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Sumner Cemetery, Sumner, Lawrence County IL

Elmer Ellsworth Drake

  Elmer Ellsworth Drake     Born: Oct 14, 1862    Died: Apr 23, 1938    Plot:

Age  75
Where born:   Venango Co PA
Where died:   Lawrence twp - Lawrence Co IL
Son of:   Erastus David Drake (7 Nov 1830 MA-9 Feb 1895 PA) & Catherine Jane Stover (25 May 1835 PA-12 Jul 1926 PA)
Married:   18 Jul 1891 Venango Co PA Margaret May Baney (1870 PA-10 Aug 1897 PA)
Married 2nd:   20 Aug 1907 Grant Co IN Zina Camblin*
Lived at:   1880 Cherrytree-Venango Co PA 1910 Van Buren-Grant Co IN 1920-30 Lawrence twp - Lawrence Co IL
Children:
- Jennie* (24 Sep 1893 PA m2: John I Waggoner)
- Zelma May (5 Oct 1902 IN-20 Aug 1988 buried Lawrenceville City Cem m: Benjamin Smith)
- Alta Fern (14 Jun 1908 IN-26 Jul 1987 m: George K Lewis)
- Lela Belle (8 Aug 1909-29 Oct 1992 IN-bur: Lawrenceville City Cem m: ? Daily)
- Mildred Pearl (15 Dec 1910-7 Mar 1996 Greene Co OH m: Herman E Stevenson)
- Jesse Raymond (1913-1999 buried Olney)
- Harold Albert (9 Apr 1915 Bridgeprt-6 Jul 1968 MO).
(obit of Zelma)

      * indicates buried with Elmer Ellsworth Drake in Sumner Cemetery.

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About Sumner Cemetery:
Sumner Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in Lawrence county. Located on the east edge of Sumner, on the southside of Route 250. Other cemeteries in the vicinity: Christy Cenetery, Hopewell Cemetery and Lone Tree Cemetery.
Burials: 4772
Location: 1000N, Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois