The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 609

HADLEY H. DRAKE.

Hadley H. Drake, who is devoting his time and energies to orcharding, his home
being at Fruitvale, was born in Aroostook county, Maine, January 20, 1882, a son
of Norman S. and May (Morrison) Drake, who on the 1st of April, 1906, came to
Yakima county and have since resided upon ranches in this section of the state.
In the year of his arrival the father purchased ranch property in Selah but is
now living retired, deriving a substantial income from property interests, which
include three houses in Yakima.

Hadley H. Drake acquired a public school education in the Pine Tree state and
after the removal of the family to the west, which occurred when he was a young
roan of twenty-four years, he worked for his father in the Yakima valley for
three years. In 1909 he and his brother George purchased one hundred and sixty
acres of land on the reservation. which they later traded, and from time to time
they have acquired land until they now have one hundred and sixty acres in a
ranch on the Puget Sound, where the brother resides and to the cultivation and
development of which he is giving his attention. In 1915 Hadley H. Drake
purchased four acres of land in Fruitvale and has since added two and a half
acres to that tract. He now has his six and a half acres in orchards, raising
apples, pears, peaches, cherries, prunes and other fruits. These he is
successfully cultivating and his orchards are in excellent hearing condition,
so that he annually crakes large shipments.
On the 18th of February, 1905, Mr. Drake was married to Miss Rosa Lermond, a
native of Maine and a daughter of Wilson and Rosetta (Williams) Lermond. The
children of this marriage are Francis Edmond, Helen Madolin and Hilda Rosalie.
Mr. Drake and his family are members of the Methodist church. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party and his wife is a member of the
Grange. They are well known and highly esteemed in this section of the state,
his fellow citizens regarding Mr. Drake as one of the enterprising and
progressive young business men, whose identification with the horticultural
interests of the Yakima valley constitutes an important element in the
development of its orchards.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.