William Ira DRAPER

1850 - 1937  (87 years)

• Name	William Ira DRAPER  [1]
  Born	2 Jan 1850	, Jasper, Iowa, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	, Richardson, Nebraska, USA
  ED 319, pg 11 or 25 (508A)
  Grant Township W J Draper Self M 30 Iowa E C Draper Wife F 24 Massachusetts Jennie G Draper Dau F 2 Iowa
  Census	1900	Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, USA
  ED 142, pg 1A
  Grant Precinct William I Draper Head M 50 Jan 1850 Iowa m. 23 yrs. Isabel C Draper Wife F 44 Feb 1856 Massachusetts 7/6 children Walter E Draper Son M 19 Jul 1880 Nebraska Tida R Draper Dau F 17 Sep 1882 Nebraska Orra A Draper Dau F 14 Aug 1885 Nebraska Arta Draper Dau F 8 Aug 1891 Nebraska John T Draper Son M 6 Feb 1894 Nebraska
  Census	1910	, Richardson, Nebraska, USA
  ED 169, PG 8B
  Grant Township William J Draper Head M 60 Iowa Isabel C Draper Wife F 54 Massachusetts Arta Draper Dau F 18 Nebraska John T Draper Son M 16 Nebraska
  Census	1920	, Richardson, Nebraska, USA
  ED 164, pg 4A
  Grant Township William I Draper Head M 70 Iowa Elizabeth Draper Wife F 63 Massachusetts
  Census	1930	, Richardson, Nebraska, USA
  ED 11, pg 4B
  Grant Township
  Died	12 Jan 1937	Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, USA
  Buried	13 Jan 1937	Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, USA
  	Address: Heim Cemetery Richardson County Richardson County, Nebraska
  Person ID	I21863	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family	Isabella C TALBOYS,   b. 18 Feb 1856, Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 20 Apr 1923, Falls City, Richardson, Nebraska, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1877	, Warren, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Jennie Gertrude DRAPER,   b. 16 Jan 1878, , Warren, Iowa, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1969, , Richardson, Nebraska, USA  (Age 91 years)   2. Dr Walter Ernest DRAPER,   b. 8 Jul 1880, , , Nebraska, USA ,   d. 3 Jul 1957, , Deer Lodge, Montana, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. Tida Ruth DRAPER,   b. 28 Sep 1882, , , Nebraska, USA ,   d. 16 Feb 1956, , Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 73 years)   4. Orra Ann DRAPER,   b. 8 Aug 1885, , , Nebraska, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1970, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA  (Age 85 years)   5. Arta DRAPER,   b. 30 Aug 1891, , Richardson, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 16 May 1963, , Buffalo, Nebraska, USA  (Age 71 years)   6. John Thomas DRAPER,   b. Feb 1894, Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 5 Mar 1960, , Pinellas, Florida, USA  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F8096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  See also http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=williamdraper&id=I154 History of Richardson County, Nebraska : its people, industries and institutions pg 1063-1064 WILLIAM I. DRAPER. William I. Draper, a farmer, now living in Grant precinct, east of Daw-son, who has been all over the states in search of experience, was born on January 2, 1850, in Warren county, Iowa, a son of John M. and Rebecca (Stanton) Draper, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively. John M. Draper was the son of John Draper, a native of Virginia, whose ancestors came from England. Tradition has it that the original members of the Draper family came from England in an early day and settled in Virginia, the Carolinas and the East. John M. Draper was born in 1820 and died in Eebruary, 1868. His wife, Rebecca (Stanton) Draper, was born in June, 1826, and died in July, 1 91 3. She was a daughter of Richard Stanton, of Tennessee. The parents of John M. Draper migrated to Indiana in the thirties of the last century and settled in Marion county, Indiana, and were among the pioneer settlers of that part of the Hoosier state. In 1847 John M. Draper settled in Warren county, Iowa, where his son, William I., was born and reared. In 1862 John M. Draper enlisted for service in the Civil War and became a member of Company D, Thirty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. His death was caused by a kick from a mule ; his death ensued thirteen days later, and he was brought home for interment in February, 1863. John M. and Rebecca (Stanton) Draper were the parents of six children, namely: Mrs. Ruth Hunt, who died in Iowa in 1875; Mrs. Rachel Flesher, who lives in Oregon; William I., the subject of this sketch; Eliza, deceased; Mrs. Cora Jenkins, who lives in Cooper county, Missouri, and Mrs. Virginia Porter, who died in 19 1 5 in Kansas City, Missouri. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Rebecca Draper left Iowa in 1867 and some time later married Daniel Fox, and still later, moved to Missouri, where she died. William I. Draper left Iowa in 1867 and started out to see the United States, traveling all over the country to the Pacific coast and doing all kinds of work that offered. During the course of his travels, extending over a period of ten years, he gained considerable experience in worldly affairs and finally drifted back to Iowa. Following his marriage in 1877, he came to Richardson county in 1878 and rented a farm for two years, at the end of which period he bought eighty acres of land in section 12, Grant precinct; there were no improvements on the holding. Mr. Draper proceeded with-out delay to put his land into cultivation and presently built a house, success attending all his efforts. He lived on this farm from April 18, 1881, until his removal to his present home, near Dawson, on March 13, 1904. He added to his original eighty acres, finally getting together one hundred and ninety-eight acres. He sold his original place recently and bought the east half of the northeast quarter of section 13, and is now the owner of one hun-dred and ninety-eight acres, all in one tract. On February 21, 1877, William I. Draper was united in marriage to Isabelle Talboys, who was born on July 8, 1856, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Thomas and Anne (Vose) Talboys, natives of the city of Birmingham, England, who emigrated from that country to Iowa in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Draper are the parents of six children, namely: Gertrude, wife of Israel L. Heim, further mention of whom is made in another part of this work, in a notice of the life of Mr. Heim; Walter E., a practicing physician, living at Manilla, Iowa, since 1906, a graduate of the Medical College of Sioux City, Iowa; Tida, who married Alfred Swanson, a railroad engineer, who lives at Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Orra Swisegood, who lives near Verdon, this county; Arta, who married John Parriot, lives at Elwood, this state, and John, a student in Kansas City Veterinary College. Mr. Draper is a Republican, but votes independently as occasion requires; he has never been a seeker after public office.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Draper, William I. to Isabell Talboys [S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Draper, William I. age 27 [S1923] 1900 Richardson NE, ED 142, pg 1A. age 50, Jan 1850, Iowa [S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Draper, William I. to Isabell Talboys, 21 Feb 1877, Indianola, Warren County