Individual Details
James Albert Drake
(March 10, 1913 - January 14, 1981)
BIRTH, MARR: Family Bible of Leslie Drake. Copied by Lee Horn at Strasburg,IL.
BIRTH: Coles Co. ILL Delayed Births, cert of birth. Reg.Dist 149 Primary Dist #3096, St. and # 1404 Edgar Ave: DRAKE, JAMES ALBERT b.10 Mar 1913 b.Mattoon, Coles, ILL, f.Charles Henry Drake, res at birth of child Mattoon Ill. white 28 b. Coles Co. ILL. Occ-Carpenter. m. Millie Lovada Zike res. Mattoon. 27 years b. Cumberland Co. ILL. Housewife. Child #6, children living at the time of and including this birth-4. signed Mary Zike-"I was the attendant at this birth. 2809 Prairie Ave. Mattoon, Ill 13 Jan 1942, filed Jan 15, 1942 at Mattoon.
MARRIAGE: Corr and 'book' by Michael Eugene Drake in 1995: "James Drake (3/11/1913 to January 1981) married Emily Bennett, Children Lavonna, Holly and Alice."
DEATH: Social Sec. Death Index
BIRTH, DEATH: THE PRAIRIE SLEEPS- Vol.2 Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles, ILL, p.141: Drake, James Albert age 67 died 14 Jan 1981.
BIRTH: Coles Co. ILL Delayed Births, cert of birth. Reg.Dist 149 Primary Dist #3096, St. and # 1404 Edgar Ave: DRAKE, JAMES ALBERT b.10 Mar 1913 b.Mattoon, Coles, ILL, f.Charles Henry Drake, res at birth of child Mattoon Ill. white 28 b. Coles Co. ILL. Occ-Carpenter. m. Millie Lovada Zike res. Mattoon. 27 years b. Cumberland Co. ILL. Housewife. Child #6, children living at the time of and including this birth-4. signed Mary Zike-"I was the attendant at this birth. 2809 Prairie Ave. Mattoon, Ill 13 Jan 1942, filed Jan 15, 1942 at Mattoon.
MARRIAGE: Corr and 'book' by Michael Eugene Drake in 1995: "James Drake (3/11/1913 to January 1981) married Emily Bennett, Children Lavonna, Holly and Alice."
DEATH: Social Sec. Death Index
BIRTH, DEATH: THE PRAIRIE SLEEPS- Vol.2 Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles, ILL, p.141: Drake, James Albert age 67 died 14 Jan 1981.
Events
| Birth | March 10, 1913 | Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois | |||
| Marriage | March 27, 1937 | Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois - Emily Bennett | |||
| Death | January 14, 1981 | Mart, McLennan County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Dodge Grove Cem., Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois |
Families
| Spouse | Emily Bennett ( - ) |
| Child | Lavonna Drake ( - ) |
| Child | Holly Drake ( - ) |
| Child | Alice Drake ( - ) |
| Father | Charles Henry Drake (1884 - 1935) |
| Mother | Millie Lovada Zike (1885 - 1942) |
| Sibling | John Henry Drake (1904 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Leslie Bryan Drake (1905 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Samuel Drake (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Enda or Edna E Drake (1908 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Edith Beatrice Drake (1910 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Eural Franklin or Fredrick Drake (1916 - ) |
| Sibling | Earl Sedrick Drake (1916 - 1916) |