BIOGRAPHIES:  Harvey E. DRAKE, rural Dunn County, WI

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Harvey E. Drake, a pioneer of Dunn County, this state, was born in Boston,
Mass., and received a good education in his native city. After engaging in the
retail boot and shoe business for a while, he entered the wholesale business
in the same line. After a while, however, his eyes failed, and he decided to
try his fortunes in the great sweeps of the Northwest. Accordingly he came to
Wisconsin about 1857, and after looking about for a while located in the
southern part of Dunn County, where he developed a good farm. He and his good
wife attained eminence in their community, and were highly respected as
God-fearing Christian people of education and refinement, whose former
surroundings had been somewhat different from those of most of their
neighbors, nearly all of whom had originally come from rural communities.
After a long and useful life Mr. Drake died in 1892. His good wife survived
until 1899. Mr. Drake was a descendant from Mayflower stock, and worthily
upheld the traditions of that ancient line. His wife, Sarah P. White, was also
descended from early New England families.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 204-205.