Elitia Jane Drake

1840 - 1909  (69 years)

• Name	Elitia Jane Drake  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1 Sep 1840	Giles County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Death	13 Dec 1909	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3]
  Burial	Neal Cemetery, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I12981	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Joel B Drake,   b. 7 Jul 1814, Virginia, USA d. 12 Mar 1881, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elitia Benthal,   b. 1814   d. 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1836
  Family ID	F4685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Washington Welch,   b. 16 Jul 1840, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 26 Apr 1907, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1861
  Children	1. Ferdinand Alonzo 'Ferd' Welch,   b. 15 Oct 1882, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Jul 1958, Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John B Welch,   b. Abt 1868, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Effie A Welch,   b. Abt 1867, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Lucy L Welch,   b. Abt 1870, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. James Earnest Welch,   b. 1 May 1874, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 6 Jun 1930, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Sep 1840 - Giles County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1880 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA Death - 13 Dec 1909 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: 1266; Family History Film: 1255266; Page: 215B; Enumeration District: 105. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: District 15, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: 1266; Page: 215B; Enumeration District: 105 [S198] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).