"GROTON--Mrs. Jessie I. Drake, 82, who lived in Groton for 32 years, died in a Staten Island hospital Saturday, Aug. 10, 1963. She had been living there with a daughter, Mrs. Marion Reeves, for the past nine years. She was born at Berkshire on Oct. 27, 1880, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Eugene Johnson. She was the widow of Samuel H. Drake ... Burial will be in Berkshire."

Ithaca Journal, Aug. 12, 1963, 2.