Monday, June 20, 2011

Susan Lizabeth Drake



Susan Lizabeth Drake
Born: November 4, 1876
Died: December 2, 1940

Married to Theodore Davis
Married in 1898

Buried at: Walnut Hills Cemetery

Children:
Erhman  1900-1956
George Lovest  1902-1972
Clyde  1905-1971
Earl  1910

Married to Patrick "Doc" Marsee
Children:
Amanda
Marjorie

Susie was married to Theodore Davis who abandoned the family when the children were young  They had moved to Oklahoma.  Theodore left them and went to Washington State.  Some stories say that he worked for the railroad, others say he died in Washington when he fell off of a hay wagon. While there Susie became very ill and sent the children to live with  her sister, the Taylor family in Cannelton, Indiana.

Susie's sister Maude Drake Taylor

The Taylor Famiy

Lee and Lowell Taylor


After Theodore left her and the boys, Susie worked as a seamstress at a hotel in French Lick, Indiana.  She met and married "Doc" Marsee who owned a hardware store in Petersburg, Indiana.


Parson B. "Doc" Marsee and Susie Drake Davis Marsee


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