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Edwin Arthur Drake

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Birth	:	31 May 1878 Greene County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	15 May 1934 Modale, Harrison County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5656000, -95.8897000
Plot	:	section 7
Description	:	birth year in biographical sketch and on tombstone disagree ************************************************************************************** EDWIN A. DRAKE. As a member of the firm of Noble, Drake & Company, Edwin A. Drake has been identified with the business interests of Modale, Harrison county, Iowa, since 1904. Previous to this time he had been engaged in carpentering and contracting and in the hardware business in Bee, Nebraska. Since coming to Harrison county, he has become recognized as one of the leading business men of Modale and in all respects has merited the high esteem in which he is held by those who know... Read More	birth year in biographical sketch and on tombstone disagree ************************************************************************************** EDWIN A. DRAKE. As a member of the firm of Noble, Drake & Company, Edwin A. Drake has been identified with the business interests of Modale, Harrison county, Iowa, since 1904. Previous to this time he had been engaged in carpentering and contracting and in the hardware business in Bee, Nebraska. Since coming to Harrison county, he has become recognized as one of the leading business men of Modale and in all respects has merited the high esteem in which he is held by those who know him. Edwin A. Drake, the son of Thomas J. and Mary (Rinehart) Drake was born May 31, 1876, in Green county, Iowa. His parents were native, of Ohio and Illinois, respectively, who located in Iowa about 1872, settling in Green county, where they lived until 1879, in which year they again moved west, settling in Seward county, Nebraska. They reared a family of six children, of whom Edwin A. was the second born. The education of Edwin A. Drake was received in the schools of Seward county, Nebraska, he having been about three years old when his parents moved to that state. He received a high-school education and later spent one term in York College, in Nebraska. After leaving college he became a carpenter and contractor, and during the five years in which he was engaged in that business he was very successful. Seeing an opportunity to engage in business, he bought a partnership in a hardware store at Bee, Seward county, Nebraska, and remained there three years. He then disposed of his interest to his partner, E. G. Batchelder, and came to Modale, Harrison county, Iowa. Upon coming to this county in 1904 he was first employed as a salesman for C. Myers, but two years later the firm changed hands and he then bought an interest in the store, the firm now being known as Noble, Drake & Company. As manager of the store he well may be classed as one of Modale's foremost business men, since in the management of the store he has manifested those qualities which are characteristic of the successful business man. Mr. Drake is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Modale and of the chapter at Missouri Valley. While he is a stanch Democrat he has never cared to take an active part in political life. Mr. Drake is unmarried. source of biographical sketch: "History of Harrison County, Iowa: its people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families", 1915, pages 719 - 720 ************************************************************************************* MODALE HARDWARE MERCHANT IS DEAD -------------------------------------------------- MODALE, May 17. -- Edward A. Drake, hardware and implement dealer here for twenty-nine vears, died at his home late Tuesday afternoon. Death was attributed to influenza and complications. He had been sick only ten days. Mr. Drake was prominent in masonic and civic affairs. His parents, at Lincoln, and his widow, Dolly Drake, were present at the time of his death. source of obituary: Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), May 17, 1934, page 11, column 6

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Edwin Arthur Drake's memorial is located at: Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, USA.
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Edwin Arthur Drake death on 15 May 1934 in Modale, Harrison County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.5656000
Longitude: -95.8897000

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Parent

Spouse

Nancy Belle “Dollie” Morrow Drake

(1883 - 1971)

Siblings

Edith Iva Drake Carr

(1879 - 1967)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Rose Hill Memorial Gardens
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5656000, -95.8897000

2. Mount Carmel Cemetery
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5675011, -95.8897018

3. Champan Frazier Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5773500, -95.8933500

4. Hurleys Evergreen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5700989, -95.8618698

5. Frazier Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5932999, -95.8375015

6. Oak Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5167007, -95.8649979

7. Calhoun Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6391983, -95.8938980

8. Branson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4846992, -95.8606033

9. Linnwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5589200, -95.7502100

10. Crook Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4581330, -95.8737000

11. Saint Bridgets Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4664001, -95.8289032

12. Logan Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6487579, -95.7843170

13. Harris Grove Cemetery
Beebeetown, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5782928, -95.7262192

14. Magnolia Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6903000, -95.8799973

15. Allen Cemetery
Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4427986, -95.8550034

16. Saint Bridgets Cemetery
Magnolia, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6915660, -95.8812480

17. Grange Cemetery
Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4446678, -95.8034668

18. Hauger-Rumbaugh Cemetery
Modale, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6388797, -96.0502906

19. Silver Hill Cemetery
Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6897011, -95.7919006

20. Reels Cemetery
Crescent, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4234100, -95.8321700

21. Yutesler Cemetery
Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6684000, -96.0373000

22. Fort Calhoun Cemetery
Fort Calhoun, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4581375, -96.0352020

23. Bethel Cemetery
Logan, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6239014, -95.6999969

24. William C McIntosh Cemetery
Crescent, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4088745, -95.8477097