. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. J. Bruct Davis Mr. Bavis was married to Miss Ida Shaver; Jrae 4, lS;)o. and is the father of one son, Jesse Brnre,,Jr. STERRETT DRAKE D. bterrett Drake was a residentof Mount Union in 1873 and 1874, be-ing employed as a telegraph operatorfor the Pennsylvania Railroad Drake was born in the oldDrake homestear! in I^ong Hollownear to Mount Union, in 1854. Hisfather, Thomas I. Drake, deceased.,was born in the house. Th« 585. D. S. Drake was the home also of James Drake,the grandfather. The huilding wastorn down during the pa
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. J. Bruct Davis Mr. Bavis was married to Miss Ida Shaver; Jrae 4, lS;)o. and is the father of one son, Jesse Brnre,,Jr. STERRETT DRAKE D. bterrett Drake was a residentof Mount Union in 1873 and 1874, be-ing employed as a telegraph operatorfor the Pennsylvania Railroad Drake was born in the oldDrake homestear! in I^ong Hollownear to Mount Union, in 1854. Hisfather, Thomas I. Drake, deceased.,was born in the house. Th« 585. D. S. Drake was the home also of James Drake,the grandfather. The huilding wastorn down during the past summerby George Drake, now residing inl^ong Hollow, who owns the farm a;tthis time. D. S. Drake is the greatgrandson of Samuel Drake, Sr., whoestablished Drakes Ferry in the Xa?.--rows, west of Mount Union bridge inthe year 17S3—previously mentionedin this article. He came here fromthe state of New .Jersey, being bornabout the year 1754. He was suppos-ed to have been a descendant ofthe family of the famous Sir Fran-cis Drake, whose nephew emigrated 586 to the state of New Jersey in theyear 1700. D. S. Drake, after working forthe Pennsylvania Railroad Co., a?number of years, embarked in the•telephone business in 1881, and lie;\vas the pioneer of the telephonebusiness in this section of the coun-try. Mr. Drake resigned this ix>si-tion with the telephone company a•year ago, at v.^hich time he engagedwith the Raystown AVater Power Co.,who are building at the presenttime a lar
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