Joel B Drake

1814 - 1881  (66 years)

• Name	Joel B Drake  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	7 Jul 1814	Virginia, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
  Death	12 Mar 1881	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Burial	Neal Cemetery, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I13188	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Artelia Fort Gooch,   b. 1 Sep 1837, Giles County, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Oct 1910, Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1862	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Joel Conway Drake,   b. 25 May 1865, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Sep 1896, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ella C 'Emma' Drake,   b. 15 Mar 1872, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 24 Aug 1899, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Orphia Elizabeth Drake,   b. 13 Feb 1867, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 3 Aug 1906, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Wilmouth E 'Wilmer' Drake,   b. 5 Feb 1880, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Mar 1905, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mark Pomroy Drake,   b. 24 May 1877, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Feb 1900, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Sherman Taylor Drake,   b. 4 Mar 1869, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 27 Oct 1955, Ardmore Nursing Home, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Samuel Oscar 'Osko' Drake,   b. 18 May 1863, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA d. 18 Jun 1940, Miston, Dyer, Tennessee, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Gooch Wade Drake,   b. 15 Oct 1874, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Mar 1958, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Sarah Opelia Drake,   b. Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 1898, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elitia Benthal,   b. 1814   d. 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1836
  Children	1. Elitia Jane Drake,   b. 1 Sep 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Dec 1909, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Melissa Drake,   b. Abt 1837, Giles County, Tennessee, USA d. Abt 1839, Giles County, Tennessee, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 3
  Children	1. Keturah A Drake,   b. 1842, Giles County, Tennessee, USA d. Abt 1885, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Lee T Drake,   b. Abt 1854, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]   3. Richard W Drake,   b. 30 Apr 1853, Giles County, Tennessee, USA d. 5 Jul 1929, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]   4. John L Drake,   b. 2 Jul 1845, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Mar 1918, Grayson County, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Franklin P Drake,   b. 26 Nov 1855, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Nov 1878 (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Samuel A Drake,   b. 1857, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]   7. Private William Alonzo Drake,   b. 1844, Giles County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Patrick Turk Drake,   b. 1854, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]   9. Martha A Drake,   b. 1 Jul 1852, Giles County, Tennessee, USA d. 27 Dec 1918, Giles County, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F13963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Jul 1814 - Virginia, USA Marriage - 18 May 1862 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - 1880 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA Death - 12 Mar 1881 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S212] Dodd, Jordan R, Tennessee, Marriages, 1851-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;). [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 [S128] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2019;), Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1958; Roll: 2. Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969 Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1958; Roll: 2