Biographies D
Albritton M. Drake
Albritton M. Drake, was born August 18, 1819, in Muhlenberg County, and is the second of six boys and five girls, born to Mosley C. and Luraney (Collins [sic - Wells]) Drake, natives of North Carolina. Mosley C. Drake was the son of Albritton and Ruth (Collins) Drake, both natives of North Carolina, of English origin. Albritton M. Drake's great grandfather was born and reared in North Caroline, and was descended from Sir Francis Drake.
Subject's grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution; his father was in the war of 1812. Subject's mother was a daughter of Micajah Wells, who was born and reared in North Carolina. The Drake family came to Kentucky about 1808, and settled on Pond River, where lands were purchased and improved.
Albritton M. was reared on a farm, and lived with his parents until the age of twenty-two, when he engaged in farming for himself, which he has since followed. Our subject was paymaster for the Fortieth Kentucky militia for twenty years. He located in 1842 where he now resides, on 100 acres and now owns 300, which he has mostly improved, and acquired by his own industry.
He was married in December, 1841, to Elizabeth A. Handcock, of Muhlenberg County, and a daughter of William W. and Delilah (Baker) Handcock, of Bourbon County, Ky., and of English origin. Ten children were born to this union: Delilah L. (Dewitt), Francis M., Napoleon P., Sarah P. (Hovlin), Sophia A. (Guffy), William E., Susan A. (Cornett), Julia A. (Tunstill), Katie G. and Henrietta. Mr. Drake and family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was formerly a Granger.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 902.
Updated July 9, 2018