Mary Jane Draper (Anderson) Drake Riding A Horse

Free State, TN. She rode her horse across hills to Gainesboro to school. Mary Jane "Mae" Draper Anderson married Jesse Allen Drake. Pictured on pg. 157 of the book Jackson County Tennessee 1801 - 2001, Bicentennial Pictorial History by the Jackson County Historical Society.

Mary Jane Draper (Anderson) Drake

Mary Jane "Mae" Draper (Anderson) Drake

b. 24 February 1885, Free State, Jackson Co., TN
d. 25 May 1968, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN
Husband: Jesse Allen Drake, md 11 May 1922, Nashville, TN
Father: James Travis Anderson (1849-1929)
Mother: Mary Jane (Montgomery) Washburn (1849-1924)
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN
Mary was the mother of Eleanor Jane (Drake) Mitchell,
See Eleanor Jane Drake Mitchell Obt.
and Mary "Mae" Draper Anderson Obt.

Tombstone Photo