Emoline Drake was born on 17. Sep. 1852 at Perry, Ohio. She was the daughter of
John Mellick Drake and
Susanna Storts. In the census on 12. Jul. 1860 Emoline Drake was named Emeline Drake. She married
William Guthrie Reynolds, son of
George Washington Reynolds and
Sarah McCord, on 5. Apr. 1868 at Marietta, Wisconsin.
Emoline Drake and
William Guthrie Reynolds appeared on the census of 6. Jul. 1870 at next to her parents, Marietta, Crawford County, Wisconsin,
; personal property 250.00.
Emoline Drake and
William Guthrie Reynolds appeared on the census of 6. Jun. 1900 at Scott Twp., Crawford County, Wisconsin,
; she has 6 children, 6 living.
Emoline Drake and
William Guthrie Reynolds appeared on the census of 11. Apr. 1910 at Marietta, Crawford County, Wisconsin,
; she has 12 children, 9 living.
Emoline Drake and
William Guthrie Reynolds appeared on the census of 23. Jan. 1920 at Marietta, Crawford County, Wisconsin.
Emoline Drake died on 12. Jan. 1933 at Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, at age 80.
`Mrs. Reynolds was a loving and faithful mother, a true companion of good Christian character. The memory of her generous and loving disposition will be a lasting memory to her loved ones and friends.
The funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 14-33 at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Episcopal church of Boscobel, Rev. J.T. Agema in charge.'
She was buried on 14. Jan. 1933 at Boscobel Cemetery, Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Emoline and William had 12 children. All were born in Wisconsin between 1869 and 1894. Three of the children died young. Emoline was thirteen when she married. She kept a big swarm of bees for "pin money". Because William had "weak lungs" as a result of a chronic problem that developed when he was serving in the Civil war, most of the work of keeping the farm going fell on Emoline's shoulders. She was a strong and willful woman who devoted much time to the smooth running of her large family. In moments of relaxation she would often sit by the kitchen cook stove and whistle or hum a tune. She would move her feet in time to the music ina kind of sit-down-dance. She once told her grand-daughter, Edith, that the tune she hummed was called "The Eighth of January". Edith remembers that Emoline smoked a corn cob pipe filled with Indian tobacco.
Excerpted from: "The Reynolds Family History--A History of the Reynolds/McCord/Drake Families", by Deborah J. Reynolds Biesemeier, pg 25.
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Emoline was the daughter of John and Susannah (Stoots) Drake. John was born 7/22/1827 in NJ and died 11/1/1907. Susannah (Susan) was born 11/22/1834 in Ohio. They had 8 children. Emoline married William Reynolds and her younger sister, Cora Ellen, married Williams nephew, George W. Reynolds. Another daughter, Ida Jane Drake, is buried next to George W. Reynold's children in Boscobel Cemetary. She died 1/13/1876 - age 11 yrs, 3 mos, 23 days.
Deborah Biesemeier gives the following Drake family tree in the "Reynolds Family History". (Exerpts only):
"FRANCIS DRAKE (born 1615?; died 24 Sep 1687, Piscataway, NJ), married 1650, Portsmouth, NH, Mary Walker, (born unknown date, Ireland; died 29 Jul 1688.
JOHN REV. DRAKE (born 1655, Portsmouth, NH; died 1748?), married 7 Jul 1677?, Elizabethtown, NJ, Rebecca Trotter, (born 5 Jul 1655).
BENJAMIN DRAKE (born 1683, Piscataway, NJ; died Aug 1763, Hopewell, NJ), married 1705, Mary Runyon, (born 2 Jul 1677) Elizabeth, NJ; died 1748).
THOMAS DRAKE (born 1724), married Dorothy Van Kirk, (born 1731; died 13 Dec 1791).
DANIEL DRAKE (born unknown date: died 1799, Hopewell, NJ), married Frances Golden.
RALPH DRAKE (born 1798, NJ), married Catharine Husselton, (born 1804, NJ)...Ralph and Catherine moved west with at least some of their children and are in the Ohio census of 1850.
JOHN MELLICK DRAKE, (born 22 Jul 1827, NJ; died 1 Nov 1907, Marietta, Crawford Co., WI), married 6 apr 1850, Perry County, OH, Susanna Stotts (born 22 Nov 1834, Perry County, OH). They had 8 children, (Emoline, Clark Jeremiah, Josephine, Reuben, Ida J., Cora Ellen, Mary and Barbara), born from 1853 in Perry county, OH to 1867 in Crawford co., WI. The family moved to Missouri from Ohio sometime before 1857. At that time an unlawful gang called Quantrill and his Raiders was terrorizing local inhabitants, forcing young men to join their gang. The Drake Family was on watch for this gang and made preparations ahead of time, hiding a packed wagon in the woods, in case the gang came in their directions. One evening as they sat down to supper word came that the gang was approaching. Without stopping to eat, they got in the wagon and left, traveling all night so they wouldn't be followed. They had a long, slow journey through Illinois to finally settle in the Boscobel area of Wisconsin."