Richard Albert Drake (1915 - 1949)

Born 18 Oct 1915 in Gassaway, Braxton, West Virginia, United States

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Died 7 Sep 1949 at age 33 in Broadview Hights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Richard A Drake was born on October 18, 1915, in Gassaway, Braxton, West Virginia United States to Oscar Drake and Susie Ellis. He died on September 7, 1949, in Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, from Pulmonary Tuberculosis reinfection type at the age of 33.View death record He was buried on Sept 11, 1949, in Beverly Hills Cemetery, Morgantown. Monongalia, West Virginia, United States^[1] His death record states he was married at the time of his death. His spouse is Maxine Lylia Demastes who was born 12 Mar 1917 in Buchannon, Upshire, West Virginia. They married 25 Jun 1937. They didn't have any children together. This information is from family knowledge.

• Fact: Residence (1920) Gassaway, Braxton, West Virginia, United States^[2]
• Fact: Residence (1930) Gassaway, Braxton, West Virginia, United States^[3]
• Fact: Military Service (from 1 October 1942 to 23 November 1946) Navy ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6R6-D8N : 8 December 2014), Richard Albert Drake, 07 Sep 1949; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,247,097.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNLD-N9N : accessed 12 December 2016), Richard A Drake in household of Oscar C Drake, Gassaway, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 12A, line 38, family 269, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1949; FHL microfilm 1,821,949.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMC6-1CK : accessed 12 December 2016), Richard A Drake in household of Oscar C Drake, Gassaway, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 14B, line 92, family 322, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2527; FHL microfilm 2,342,261.
4. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV1Z-H297 : 17 May 2016), Richard Albert Drake, .

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 December 2016, 23:28), entry for Richard Albert Drake(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR7J-J1X); contributed by various users.