Frederick Blount Drane, youngest son of Rev. R. B. Drane D. D., rector for nearly fifty years of St Paul's Church and his wife Marie Skinner, was born August 1, 1890. He graduated from the Edenton high school and then went to Trinity School at Chocowinity before entering the University of North Carolina from which he graduated B. A. In 1912. He made the presentation speech for the class gift at the time of his graduation. His theological training was taken in New York city at the General Theological Seminary of which his father is also an alumnus, and was ordained deacon in 1915 in St Paul's Church by Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of East Carolina.
Having decided to become a missionary, he chose Alaska as the field of his work and soon left home to spend six years amid the far reaches of the frozen North. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1916 by Bishop Rowe. His fine courage, his untiring zeal and the bright light of his spirituality have made him an outstanding figure in the missionary world. When Archdeacon Stuck was stricken with mortal illness, he sent his dog team to Mr. Drane with the request that he fill the Archdeacon's appointments and It was thus that he entered Into the larger field of work, on his fitness for which Archdeacon Stuck has written his hook "The History of the Church In Alaska."
Upon the death of his predecessor, he was chosen to wear the mantle of this valiant soldier of the Cross and was appointed Archdeacon of the Yukon in 1921. Frederick's home was located at Nenana, a 24 hours journey by rail from the coast making the trip in five days from Seattle. He worked among the Indians along the Chena, Nenana, Tanana, and Yukon rivers. He even ministered to a few Eskimos as far north as Wiseman in the Brooks Range. The young Southerner was stationed successively at Nena and Fort Yukon. By dogsled he traveled an average of 2,000 miles a year, depending upon his bag of frozen food and the hospitality of the natives while on the trail. He became accustomed to a diet of meat and he wore clothing of caribou and seal skin. His messages were punctuated so that an interpreter could translate them into the native language. He was never quite sure if his message was transmitted as he intended.
Drane contracted tuberculosis several years after assuming his new responsibilities and in 1926 he was forced to leave Alaska. For three years he recuperated and then became rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Monroe, N.C. After 29 years in Monroe, Drane and his wife, the former Rebecca Wood, returned to the town of their birth and lived on the Edenton Green. But he did not give up his church work altogether. He continued to serve rural churches until his formal retirement at age 83. Even until his death he continued limited church work.
The more than a century and a half of combined service to the Episcopal church rendered by the Dranes -- grandfather, father and son -- may be unmatched in the history of North Carolina. Frederick left no son to continue the record.
Sources: Several newspaper articles from the period.
Having decided to become a missionary, he chose Alaska as the field of his work and soon left home to spend six years amid the far reaches of the frozen North. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1916 by Bishop Rowe. His fine courage, his untiring zeal and the bright light of his spirituality have made him an outstanding figure in the missionary world. When Archdeacon Stuck was stricken with mortal illness, he sent his dog team to Mr. Drane with the request that he fill the Archdeacon's appointments and It was thus that he entered Into the larger field of work, on his fitness for which Archdeacon Stuck has written his hook "The History of the Church In Alaska."
Upon the death of his predecessor, he was chosen to wear the mantle of this valiant soldier of the Cross and was appointed Archdeacon of the Yukon in 1921. Frederick's home was located at Nenana, a 24 hours journey by rail from the coast making the trip in five days from Seattle. He worked among the Indians along the Chena, Nenana, Tanana, and Yukon rivers. He even ministered to a few Eskimos as far north as Wiseman in the Brooks Range. The young Southerner was stationed successively at Nena and Fort Yukon. By dogsled he traveled an average of 2,000 miles a year, depending upon his bag of frozen food and the hospitality of the natives while on the trail. He became accustomed to a diet of meat and he wore clothing of caribou and seal skin. His messages were punctuated so that an interpreter could translate them into the native language. He was never quite sure if his message was transmitted as he intended.
Drane contracted tuberculosis several years after assuming his new responsibilities and in 1926 he was forced to leave Alaska. For three years he recuperated and then became rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Monroe, N.C. After 29 years in Monroe, Drane and his wife, the former Rebecca Wood, returned to the town of their birth and lived on the Edenton Green. But he did not give up his church work altogether. He continued to serve rural churches until his formal retirement at age 83. Even until his death he continued limited church work.
The more than a century and a half of combined service to the Episcopal church rendered by the Dranes -- grandfather, father and son -- may be unmatched in the history of North Carolina. Frederick left no son to continue the record.
Sources: Several newspaper articles from the period.
Frederick Blount Drane, youngest son of Rev. R. B. Drane D. D., rector for nearly fifty years of St Paul's Church and his wife Marie Skinner, was born August 1, 1890. He graduated from the Edenton high school and then went to Trinity School at Chocowinity before entering the University of North Carolina from which he graduated B. A. In 1912. He made the presentation speech for the class gift at the time of his graduation. His theological training was taken in New York city at the General Theological Seminary of which his father is also an alumnus, and was ordained deacon in 1915 in St Paul's Church by Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of East Carolina.
Having decided to become a missionary, he chose Alaska as the field of his work and soon left home to spend six years amid the far reaches of the frozen North. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1916 by Bishop Rowe. His fine courage, his untiring zeal and the bright light of his spirituality have made him an outstanding figure in the missionary world. When Archdeacon Stuck was stricken with mortal illness, he sent his dog team to Mr. Drane with the request that he fill the Archdeacon's appointments and It was thus that he entered Into the larger field of work, on his fitness for which Archdeacon Stuck has written his hook "The History of the Church In Alaska."
Upon the death of his predecessor, he was chosen to wear the mantle of this valiant soldier of the Cross and was appointed Archdeacon of the Yukon in 1921. Frederick's home was located at Nenana, a 24 hours journey by rail from the coast making the trip in five days from Seattle. He worked among the Indians along the Chena, Nenana, Tanana, and Yukon rivers. He even ministered to a few Eskimos as far north as Wiseman in the Brooks Range. The young Southerner was stationed successively at Nena and Fort Yukon. By dogsled he traveled an average of 2,000 miles a year, depending upon his bag of frozen food and the hospitality of the natives while on the trail. He became accustomed to a diet of meat and he wore clothing of caribou and seal skin. His messages were punctuated so that an interpreter could translate them into the native language. He was never quite sure if his message was transmitted as he intended.
Drane contracted tuberculosis several years after assuming his new responsibilities and in 1926 he was forced to leave Alaska. For three years he recuperated and then became rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Monroe, N.C. After 29 years in Monroe, Drane and his wife, the former Rebecca Wood, returned to the town of their birth and lived on the Edenton Green. But he did not give up his church work altogether. He continued to serve rural churches until his formal retirement at age 83. Even until his death he continued limited church work.
The more than a century and a half of combined service to the Episcopal church rendered by the Dranes -- grandfather, father and son -- may be unmatched in the history of North Carolina. Frederick left no son to continue the record.
Sources: Several newspaper articles from the period.
Having decided to become a missionary, he chose Alaska as the field of his work and soon left home to spend six years amid the far reaches of the frozen North. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1916 by Bishop Rowe. His fine courage, his untiring zeal and the bright light of his spirituality have made him an outstanding figure in the missionary world. When Archdeacon Stuck was stricken with mortal illness, he sent his dog team to Mr. Drane with the request that he fill the Archdeacon's appointments and It was thus that he entered Into the larger field of work, on his fitness for which Archdeacon Stuck has written his hook "The History of the Church In Alaska."
Upon the death of his predecessor, he was chosen to wear the mantle of this valiant soldier of the Cross and was appointed Archdeacon of the Yukon in 1921. Frederick's home was located at Nenana, a 24 hours journey by rail from the coast making the trip in five days from Seattle. He worked among the Indians along the Chena, Nenana, Tanana, and Yukon rivers. He even ministered to a few Eskimos as far north as Wiseman in the Brooks Range. The young Southerner was stationed successively at Nena and Fort Yukon. By dogsled he traveled an average of 2,000 miles a year, depending upon his bag of frozen food and the hospitality of the natives while on the trail. He became accustomed to a diet of meat and he wore clothing of caribou and seal skin. His messages were punctuated so that an interpreter could translate them into the native language. He was never quite sure if his message was transmitted as he intended.
Drane contracted tuberculosis several years after assuming his new responsibilities and in 1926 he was forced to leave Alaska. For three years he recuperated and then became rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Monroe, N.C. After 29 years in Monroe, Drane and his wife, the former Rebecca Wood, returned to the town of their birth and lived on the Edenton Green. But he did not give up his church work altogether. He continued to serve rural churches until his formal retirement at age 83. Even until his death he continued limited church work.
The more than a century and a half of combined service to the Episcopal church rendered by the Dranes -- grandfather, father and son -- may be unmatched in the history of North Carolina. Frederick left no son to continue the record.
Sources: Several newspaper articles from the period.
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