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David Presley Rake

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David Presley Rake

Birth
Monroe County, Ohio, USA
Death
22 Oct 1864 (aged 43)
Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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David was born 18 August, 1821 in Monroe Co. Ohio and married Sarah Eveleigh there in 1844. He was a farmer who moved with his family to Cedar Co. Iowa in the mid 1850's and then to Douglas Co. Kansas by 1860. When David volunteered for the 2nd Kansas Militia in 1864, he and his wife had only recently moved to Topeka with their nine children. David Rake was killed at the Battle of the Big Blue River as a member of the 2nd Kansas Militia, Co. F.
David was born 18 August, 1821 in Monroe Co. Ohio and married Sarah Eveleigh there in 1844. He was a farmer who moved with his family to Cedar Co. Iowa in the mid 1850's and then to Douglas Co. Kansas by 1860. When David volunteered for the 2nd Kansas Militia in 1864, he and his wife had only recently moved to Topeka with their nine children. David Rake was killed at the Battle of the Big Blue River as a member of the 2nd Kansas Militia, Co. F.

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