Harriet Gleason Drake

Birth and Death
Birth	3 JUL 1829	Le Roy, Genessee, New York, USA
Death	6 MAY 1912
Burial	Brookville Cemetery,Vernon, Wisconsin, USA
Parents
Parent	Phineas Drake Jr.	28 Jun 1784	Connecticut	2 Jul 1865	Wisconsin
Parent	Sally Tresah Curtis	1793	New York	1 Jul 1865	Wisconsin
Family
Marriage	2 JUN 1874	Vernon County,Wisconsin
Spouse	George Latta
Family
Spouse	Charles Wesley DeLap Sr.	10 MAY 1829	Illinois	17 JAN 1864	Wisconsin
Children	Genette DeLap
Family
Marriage	24 APR 1849	Grant County,Wisconsin
Spouse	Charles Wesley DeLap Sr.	10 MAY 1829	Illinois	17 JAN 1864	Wisconsin
Children	Edgar Horace DeLap	17 APR 1850	Wisconsin	12 MAY 1922
	Hannah Elizabeth Delap	11 JUN 1854	Wisconsin
	Alfred Wesley DeLap	27 AUG 1856	Wisconsin
	Florence Isabelle DeLap	13 JUN 1861	Wisconsin	1937
	Charles Wesley DeLap Jr.	13 APR 1852	Wisconsin	1906

Notes

• The DeLap Family
  One of my favorite stories, told to me by an ancient relative now deceased, is about one of the first RVs, yes, Recreational Vehicles.
  Charles Wesley DeLap (1829-1864) was married to Harriet Gleason Drake (1830-1912) in Ohio in 1849. They came to Wisconsin and farmed near the Van Wagner School. Early in the Civil War Charles enlisted in Wisconsin's 25th Regiment, Co. "A". At home he left Harriet to farm and care for the six children. In late 1863 the War Department notified Harriet that Charles was being mustered out because of illness and that a gun-boat would be bringing him up the Mississippi to Prairie du Chien on a specific day. She made provisions for the care of the children and devised a shelter for her husband, and started for Prairie, which was a two days' journey at that time. At night-fall one simply stopped at the nearest farm house and asked for shelter for the night. The boat arrived on the appointed day, and Harriet put her husband in a tent which she had erected on the sled, (an RV of the 1800s). Unfortunately Charles died soon afterwards. It is thought that he had "quick consumption" -- a very virulent form of pneumonia. On his tombstone are the words "My warfare is ended and I have gone Home."
  The first DeLaps of whom we have heard were Hiram and Catherine, while Harriet's parents were Phinneas Drake and his wife Tresah Curtis, both of whom came from New York.
  Charles DeLap's son Charles (my husband's grandfather) (1852-1906) married Margaret Davis (1855-1924). Her parents were Sam Davis (1825-1903) whose parents were Nicholas Davis and Jan Reeves. Margaret's mother was Sarah Devorce (1828-1909) whose parents were Daniel and Elizabeth Devorce.
  The most common story regarding the DeLap background was that the family had been Huguenots who, when persecuted, fled to the Netherlands, Ireland and Great Britain. Apparently the name has been changed over the years, probably starting out as Dunlop and then as Dulap, Delap or Delapp, and finally DeLap. Dunlop Castle still stands in Scotland today, and there are DeLaps to be found in Ireland.
  The junior Charles Wesley DeLap had six children; Reuben, Joe, Russell, Nett, Belle and Jessie. Most of the descendants of this DeLap still live in this vicinity. Reuben was my father-in-law.
  by Louise (Humpke) DeLap
  from the book "Vernon County Heritage" published by the Vernon County Historical Society. Available for sale at Vernon County Historical Society
  

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