John William Wallace Drake

b. 25 March 1819, d. October 1866
  • John William Wallace Drake was born on 25 March 1819 in North Carolina.
  • He married Volecia Mitchell, daughter of Augustus Cadwell Mitchell and Elizabeth W. Hill, on 22 February 1848.
  • John William Wallace Drake and Volecia Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Macon County, Alabama, living next to Volecia's uncle William Mitchell, and not far from her mother and sisters Katherine Swanson and Harriet Jordan, and her sister Mianda Gilder.. Other members of the household included James A. F. Drake.
  • He was a merchant, according to the 1850 census.
  • John William Wallace Drake became a widower at the 25 May 1860 death of his wife Volecia Mitchell.
  • John William Wallace Drake appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Auburn, Macon County, Alabama, living near his deceased wife's widowed sisters Harriet Jordan and Mianda Gilder.. Other members of the household included James A. F. Drake, Walton Drake and Mitchell Drake.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • John William Wallace Drake died in October 1866 at age 47 in Auburn, Lee County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 2 May 2009

Family: Volecia Mitchell b. 18 December 1825, d. 25 May 1860