Luna Estelle
Drake was born in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana on 20 February 1867. She didn’t like the idea of being a “moon”
and “stars” daughter so she preferred to be called Lena. Her parents were Josiah Drake and Eva Jane
Whitenack Drake and she was the youngest of seven children. One brother died in infancy.
In most
records Lena “lied” about her age, always making herself younger. In fact in one census record she claimed she
was born about 1873. Unfortunately I have
a first grade report card for her in 1874 (I believe). Also, she is listed in the 1870 census. Therefore, I know that this birthdate is
incorrect.
Lena married
Charles Yancy Trice, Jr. about 1891, probably in Indiana. As I wrote in a previous blog, he had been
married before. Unfortunately, I have
been unable to come up with a marriage record for Charles and Lena or a divorce
record for Charles and his first wife Paralee, who died in 1893.
Lena and
Charles had three children: Ruth (1892-1901), Helen (1894-1978) and Katherine
Elizabeth (1903-1988).
Lena died in
November 1938 in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri and is buried in Lake Cemetery
in that town.
If you have any information about this Drake family line or this Trice family line, I'd really like to collaborate with you.
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