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He was wounded and made a prisoner war; and received a congressional medal. After the civil war he began the publication of the Daily Monitor at Elizabeth, N.J.; in 1889 he started The Sunday Leader; and the same year began the issue of The Daily Leader. General Drake is the author»of a History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteers Fast and Loose in Dixie; Across the Continent; and other works. Drake, James Monroe, founder, banker, statesman, was born in 1823 in East Providence, E.I. In 1852 he established the firm of James M. Drake and company, bankers soil.

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in York City. In 1876 he was a member of the Rhode Island state senate. He died in 1906 in York City. Drake, James Perry, soldier, statesman, was born Sept. 11, 1797, in Robertson county, N.C. In 1832 he was appointed brigade inspector. While in Mexico he was made civil and military governor of Matamoras; and commander of all forces of the lower Rio Grande. He was sent to the state legis-

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lature from Marion county; and then was elected state treasurer of North Carolina. He died in North Carolina. Drake, Jeanie, litterateur, author, was born in South Carolina. She is the author of In Old Saint Stephen's; and The Metropolitan.

Drake, John

Adams, merchant, banker,

state legislator, founder, was born in 180-t in Nash county, N.C. He was English descent and traced his ancestry back to Sir Francis Drake; and also to the distinguished Adams family. In 1837 he moved from Rushville, 111., to Fort Madison, Iowa, and subsequently was probate judge of Lee county. In 1846 he moved to Davis county, Iowa, where he founded Drakeville, and there built up a large mercantile, packing and milling business in connection with his two sons, John

Hamilton and Francis Marion. In 1866 he commenced the banking business in Drakeville; and ten years later removed to Centerville; and was president of the Centerville national bank at the time of his death. In 1852-53 he was a member of the Iowa state legislature. He died in May, 1880, in Centerville, Iowa.

Drake, John Burroughs, hotel proprietor, railroad president, was born Jan. 17, 1826, in Lebanon, Ohio. In 1874-95 he managed with success the Grand Pacific hotel of Chicago, which became one of the most famous hotels in America. He was president of the Chicago and Joliet railroad. He died Nov. 12, 1895, in Chicago, 111.

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in 1783. He was one of the earliest settlers in Tioga county, N.Y. ; and in 1817-19 he was a representative from York to the fifteenth congress. He was elected judge of Tioga county in 1833; and was a member of the New York state assembly in 1834. He died March 21, 1857, in

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Oswego, N.Y. Drake, Joseph Rodman, physician, author, poet, was born Aug. 7, 1795, in New York City. He was co-author with Halleck of The Croaker Papers in the Evening Post. His poetical fame rests on The Culprit Fay; and The American Flag. He died Sept. 21, 1820,

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Drake, Louis Stoughton, importer, genealogist, was born Aug. 5, 1865. He is an importer and exporter of East India and China products at Boston, Mass. He is the author

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Drake, Samuel, actor, was born Nov.

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1768, in England. He may properly be called the pioneer of the drama in the west. He was quite successful during the first ten or twelve years of his Kentucky career; and afterward managed theaters in Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri and Indiana. He died Oct. 16, 1854, in Oldham county, Ky. Drake, Samuel Gardiner, merchant, author, was born Oct. 11, 1798, in Pittsfield, N.H. He was a Boston bookseller of antiquarian tastes; and edited several historical works. He was the author of Memoir of Cotton Mather; Entertaining History of King Philip's War; Book of the Indians; Old Indian Chronicle; Account of the Family of Drake; Memoir of Walter Raleigh; History and Antiquities of Boston; Indian Biography; Indian Captivities; Annals of Witchcraft in the United States; and History of the French and Indian War. He died in 1875

Boston, Mass. Drake, Thomas J., lawyer, journalist, jurist, was born April 18, 1799, in Scipio, N.Y, In 1832 he settled at Pontiac, Mich., and was a leading lawyer for more than fifty in

years. He was a member of the territorial council in 1828-31; he was state senator in 1839-41; and acting governor in 1841-42. He was prosecuting attorney; register of probate; presidential elector in 1840 and 1856; and chief justice of the territory of Utah in 1862-69. He died April 20, 1875, in Pontiac,

Mich. Drake, William Henry, illustrator, artist, was born June 4, 1856, in New York City. In 1900 he exhibited at the Paris exposition. He is a member of the national academy of design. He has illustrated Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book; and various other publications.

Draper, Alonzo Granville, soldier, was born Vermont. In 1861 he was captain in the first regiment Massachusetts volunteer artillery; and in 1864 was Ijrevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He died Sept. 3, 1865. in