Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg Map

Family Group Records

Mosley Collins Drake & Lourana C. Wells

Mosley Collins Drake, son of Albritton Drake & Ruth Collins; born May 5, 1795 in Edgecomb Co., NC; married Lourana C. Wells November 25, 1815 in Muhlenburg Co., KY. He died in 1885 in Muhlenburg.

Lourana Wells, born December 1, 1795 in Nash Co., NC, daughter of Micajah Wells & Ann Collins.

Children of Mosley C. Drake & Lourana C. Wells:

  1. Ruth Ann Drake, born February 3, 1817; married Moses Milton Rice March 13, 1876; she died October 1, 1900
  2. Albritton Mosley Drake, born August 18, 1819; married Elizabeth A. Hancock December 26, 1841 in Robertson Co., TN; he died April 27, 1902
  3. Sarah Amandeville Drake, born December 29, 1822; married Moses Milton Rice November 14, 1844; she died January 27, 1873
  4. Silas John Perry Drake, born about 1825; died in Christian Co., KY in 1908
  5. William Michael Drake, born about 1826
  6. Edmund Learner Drake, born March 30, 1828; married Ruth Collins February 7, 1855; died March 4, 1892 and is buried in Christian Co., KY
  7. James Marion Drake, born May 21, 1830; married Mary Emily Sadler October 11, 1855; died March 14, 1920
  8. Susan Priscilla Drake born March 28, 1832; married Joseph John Wells September 1, 1853. Susan Priscilla remarried to John H. Jenkins March 23, 1869. She died April 6, 1910 in California and is buried in Muhlenburg County
  9. Jackey L. Drake, born about 1835; married Thomas S. Sadler October 10, 1861
  10. Sophia Valentine Drake, born December 8, 1836; married James P. Drake December 8, 1853; died October 16, 1923 and is buried in Christian Co., KY
  11. Mosley Collins Drake Jr., born about 1840

Contributed by Donald Hauser

Updated July 25, 2017