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John Jenness Drake

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Birth	:	20 Feb 1829 Pittsfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	5 Nov 1864 Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.3100014, -71.3225021
Inscription	:	Age: 35 yr, 8 m Son of Ebenezer & Abigail Died near Petersburg VA
Description	:	Son of Ebenezer Thayer Drake and Abigail (Berry). Civil War Soldier: John enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 20 Jun 1864 and was drafted into Company D, New Hampshire 11th Infantry Regiment. John mustered out of service upon his death by disease on 5 Nov 1864. Burial of John Jenness Drake at Poplar Grove National Cemetery. From "History of Pittsfield NH in the Great Revolution." published 1909: "John J. Drake was the only drafted man that went to the war from Pittsfield. Mr. Drake was a member of Company D, Eleventh... Read More	Son of Ebenezer Thayer Drake and Abigail (Berry). Civil War Soldier: John enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 20 Jun 1864 and was drafted into Company D, New Hampshire 11th Infantry Regiment. John mustered out of service upon his death by disease on 5 Nov 1864. Burial of John Jenness Drake at Poplar Grove National Cemetery. From "History of Pittsfield NH in the Great Revolution." published 1909: "John J. Drake was the only drafted man that went to the war from Pittsfield. Mr. Drake was a member of Company D, Eleventh New Hampshire volunteers. It was not from a lack of patriotism that he did not volunteer; all who knew him were surprised at his being accepted, owing to his being so very deaf. He could not hear the orders of his commanding officers unless he was very near them. He therefore was detailed for duty in the hospital at the Pegram House near Petersburg, Va. Mr. Drake was found dead in his tent on the morning of November 10, 1864. He was buried in the Ninth corps burying-ground, near the terminus of City Point railroad. He was born in Pittsfield, February 20, 1829, and was a son of Ebenezer T. and Abigail (Berry) Drake. He was educated in our public schools and academy, and always resided in town, except for a short time when he was at work in Dorchester, Mass., as a gardener. His father died when he was a mere lad, and his mother, with that energy that is characteristic of her sons, took the management of the farm, and when John had grown to manhood he carried on the farm for his mother. Owing to some obscure disease when a child, he lost his hearing, which was always a great affliction to him. He was anxious to enter the army, but knew it was useless to volunteer, as he would not be accepted. But one night he was notified that he had been drafted. He ran across the fields and waked his brother up, saying that now he could serve his country, and he hoped to be accepted ; and so he was, much to the surprise of his townsmen. But army life did not agree with him. He soon contracted chronic diarrhoea, that scourge of all armies, and died as above indicated, aged 35 years and S months. He had been in the service hardly five months, as the records show that he was mustered in June 20, 1864." Siblings: Mary Elizabeth Thomas T Ebert G George E .

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John Jenness Drake's memorial is located at: Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield, Merrimack County, USA.
When did John Jenness Drake death?
John Jenness Drake death on 5 Nov 1864 in Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 43.3100014
Longitude: -71.3225021

Family Members:

Parent

Ebenezer Thayer Drake

(1792 - 1839)

Abigail Berry Drake

(1794 - 1875)

Siblings

Mary Drake Lane

(1821 - 1911)

Elizabeth Drake Prescott

(1823 - 1918)

(1825 - 1911)

(1827 - 1915)

(1831 - 1915)

(1833 - 1838)

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Coordinate: 43.3100014, -71.3225021

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Coordinate: 43.3320960, -71.3555360

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