George Washington Dake (abt. 1840 - 1888)

Born about 1840 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Polly M. (McKee) Dake — married 1866 (to 1888) in Missouri, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1888 at about age 48 in Miller, Missouri, United States

Biography

George W. Dake served in the Union Army during the Civil War with Co. A Missouri 48th Infantry. He married Mary M. McKee in 1866. They had at least nine children. George died on 11 November 1888 in Miller county, Missouri. He is buried with his wife at Dake Cemetery, Iberia, Miller, Missouri.^[1]NOTE: FindAGrave shows his birth place in error as Miller, Missouri. He was born in Tennessee, per all other sources.

• George W Dake, Private

Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 1864 Age (Original): 24 (born about 1840) Military Unit Note: Forty-eighth Infantry, A-D Enlisted 18 August 1864; discharged 29 June 1865, served 8 mos, 11 days.

In 1880, the Dake family lived in Richwoods, Miller County, Missouri. The household included George W. Dake, 40, a farmer, born (about 1840) in Tennessee, as were his parents; his wife Mary M., 30, could not read or write, b. MO, parents b. TN; and children, all b. MO, William R., 12, in school, worked the farm; Benjamin A., 10, in school, worked the farm; Mary S., 7; Charlotte J., 6; and Rachel L., 4.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8964524?search=true)
2. ↑ 1880 US Census, Richwoods, Miller, Missouri (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X5-LWX)

• "United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-VJNC?cc=1913388&wc=MXM9-T23%3A195533401 : 22 May 2014), Cooper, A. D. - Dery, Edward > image 489 of 876; citing NARA microfilm publication M1845 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S1-K2S : 11 March 2018), George W Dake, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,188.

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