Silas
Abraham
Drake
Sr.
Born in Warren County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Elijah Drake Sr.
and Phoeba Millien (Ray) Drake
Brother of
Sarah H. Drake, Mary E. Drake, Elizabeth (Drake) Hillis, Elijah Dock Drake Jr., Elija Dock Drake, Reuben Miller Drake, Randolph R. Drake, William Carter Drake, Jacob Drake, Benjamin Drake and Isaac Newton Drake
Husband of
Elizabeth G (York) Drake
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Uriah York Drake, George Washington Drake, Phoebe M Drake, Frances Parazada (Drake) Grove, Mary Elizabeth (Drake) Seamons, Levi Murphy Drake and Silas Abraham Drake II
Died
at age 54
in Van Buren County Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Sep 2016
This page has been accessed 198 times.
Biography
Silas and Elizabeth had 7 Children: all on FindAGrave.com
- Uriah York Drake (1837 - 1914)
- George Washington Drake (1838 - 1861)
- Phoebe M Drake (1840 - 1863)
- Frances Parazada Drake Grove (1842 - 1887)
- Mary Elizabeth Drake Seamons (1843 - 1864)
- Levi Murphy Drake (1848 - 1929)
- Silas Abraham Drake (1855 - 1903)
- Fact: Burial (March 1860) Van Buren, Tennessee, United States
- Fact: Burial (March 1860) Van Buren, Tennessee, United States
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 September 2016, 16:56), entry for Silas Abraham Drake(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2QK-GJG); contributed by various users.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 September 2016, 16:56), entry for Silas Abraham Drake(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2QK-GJG); contributed by various users.
- [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21531001 FindAGrave.com memorial #21531001 Drake Cemetery in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
DNA
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of AncestryProfile: Wanda Herring (57cM shared across 3 chromosomes), AncestryProfile: kgbancroft68 (43cM shared across 1 chromosome), and Yvonne McCowan Gammell. MCRAs are Benjamin Drake and his wife Sarah Buchanan
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silas:
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~1.56%
Yvonne (McCowan) Gammell
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M436149 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member yvonnemari
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Lesley Watson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A100664 [compare], Ancestry member snowcowcrossing22
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~1.56%
Anonymous Franklin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XA4151598 [compare], yourDNAportal NICad744c0c, Ancestry member mnfranklin
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Linda (Holland) Wheatley :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ida (Gray) Houston :
23andMe, GEDmatch T526687 [compare], yourDNAportal IDAc5c947d0
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T526687 [compare], yourDNAportal IDAc5c947d0, Ancestry member IdaHouston
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T526687 [compare], yourDNAportal IDAc5c947d0, FTDNA kit #711349
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T526687 [compare], yourDNAportal IDAc5c947d0
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Living DNA, GEDmatch T526687 [compare], yourDNAportal IDAc5c947d0
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~0.78%
Mildred (Greene) Pickens :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EP7210399 [compare]
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~0.78%
Anonymous McCoy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A343344 [compare], Ancestry member JKTMC
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~0.78%
Bill (Cannefax) Schindler :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A571440 [compare], Ancestry member bill_s56
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