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1847–1868

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Birth Date
19 April 1826
Death Date
6 January 1918
Gender
Male
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Horace Drake

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  • Son of Daniel N. and Patience Perkins Taft Drake.  He was re-baptized at Salt Lake on 10 February 1848.  His birth and death dates are confirmed by is death certificate.

Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 21
  • Head of Household

Sources

  • Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity (Chicago: National Historical Record Company, 1902), 115.
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 847.
  • Horace Drake, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
  • "Horace Drake, Pioneer of 1847, Died at Home in Centerville Last Sunday," Davis County Clipper , 11 Jan. 1918, 1.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 16.
  • "Pioneer of 1847 Is Dead At Centerville," Salt Lake Herald, 8 Jan. 1918, 5.
  • "Pioneers of '47 Meet for Their Annual Celebration," Salt Lake Telegram, 24 July 1914, 31.
  • Salt Lake City Property Index.
  • Utah Cemetery Inventory