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Drake Family Tree

1) John Thomas Couch, Sr ( 1750-1830) (2nd marriage) -> Elizabeth James (1745-1830)  <- Patrick Campbell 
(reputed to have been a wagon driver      m. 1783      (related to THE Jesse James)      (1726-1799)
during Revolutionary War                                                            m. 1751
under General Washington)                                                ___________|___________ 
(born in Germany- moved to N.Carolina)                                  |                       |
                                          |                John Campbell (1763-1867)   Mary Polly Campbell
                                          |                                               (1797-1833)
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                                          V
                           2) Martin Couch (1785-1858)  -> Sarah (Sallie) Hall (1785-?)
                            (N. Carolina)                   (Virgina)
                            Mentioned in John J Dickey Diary
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                                             V
                                    3)  John C. Couch (1815-1880) -> Rachel Combs (1823-1880)
                                      (Virginia)                    (?)
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                                                    |           Isaac Hurt  -> Mary Little
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                                                    V                       V                       
                             4)  Alfred C. Couch (1849-1916) -> Betty Hurt (1859-1941)
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                                 Mary Couch (1895-?)    |            Mitchel Couch (1902 -?)
Patrick H. Drake    Martha ?                            | 
 (1849-1922, VA)   (1849- 1935, KY)                     |
      |____________m.between 1880-1888__|               |
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    Cytha Drake           |                             |
    (1893-?)       Shelton Drake (1888-1965)   ->   5) Sally Couch (1893-1976)
               (Perry County, Kentucky)   m.1917     (Perry County, Kentucky)
Mattie Walker <--/ m. 1912                  |
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      |                                          |
      |                                     Ruth Drake
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      |                                                      Isame White? (1835-?)        ?
      |                                                                |__________________|         
      |__________________                                                       |
                        |  William McCombs (1805-?) -> Mary Ann ? (1818-1860)   | (FLorida became a State Mar 3, 1845)
                        |       (New York)         |                         ___|
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                        |      Wade McCombs (1848-1910)    Elizabeth E. (Betsy Hurt) White (1852-1910)                     
                        |                         |_________(Santa Rosa, FL)________|                                                  |                                               | 
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                        |   James Ryan Mayo (1885-1970)    Minnie Lee McCombs (1878-1966)
                        |         (N. Carolina)                   (Milton, FL)
                        |               |_______________________________|
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               6) Herman Drake (1918- 2016)  -> Martha Mayo (1920-2016)
                  (Hazard, Kentucky)               (Milton, Fl)
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                    |                     |                                |
                    |             Connie Sue Drake (1946-2013)   Gwen Drake (1958-P)
                    |               (Pensacola, FL)                (Pensacola, FL)
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Ted Park (? - P)-> 7) Patricia Gail Drake (1945-P) <- Leon Mooring (?-P)
      (?)                 (Pensacola, FL)                  (?)
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                    |                                   V
                    |                      Gregory Lamar Vagnini (1964-P)
                    |                            (Pensacola, FL)
                    |                                   
                    V                                   
          Brian Keith Vagnini (1970-P)  (divorced 2017)-> Rosemarie Cook (1971-P)  (divorced prior to 2003)<- George Rodney Halstead        
          (Pensacola, FL)                                 (Tallahassee, FL)
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                                                                                    V
                                                                         Charles Caleb Cook (1995-P)
                                                                            (Tallahassee, FL)
                                         
                                       

Notes:

Patrick H. Drake is buried in Messer's Branch or Well's Cemetery in Town Mountain, Hazard, KY

The presence of William McCombs in the 1840 Census of the Escambia County census for the Florida Territory (Florida became the 27th state in the Union in 1845), makes our family one of the Florida Pioneer families and makes me a 6th generation native Floridian.

William McCombs moved to Florida from New York and had 2 sons and a daughter, and was a ship’s carpenter.

Elizabeth E. White appears on an 1860 census record (she would've been 8 years old) that lists her race as "Mulatto" which at that time meant a mix of white and other blood (either Negro or Indian).