Lacrosse-Outagamie County WI Archives Biographies.....Drake, Lemuel 1829 - 
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LEMUEL DRAKE, contractor and builder, has been in his present business in La 
Crosse since May, 1857, and a resident of the city since May, 1856. He was 
born in 1829, in Essex, England, Parish of Great Pullingbury; son of James 
Drake, who was born and died in the same parish. When 13 years old, young 
Drake went to London, where he resided till he was 20, then came to America in 
April, 1849; lived one year in Appleton, Wis., then went to Ohio and lived 
five years in Cleveland, then one year in Chicago, and came from there to La 
Crosse in spring of 1856. He learned the carpenter's trade in Appleton and 
Cleveland. His first wife was Emily Drake, of Essex, Eng., who died in 1865, 
leaving four children, Isabella, William, George and Lemuel. His second wife 
was Ketura Viner, also a native of England, by whom he has six children, 
Eliza, Louisa, Lettie, Henry, Fannie and Katie.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 750.

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