Maria Walrod Drake

Maria Walrod Drake died at her Sycamore home Dec. 22, 1898 and was born in Wyoming county, NY. August 22, 1822. She married Hiram Drake, of VT. March 10, 1841 and came West in 1845, settling in Mayfield, Dekalb county, IL. where they resided until 1877 when they moved to Sycamore. Ten children... a husband and 7 children survive: Mrs. Sarah Sivwright, O.M. Drake, and E.J. Drake, of Mayfield; Mrs Jane Nichols, and Mrs. Millie Mullins, of Sycamore; F.J. Drake of Genoa; and Mrs. Elva Collier of Randolph, Nebraska.

Funeral services at the M.E. Church and burial in Elmwood Cemetery.

Source: Sycamore True Republican, Dec., 1898