Newton County MO Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Theo. A. January 3, 1914 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/mofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Drake skdrake@tds.net April 20, 2006, 9:57 am unknown, was in the Drake family bible HE IS GONE About 1 o'clock a.m. January 3, 1914 Theo. A. Drake departed this life the the future, being 70 years 2 months and 18 days old. Mr. Drake came to this state (MO) from Kansas in 1888 and has since made his home in Newton County. (MO) He leaves three sons, Herman A., Augustus James, and Theo. Winfield who resides in Kansas and one daughter, Mrs. Isodene S. Townsend, of Michigan to mourn his loss. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. N. Garrett in the Baptish Church on Swars prairie, after which he was laid to rest beside his wife in the Baptist Cemetery. (Swars Prairie Cemetery, Newton, County, MO) Additional Comments: Note: There is no stone at Swars Prairie Cemetery for Theodore A. Drake and wife Mary E. (Newsom) Drake but they are buried next to son Herman A. and Adelaide Bell (Newby) Drake. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/newton/obits/d/drake47gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mofiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb