 22 b. Iowa, f. Jas.E.Drake, m. Evaline McKee, 1st; Horn, Martha E. 22 b. Ill, res. Lafayette, Coles, f. Nicholas M. Horn, m. Mary J. Hays.; Wit: Scintha A. Drake.
DESCRIPTION: Per Dorothy May Smith Drake, mother of Michael Drake, "Grandma Martha smoked a clay pipe. She kept her tobacco tucked up under skirt and was not shy about hauling up her dress and loading her pipe when the urge to smoke struck her. She was a very small woman." Michael's dad claims she was a mean woman. Apparently, she did not shower her grandchildren with affection. Per Michael Drake-describing her picture--"Martha Drake showed a twinkling eye, high, ruddy, rounded cheek bones and hair pulled tightly back into a bun. Her collar rode high up on her neck."
Events
| Birth | September 16, 1862 | PleasantGroveTwp, Coles County, Illinois | |||
| Marriage | March 17, 1883 | Lafayette, Coles County, Illinois - Henry Brasher Drake | |||
| Death | February 6, 1936 | Charleston, Coles County, Illinois |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Brasher Drake (1862 - 1943) |
| Child | Charles Henry Drake (1884 - 1935) |
| Child | Alice Frankie Drake (1885 - 1947) |
| Child | James Milton Drake (1888 - 1889) |
| Child | Roscoe Edward Drake (1890 - 1972) |
| Child | Dessie Bell Drake (1892 - ) |
| Child | Beatrice Grace Drake (1894 - 1987) |
| Child | Fredrick Milton Drake (1897 - 1945) |
| Child | John Albert Drake (1899 - 1957) |