Drake, Ernest Benjamin (b. 5 OCT 1887, d. 23 OCT 1941)

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Note: She was a twin sister of Ernest Benjamin Drake.

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Note: He died at Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan during the influenza epidemic.

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Note: He was divorced from Mary E. Wagner. He began his career about 1907 as an automobile mechanic. About 1907 he drove from Niagara Falls to New York City, a trip of many days over bad roads. He was involved with automobile agencies and garages until about 1925 when he came to Washington as a sales representative for service station equipment. He had established himself in the same line in 1924 and incorporated in 1931 as Allan U. Bevier, Inc, specializing in the manufacture of oil storage tanks for homes and service stations. In 1963 he became Chairman of the Board and was succeeded as president by his son, Lewis Allan Bevier. He served during World War II as commander of the Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Huguenot Historical Society for many years, one of the first members of their Duzine, and was the first president of the Bevier-Elting Family Association, founded in 1963. His widow succeeded him in this office.

OBITUARY OF ALLAN U. BEVIER
Mr. Allan U. Bevier, President of the Bevier-Elting Family Association, Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, New York, died on February 3, 1967 at Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Bevier had been president of the Bevier-Elting Family Association since the organization was founded in 1963, having been reelected four consecutive years. He was born April 12, 1889 in North Tonawanda, New York, the son of Frank W. Bevier and Hattie Shad Bevier. A member of the Huguenot Historical Society for many years, and until his death a member of the Duzine, the advisory body of the Society. Mr. Bevier demonstrated great interest in the welfare of the organization. One of his greatest pleasures was to see the houses preserved and the Society flourish in order that there would be a Huguenot Street for future generations. During the years when Mr. Bevier flew his own plane, he would fly to New Paltz to see a few old friends and visit the street. Although his branch of the Bevier family had been away from New Paltz for many generations, his family always took the local New Paltz paper, which was delivered to his home near Niagara Falls.
The Bevier-Elting Homestead was given to the Huguenot Historical Society in 1963 through the generosity of the Elting Family (a corporation of five descendants of Jesse Elting). It was at this time that the Bevier-Elting Family Association came into being for the purpose of providing maintenance and endowment for the mutual homestead of both families. Allan U. Bevier consented to head the group and over the years pursued a course that showed his desire to help, but to be ever mindful of the opinions of the group. The family association has grown and family unity has been maintained so that the two families have merged to accomplish a worthwhile goal. Mr. Bevier was a courageous man and a true individualist. Frankness was a quality for which people respected him. Once embarked upon a course in which he believed, the outcome was assured if he could possibly bring it about.

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Note: She was an esteemed school teacher in Olean, New York.

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Note: She was a nurse in Buffalo, New York and graduated from Buffalo General Hospital in 1926. She moved to Watsonville, California and lived there from 1968 until her passing. She was cremated at the IOOF Crematory in Santa Cruz, California.

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