The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22


Buffalo township, Noble county.
Mr.. brakes great grandfather
was John Drake and his wife was
Sally Kaekley Drake. After en-
tering l60 acres of land on Buf-
falo creek in Buffalo township,
then part of Guernsey county.
Mr. Drake located thereon In the
year, 1914, he and his wife were
united in marriage. To this union
was born three children, all hav-
ing been born near Winchester,
Va. About the year 1885 their son,
Elisha, married Rebecca, daugh-
ter of Benjamin Clark and wife
and to them were born six chill
dren. Benjamin c., their second
son, enlisted in the Civil war and
served three years in company
H. 1l6th, o. v. l., and in 1865
was married to Eliza j., daughter
of William and Deborah Bond
HALEY, They were the parents of
two children.
One of the sons of Benjamin c.
and Eliza j. Drake, John Wilbur
Drake, grew to manhood on the
banks of Buffalo creek, about
halfway between Seneeaville and
Point Pleasant, now Pleasant
City. He attended the district
school in winter and assisted in
the work on the farm, part of the
summers at home and part for
other farmers of the community.
In 1902, Mr.. Drake was ap-
pointed as a member of the Noble
county board of school examiner
and most efficiently served in
that capacity until Sept 1908, and
in November of that year, he was
elected on the Republican ticket
as treasurer of Noble county and
in 1910 was reelected to that
highly responsible position, which
he had so efficiently filled dur
ing his first term.
After serving two terms as
county treasurer, Mr.. Drake was
unanimously chosen as secretary
of the Caldwell Building & Loan
Co.. in 1914, and with honor and
distinction he served until JAN,
1940 at which time he was
elected president of the company.
This latter position he ably filled
until Feb. 1945, at which time he
resigned an account of i'll health
and was succeeded as president
by Paul M. Clark. Because of his
i'll health. Mr.. Drake also re-
quested that he be retired from
the board of directors but his re-
quest was refused and he con-
tinued as a member until his
death. In fact, Mr.. Drake was
considered a major part of the
backbone of that highly success
full financing institution.
In the year 1890, Mr.. Drake
was united in marriage to Miss
Rosa B., daughter of Thomas R.
and Mary Larrick Davis. To their
marriage were born six children.
The eldest one is deceased and
the others are Mrs. nellie Head
ley, Mrs. Ethel Hazard, and Mrs.
Frank Tarleton, all of Caldwell
and E. Allen of Washington, D.
c., and Thomas B., of Jackson,
Miss. Mrs. Drake died In July,
1880.
Mr.. Drake was an ardent Re-
publican and until recent years,
he took an active part in all poll
tical campaigns. He served as the
chairman of the Noble county Re-
publican exc cutiv e committee
from 1912 to 1920. was a member
of the Caldwell village school dis
trict from 1919 to 1923 and
member of the Caldwell village
council from 1912 to JAN, l948.
Following the death of his wife,
Mr.. Drake resided at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. Frank Tarle-
ton, 1905 Playground street IN
Caldwell.
In addition to his five children,
a brother, Charles A. Drake, of
Pleasant City route l and four
sisters, Mrs. Grace Wheeler and
Mrs. Emma Davis, both of Pleas
ant City, route l, Mrs. Estella
Danford of Buffalo and Mrs.
Mary Corwin of Senecaville, also
survive. There are nine grand
children and five great grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 800 o'clock from the
Methodist church, Caldwell, with
Rev. o. o. Wilson, pastor of the
church officiating. Interment was
made in Olive cemetery by the
McVay-Shilling funeral home.
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