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Thomas Jefferson Drake
Record Number: 55136
Born: Apr. 18, 1799 at New York
Died: Apr. 20, 1875 at Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
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Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery
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Elijah Drake
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He owned land in Waterford township, the E 1/2 of the SW /4 and the SE 1/4 of Section 10, that would later become the village of Drayton Plains. he purchased the land from brothers Austin and Harvey Durfee, and sold the land to Daniel Windiate, who built the Mill and Hotel in Drayton Plains.