Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 22 June 1957.

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In the 1900 census of Elm City, Toisnot township, Wilson County: on Broad Street, farmer Thomas Drake, 55; wife Virginia [Venus], 46; and children Mattie, 20, cook, Ernest, 15, and Clarence, 11.

On 4 October 1914, Clarence Drake, 28, of Elm City, N.C., son of Thos. and Venus Drake, married Ethel Kathleen Watkins, 26, of Portsmouth, Va., daughter of Wm. and Nancy Watkins, in Richmond, Virginia.

In 1918, Clarence Drake registered for the World War I in Portsmouth, Virginia. Per his registration card, he was born 13 February 1886; lived at 821 Glasgow Street, Portsmouth, Va.; worked as a barber for W.F. Hill, 317 Main, Norfolk, Va.; and his contact was wife Ethel.

On 30 March 1926, Clarence F. Drake, 36, married Hattie Z. Langley, 23, in Wilson. Presbyterian minister Arthur H. George performed the ceremony in the presence of J.J. Langley, M. Porter, and Henry Pots.

In the 1930 census of Newport News, Virginia: barber Clarence F. Drake, 36; wife Hallie [sic] Z., 24; sister-in-law Iris Langley, 11; and nephew Estee Porter, 16.

Hattie Drake died 31 July 1937 in Newport News, Virginia. Per his death certificate, she was 30 years old; was born in Wilson, N.C., to J.L. Jarrette [sic; Langley] of Pitt County, N.C., and Lelia Savage of Edgecombe County, N.C.; was married to Clarence Drake; and was buried in Wilson.

In 1942, Clarence Franklin Drake registered for the World War II draft in Newport News, Virginia. Per his registration card, he was born 14 February 1889 in Elm City, N.C.; lived at 2309 Marshall Avenue, Newport News; his contact was Gladys Drake; and he worked for A.C. Boone at the Warwick Hotel.