Person Sheet


Name Elizabeth Jane MILLER255,263
Birth 21 Jan 1836263
Death 23 Jan 1902, Waterproof, LA263
Father James MILLER (1795-1852)
Mother Catherine S. A. MOSER (1809-1878)
Misc. Notes
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
Spouses
1 Henry Winborne DRAKE
Birth 28 Aug 1828, Mt. Ararat, MS263
Death 6 Oct 1876, Waterproof, LA263
Father Benjamin Michael DRAKE (1800-1860)
Mother Susannah Priscilla Hawkins MAGRUDER (1811-1892)
Marriage 21 Sep 1852
Children James Miller (Died as Child) (1853-1864)
Susan Hawkins Magruder (1857-1938)
Benjamin Michael (Died as Child) (1860-1864)
Catherine Emma Ruth (1862-1937)
Freeland Magruder (Died as Child) (1869-1881)
William Winans (1871-1956)
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