Drake Cemetery
Colfax township, Daviess county, Missouri
Location: From I-35 exit 61: go west on Hwy 69; it will immediately bend to the left (south); at this bend, turn right onto Topper Av. and stay on Topper (heading west) one mile until 105 St. turns right (north). Take 105 St. 1/2 mile north until Titan Av. (no street sign for Titan: it is the first road to your left.) At Titan, turn left (west). The cemetery is on the left (south) side of the road 1/2 mile down Titan located at the crest of the second hill in a grove of trees between two fields. In summer 2004 Drake cemetery was grossly overgrown with weeds and brush. This cemetery was canvassed summer 2004. Disclaimer: some stones are difficult to read. Moreover, errors invariably creep into any transcription project. Some graves have no markers. Researchers are advised to check the data herein. Abbreviations and notations:
b: born
co: county or military company d: died d/o: daughter of h/o: husband of pic: picture s/o: son of sic: thus, that's how it is w/o: wife of WWI, WWII: World War I, II y m d: age at death in years, months, days ? or _ [underline]: uncertain [illeg]: illegible [text in brackets is not in the source or is an editorial comment] DALY DALY, Peter DRAKE DRAKE, George W[illiam]. GRIFFIN GRIFFIN, Pauline P. [DRAKE] WOOD WOOD, William R. | Back to Daviess co MO Cemeteries and Genealogy home page | Revision date: September 11 2005 |