Joel Bledsoe Drake
1908 - 1995 (86 years)1. Joel Bledsoe Drake was born on 7 May 1908 in New Mexico, USA (son of Gooch Wade Drake and Katie Harper); died on 3 May 1995 in Hondo, Medina, Texas, USA; was buried in Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum, Alexander, Saline, Arkansas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1910, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- Military Draft Registration: 1942, Benton County, Arkansas, USA; Draft Registration - WWII
- Census: 1950, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Helen
Joel married Helen Taft Ward on 1 Nov 1941 in Clark County, Arkansas, USA. Helen was born on 25 Apr 1909 in Strong, Union, Arkansas, USA; died on 30 Dec 1996 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried in Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum, Alexander, Saline, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Gooch Wade Drake was born on 15 Oct 1874 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (son of Joel B Drake and Artelia Fort Gooch); died on 4 Mar 1958 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1880, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- _MILT: 25 Apr 1898; US Army - Spanish American War: Sergeant, Company D, 1st Tennessee Infantry
- Census: 1900, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son of AC
- Census: 1910, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- Military Draft Registration: 1917, White County, Arkansas, USA; Draft Registration - WWI
- Census: 1940, Owen, Saline, Arkansas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- Census: 1950, Mineral, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Katie
Gooch married Katie Harper on 18 Feb 1906 in Dyer County, Tennessee, USA. Katie was born about 1884 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Katie Harper was born about 1884 in Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1910, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Census: 1940, Owen, Saline, Arkansas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Census: 1950, Mineral, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Gooch Drake
Children:
- Willie Louise Drake was born about 1910 in Bogota, Dyer, Tennessee, USA; died on 12 Apr 2011; was buried in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Alexander, Saline, Arkansas, USA.
- Earnest Elmo Drake was born on 3 Nov 1914 in Arkansas, USA; died on 20 Nov 1994; was buried in Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum, Alexander, Saline, Arkansas, USA.
- 1. Joel Bledsoe Drake was born on 7 May 1908 in New Mexico, USA; died on 3 May 1995 in Hondo, Medina, Texas, USA; was buried in Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum, Alexander, Saline, Arkansas, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Joel B Drake was born on 7 Jul 1814 in Virginia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1881 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Neal Cemetery, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1880, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
Joel married Artelia Fort Gooch on 18 May 1862 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. Artelia (daughter of Nathan Gooch and Milberry Jones) was born on 1 Sep 1837 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 17 Oct 1910 in Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Artelia Fort Gooch was born on 1 Sep 1837 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA (daughter of Nathan Gooch and Milberry Jones); died on 17 Oct 1910 in Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1860, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
- Census: 1880, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Census: 1900, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head "AC"
- Census: 1910, Lowrance, Murray, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother of Sherman
Children:
- Joel Conway Drake was born on 25 May 1865 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Sep 1896 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA.
- Ella C 'Emma' Drake was born on 15 Mar 1872 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Aug 1899 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA.
- Orphia Elizabeth Drake was born on 13 Feb 1867 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Aug 1906 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA.
- Wilmouth E 'Wilmer' Drake was born on 5 Feb 1880 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Mar 1905 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA.
- Sherman Taylor Drake was born on 4 Mar 1869 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 27 Oct 1955 in Murray County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA.
- Mark Pomroy Drake was born on 24 May 1877 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Feb 1900 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA.
- Samuel Oscar 'Osko' Drake was born on 18 May 1863 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA; died on 18 Jun 1940 in Miston, Dyer, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA.
- 2. Gooch Wade Drake was born on 15 Oct 1874 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Mar 1958 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA.
- Sarah Opelia Drake was born in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1898 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA.
Generation: 4
10. Nathan Gooch was born on 13 Dec 1791 in Caswell County, North Carolina, USA (son of David Rice Gooch, Sr and Jane 'Jennie' Williams); died in 1880 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1860, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
Nathan married Milberry Jones in 1825 in Caswell County, North Carolina, USA. Milberry was born in 1812 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1880 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Milberry Jones was born in 1812 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1880 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1860, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
- Census: 1880, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; Marital status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother of Sherman
Children:
- Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Gooch was born on 19 Dec 1850 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Dec 1899 in Tennessee, USA; was buried in Kidd Cemetery, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA.
- Elthida Washington Gooch was born on 5 Oct 1839 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Aug 1911 in Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA.
- Mary P 'Felicita' Gooch was born in 1851 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA.
- Nathaniel T Gooch was born in May 1848 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1900.
- 5. Artelia Fort Gooch was born on 1 Sep 1837 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 17 Oct 1910 in Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA.
- Leonidus Sherman Gooch was born on 13 Jan 1846 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Mar 1899 in Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA.