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Pvt Thomas B. Drake

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Pvt Thomas B. Drake

Birth
Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
Dec 1863 (aged 21–22)
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Confederate Circle at Evergreen
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Thomas B. Drake was the son of Hezekiah Drake, Jr. and Jane Cantrell Drake. His grandparents were Hezekiah Drake, Sr, and Sarah Elizabeth Barton Drake. They were from Henderson County, NC.

He married Elizabeth Stepp on July 29, 1860, in Henderson County, N.C.

He enlisted in the 60th N.C. Infantry Regiment, Co. D, Henderson Rangers, on 7-10-1862. He died on an unspecified date in December 1862 in Murfeesboro, Tenn. The cause of death was not reported in his Compiled Service Records, but was probably disease as he died prior to the battle that began Dec. 31.

His young wife had a child Elias B. Drake, named after his brother Elias Larce Drake.
She remarried to Christopher Columbus Wright on Nov. 22, 1865, in Henderson County, N.C., and they moved to Bell County, Kentucky.
Elias B. Drake began to use the surname of Wright. He married Serelda Denny.
Thomas B. Drake was the son of Hezekiah Drake, Jr. and Jane Cantrell Drake. His grandparents were Hezekiah Drake, Sr, and Sarah Elizabeth Barton Drake. They were from Henderson County, NC.

He married Elizabeth Stepp on July 29, 1860, in Henderson County, N.C.

He enlisted in the 60th N.C. Infantry Regiment, Co. D, Henderson Rangers, on 7-10-1862. He died on an unspecified date in December 1862 in Murfeesboro, Tenn. The cause of death was not reported in his Compiled Service Records, but was probably disease as he died prior to the battle that began Dec. 31.

His young wife had a child Elias B. Drake, named after his brother Elias Larce Drake.
She remarried to Christopher Columbus Wright on Nov. 22, 1865, in Henderson County, N.C., and they moved to Bell County, Kentucky.
Elias B. Drake began to use the surname of Wright. He married Serelda Denny.

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One of 145 known and over 2,000 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in a mass grave at Evergreen.

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  • Maintained by: CindyS
  • Originally Created by: Randy Adams
  • Added: Aug 12, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6682764/thomas_b-drake: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Thomas B. Drake (1841–Dec 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6682764, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by CindyS (contributor 18484625).