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| From Tensas Parish Marriages 1850-1859 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/tensas/marriages/m1850_59.txt Date: September 21, 1852 Groom & Bride: Henry W. Drake and Elizabeth J. Miller Officiating: William Winans, M.G Witness: E. Loyd Wailes, J. W. Miller, T. Covington Remarks: Groom of Jackson, La., Bride of Waterproof Zilpha McGinty to Susan Miller, 13 December 1851: "Cousin Jim is getting on in the same old way. He has a daughter now that is marriagble & I have been told is to be married to young Mr. Drake son of Parson Drake DD. The son taught school two years at Water Proof & has lately been offered a Professorship in Centenary College Louisiana & he is not more than twenty-three years of age & is very highly thought of every where he is known." Zilpha McGinty to Susan Miller, 29 April 1867: "I heard from Margaret McCall since the water come up & she said that Lizzie Drake was at her Mothers all the time Mr. Drake was at the Legislature & that Emma Moore her other daughter was there too & the three had all the work to do had no servants." 1900 Census, Tensas Parish, 6th Ward Drake, William W. Head W M Jan 1871 29 M 3 La Miss La Farmer Drake, Saidie wife W F Feb 1875 25 M 3 1 1 La Drake, James M. son w M Jun 1899 11/12 S La Drake, Eliza J. mother W F Jun 1836 63 Wd 6 3 La Miss Miss boarder | ||||||||||||
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