Sunday, September 28, 2008

Enoch Drake

Pioneers of Old Hopewell with Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "Elizabeth daughter of Stephen Titus and Rachel Parke married Judge Enoch H Drake of Hopewell and they settled on a farm east of Pennington Judge Drake served a term in the Legislature and for several years was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas He has held several other offices of trust and responsibility and discharged his duties faithfully and conscientiously He is an able public speaker and the debater who crossed swords with him in the old time debating schools found a foe worthy of his steel Mrs Drake has been deceased several years but the Judge is still with us and one of the oldest and most honorable citizens of our "
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