If you know what you're looking for, Tuira Drake is oh, so obviously Lucia Drake. It was all about being able to read old timey chicken scratches. Tuira Drake IS Lucia Drake. This is what it looks like:
Now as I was looking at this document, I noticed the name under Lucia. And then it hit me! Lucia died 9 October 1871. I flipped back a page. Lucia Drake was the next recorded death in 1871. But, the record -- too -- was written by the same person, so it looks like Tuira -- again. Finally found Lucia's death record. I went back to that page where I first found her. James H Cohoon is listed as her father. Finally a definitive freaking clue. Forget the spelling of her dad's last name. We'll get to that later. And -- drum roll please -- her mother's name is Mary A Cohoon.
So listen up all you cousins, searching for our Lucia Cahoon Drake. Search for her under Tuira Drake. I haven't tried a search in all the family trees at Ancestry. Yet.
This document still doesn't solve the spelling issues. It still doesn't solve the fact that I can't find Lucia Drake in the 1870 United States Federal Census. It doesn't solve the problem that in 1970 there was another lady -- Elenore -- listed as the wife to John Stout Drake. It doesn't solve the mystery of Elenore being buried with John Stout Drake, Lucia and Johnnie and Mary Pease. But it is tangible proof. John and Lucia were married a long time. He would've known her family parentage better than some random person. So in my own personal record, I'm making it official. Lucia's dad was John H and her mother, Mary A.
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