Rhoda (Edington) Drake (1800 - 1883)

Wife of Joseph Drake — married 18 Oct 1817 in Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1883 at age 82 in Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Rhoda was born on 27 December 1800^[1] in North Carolina^[2] or South Carolina.^[3] She moved to Nashville when she was about five years old.^[4]

She married Jesse Drake on 18 October 1817 in Davidson County, Tennessee.^[5]

She died on 4 March 1883 in Davidson County, Tennessee, at the home of her son-in-law David Hughes.^[6] She was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Death of an Aged Lady." Daily American, 5 March 1883, p. 4. [1]
2. ↑ "Death of an Aged Lady." Daily American, 5 March 1883, p. 4. [2].
3. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDC-86K : 12 April 2016), Rhoda Drake in household of Jesse Drake, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 53, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Death of an Aged Lady." Daily American, 5 March 1883, p. 4. [3]
5. ↑ Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7P-5VV : 3 November 2017), Jesse Drake and Rhoda Edington, 18 Oct 1817; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 188, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,294.
6. ↑ "Death of an Aged Lady." Daily American, 5 March 1883, p. 4. [4].
7. ↑ Find A Grave, Rhoda Drake

• Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7P-5VV : 3 November 2017), Jesse Drake and Rhoda Edington, 18 Oct 1817; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 188, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,294.
• United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDC-86K : 12 April 2016), Rhoda Drake in household of Jesse Drake, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 53, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YM-ZGQ : 12 December 2017), Rhoda Drake in entry for Jessee Drake, 1860.
• War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871 - ca. 1900, documenting the period 1812 - ca. 1900. WO 21845. WC 14208. Jesse Drake. Widow, Rhoda Edington Drake. Fold3. [5]
• "Death of an Aged Lady." Daily American, 5 March 1883, p. 4. [6]
• Find A Grave, Rhoda Drake