Charles A. 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 1101

   CHARLES A DRAKE, now living retired on his fifty acre farm in the
town of Rye, was born on his present farm in 1832, a son of Cotton W. and
Martha (Parsons) Drake, his parents being farming people of Rye.  Their
children were: Elizabeth, wife of Oliver P. Jenness; Annie, wife of Hiram
Fuller; Myria; James, and Abbie, wife of Dudley Littlefield.
   Charles A. Drake was educated in the common schools and at Hampton
Academy.  He then began to assist his father on the latter's farm and
remained thus associated with him until the father's death, at which time the
farm became his property.  It was bought by his grandfather and the latter's
brother in 1799 and has been owned in the Drake name ever since.  Jonathan
Drake, the grandfather, moved here in 1800, since which time the place has
been occupied by members of the family.  Charles A. Drake married Helen
Weeks, a daughter of John Calvin Weeks, and his wife Mary (Greenough)
Weeks.  Mrs. Drake had two sisters, Abbie and Annie.  The following chil-
dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Drake; Edwin, who married Marcia
Clark of Rye, and assists his father on the farm (he has a daughter Helen);
Elizabeth, wife of Charles F. Smith, a farmer of North Hampton, and has
three children, Arnold, Roger and Byron; Catherine, who was the wife of
Dr. C. F. Patterson, formerly of Rye but now deceased; and Percy:
   Mr. Drake is a republican in politics.  He served as selectman one year
and was also representative from Rye for one year, serving efficiently in both
offices.  He and his family attend the Congregational church.