Elijah
(Lige)
Drake
Sr.
Born before in Warren, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Drake Sr
and Mary Hannah (Ross) Drake
Brother of
Esther Elizabeth (Drake) Hash [half], Benjamin Drake [half], Polly (Drake) Phillips [half], Mary Jane (Drake) Phillips, Isaac Drake, Elexander Drake, Elizabeth (Drake) Rogers, Jacob Drake Jr, Jacob Drake, Salina (Drake) Lewis, Rutha (Drake) Neal, Sarah Drake, Lavina Jane (Drake) Lewis and Hannah (Drake) Boyd
Husband of
Lucinda (Hawk) Drake
— married
1837 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elijah Drake Jr., Livonia H. (Drake) Thomas, Sarah Elizabeth (Drake) Neal and Bluford Clary Drake
Died about
after about age 76
in Wesley, Madison, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2016
This page has been accessed 219 times.
Biography
LifeStory from ancestry.com: When Elijah "Lige" DRAKE, was born in 1813 in Warren, Tennessee, his father, Jacob "Juniata Jake", was 35 and his mother, Hannah Ross, was 21. He married Lucinda "Cindy" HOCK (pronounced Hawk) in 1837. They had 13 children in 24 years. He was elected Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas, twice before the Civil War and once after Reconstruction. He died in 1889 in Wesley, Arkansas, having lived a long life of 76 years, and was buried there.
- Fact: Residence (1837) Madison County, Arkansas Territory
- Fact: Residence (1860) Richland Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States
- Fact: Residence (1870) Arkansas, United States
- Fact: Residence (1880) Richland, Madison, Arkansas, United States
- Fact: Burial Wesley, Madison, Arkansas, United States of America
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 June 2018, 13:52), entry for Elijah Drake(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVSP-4NH); contributed by various users.
- Findagrave.com memorial #67990618
- 100552153 for son Bluford Clary Drake
MIssouri Death Certificate
- Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870; Tax List 1837, AR 1830-1839, Page 009
- United States Federal Census Records: 1840-1880
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Elijah Drake born 1813, Tenn to Lucinda Hock, 1837; page 1
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lige 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 Lige:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lige 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 Lige:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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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~1.56%
Ramona Perse :
23andMe, GEDmatch M257257 [compare]
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~1.56%
Allison (Lewis) Osborne :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
C. Kenner :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Sheila (Mitchell) Parochka :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch 3064320 [compare], FTDNA kit #319720
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~0.78%
Von Potter :
23andMe, GEDmatch 3306 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Rae Patnode :
23andMe, GEDmatch FV4014916 [compare]
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~0.78%
Anonymous McCoy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A343344 [compare], Ancestry member JKTMC
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