when drake was born?
<answer> 29 March, 1819 <context> Courtesy of AP Images. Drake, Edwin Laurentine(29 Mar. 1819-8 Nov. 1880), petroleum industry pioneer, was born in Greenville, Green County, New York, the son of Lyman Drake, a farmer, and Linda Lee. When he was around the age of eight he relocated with his parents to Castleton, Vermont, where he completed a common school education and assisted on the family farm.