Individual Details
Harold Edward Drake
(February 26, 1915 - March 29, 1995)
BIRTH, MARRIAGE: Correspondence with family members including Roscoe in 1954. Birth given as 26 Feb 1914; [one year difference that below]
BIRTH: Coles Co. ILL, Delayed Births, State File #201887: "HAROLD EDWARD DRAKE b.26 Feb 1915, white, male f.Ross Drake b. Coles Co.ILL, m.Grace Tipsword b. Cumberland,Ill. Signed Harold Edward Drake 21 Helm Ave. Paris, ILL 18 Dec 1959 at Paris,ILL. Affadavit of father: Ross Drake, Strasburg,ILL 27 Feb 1959: b. 26 FEb 1915 at Mattoon, Coles, ILL f. Ross E. Drake m. Grace Tipsword. Affadavit-Employment Application: Central, Ill. Public Service Co. Paris, Ill. dated 3/25/1947-Same as above except: father. Ross Drake. Affadavit-Marriage Record--Coles Co. Ill. dated Nov. 4 1946, age 31 years."
BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH: CORR. with Michael Eugene Drake in 1995 and in his 'book' on Drakes: "HAROLD EDWARD DRAKE (2-26-1915) to 3-19-1995) married first to Juanita Poulter, son Harold Lee Drake (1936) md first Mary Woodward, dau. Laura Drake May, 1964, HAROLD EDWARD DRAKE md second Ruby Lee who brought a son into the marriage--Terry Lee 1941, md with a son and a dau."
BIRTH: Coles Co. ILL, Delayed Births, State File #201887: "HAROLD EDWARD DRAKE b.26 Feb 1915, white, male f.Ross Drake b. Coles Co.ILL, m.Grace Tipsword b. Cumberland,Ill. Signed Harold Edward Drake 21 Helm Ave. Paris, ILL 18 Dec 1959 at Paris,ILL. Affadavit of father: Ross Drake, Strasburg,ILL 27 Feb 1959: b. 26 FEb 1915 at Mattoon, Coles, ILL f. Ross E. Drake m. Grace Tipsword. Affadavit-Employment Application: Central, Ill. Public Service Co. Paris, Ill. dated 3/25/1947-Same as above except: father. Ross Drake. Affadavit-Marriage Record--Coles Co. Ill. dated Nov. 4 1946, age 31 years."
BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH: CORR. with Michael Eugene Drake in 1995 and in his 'book' on Drakes: "HAROLD EDWARD DRAKE (2-26-1915) to 3-19-1995) married first to Juanita Poulter, son Harold Lee Drake (1936) md first Mary Woodward, dau. Laura Drake May, 1964, HAROLD EDWARD DRAKE md second Ruby Lee who brought a son into the marriage--Terry Lee 1941, md with a son and a dau."
Events
| Birth | February 26, 1915 | Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois | |||
| Marriage | November 10, 1935 | Juanita Poulter | |||
| Marriage | November 4, 1946 | Ruby Decker | |||
| Death | March 29, 1995 | ||||
| Divorce | Juanita Poulter |
Families
| Spouse | Juanita Poulter (1916 - ) |
| Child | Harold Lee Drake (1936 - ) |
| Spouse | Ruby Decker ( - ) |
| Child | Warren Kent Drake (1947 - 1947) |
| Father | Roscoe Edward Drake (1890 - 1972) |
| Mother | Grace Augusta Tipsword (1893 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Donald Franklin Drake (1916 - ) |
| Sibling | Howard Elzie Drake (1918 - 1979) |