Adams E. Drake of Rye, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1085

   ADAMS E. DRAKE, who owns a thirty-two acre farm in the town of
Rye, and is engaged in light and heavy teaming, was born in this town No-
vember 4, 1849, son of Joseph J. and Clarissa D. (Knowles) Drake, both
parents being natives of this town, where the father, a son of Abraham Drake,
was a farmer.  Their children were as follows: Anna, wife of Joseph Gar-
land; Mary J., now deceased, who was the first wife of Alfred Seavey; Abram
J.; John 0.; Clara, who after the death of her sister Mary, became the second
wife of Alfred Seavey; James B., and Leona, wife of Blake Rand.
   Adams E. Drake was educated in the common schools and at Hampton
Academy.  He then assisted his father on the farm until his marriage, after
which event he took up his residence on his present place.  He also conducted
a livery and boarding stable at Rye North Beach from 1882 to 1914 during
the summer season, with a stage line from the Beach to Portsmouth Station
six miles up to the time the electric road was built, and never lost a day from
being at his stable during the thirty-two seasons.
   Mr. Drake married Laura E. Marden, daughter of Samuel and Cecilia
(Foye) Marden of Rye, N. H., her father being a farmer.  There were three
children in the Marden family: Amanda, wife of John 0. Foss; Martha
Abbie, wife of J. Jenness Rand, and Laura E., who is now Mrs. Drake.  Mr.
and Mrs. Drake have had children as follows: Chester Dwight, who mar-
tied Ruth Brown and lives in Rye, where he follows the occupations of
painter and carpenter; Grace Emma, wife of Forest Carpenter; Marcia
Leonia, wife of Julius Frasier and the mother of three daughters--Laura
Ella, Anna Leonia and Jean Cecilia; Annie Louise, a graduate of Portsmouth
high school, who married Arthur Fritz, they having one son, Keith Adams;
and Merton Adams, a graduate of Portsmouth high school.  The three elder
children graduated from Smith Academy, Portsmouth.  The family attend
the Congregational church, Mr. Drake being a Republican in politics.