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Benjamin Drake of Switzerland Co., IN
Benjamin Drake who was proprietor of New York now Florence had a Brother Robert Drake, who married a sister of Heathcoat Picket - lived in Plum Creek for some time removed to Arnolds Creek and came to Pleasant Township and purchased part of Section 16, or the School Section - while living on Plum Creek in the year 1800 he had a daughter born who is now living and is 76 years of age. She is no doubt the oldest person now living in the County born within its bounds. She is the mother of Asa Newton.
The Swiss Settlement of Switzerland County Indiana
by Perret Dufour
Published by the Indiana Historical Commission, Indianapolis 1925
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