Drake, C. C.

DRAKE, MEYERS

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 12/18/2012 at 13:34:38

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

DRAKE, C.C. - Bear Creek Twp - pg 831. Of the firms of Manatt & Drake Bros., hardware merchants, and Drake Bros., dealers in coal, lime and cement. Was born in Wood county, Ohio, May 8, 1848. Came to Iowa with his parents in 1854, where C.C. resided until 1861, when he came to Brooklyn and learned the tinner trade. Was engaged in various pursuits until 1878, when he embarked in the hardware trade. He is also in company with his brother, I.N., in the coal, lime and cement trade, and does a thriving business in that line. He is a member of the A.O.U.W., and is numbered among the stalwart business men of the town. He was married February 18, 1872, to Miss C.H. Meyers, of Black Hawk county, Iowa.