Albert H. Drake Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH
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Surname: DRAKE
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 
Page 944

   ALBERT H. DRAKE, an active and progressive business man of 
the town of Rye, was born in this town february 21, 1861, a son of 
Orin and Mary (Odiorne) Drake.  The father, a native of Rye, was a 
farmer and butcher.  His wife was born in Portsmouth.  He was a 
prominent citizen, serving as selectman and in other local offices and 
also representing the town in the legislature.  He and his wife attended 
the Methodist Church.  Both are now deceased.  Their children were:  
Morris; Sarah, wife of Irving J. Seavey; Augusta E., wife of Charles 
M. Rand, and Albert H.
   Albert H. Drake in his boyhood attended the common schools.  At the 
age of nineteen years he started in the meat business for himself, after 
some experience on his father's meat cart, and has since conducted

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his own business as butcher, having a considerable trade in Rye, North 
Hampton, Greenland and Portsmouth.  He owns about 75 acres of land 
on the Washington road, and also conducts a retail ice business in the 
town of Rye and a wholesale ice business in Portsmouth.  His various 
enterprises are flourishing and he is regarded as one of the prosperous 
and substantial citizens of the town.  In politics he is a Democrat, and 
has served as selectman, tax collector and as representative for the town 
of Rye in the State Legislature.
   Mr. Drake was married in January, 1883, to Emma Holmes, who was 
born in Portsmouth, a daughter of Joseph R. and Charlotte (Seavey)  
Holmes, her parents both being natives of Rye.  Their other children 
were Anna, wife of W. E. Paul, and sadie, wife of William J. Carter.  
Mr. and Mrs. Drake are the parents of three children, namely:  Ruth 
M., wife of Maning filbrick, who has a daughter, Catherine;  Joseph 
H., a graduate of a commercial college at Boston, who is employed by 
his father and also holds the office of tax collector in Rye;  and 
Willard, also a graduate of the commercial college, who manages his 
father's meat business in Portsmouth, the store bein known as Drakes's 
Market.  Joseph H. married Anna Gile and has a daughter, Francis.  
Mr. Drake and family attend the Christian Church, of which he has 
been treasurer for the last 25 years.
   
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