Sac-Scott-Clinton County IA Archives Biographies.....Draper, Oscar 1833 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

OSCAR DRAPER, one of the prominent early settlers of Clinton township, Sac
county, Iowa, resides on a farm of 160 acres near Odebolt.

  He dates his birth in Essex county, New York, in 1843, and is a son of Henry
and Emily (Palmer) Draper, both natives of Essex county. His grandfather,
Timothy Draper, was of Scotch-Irish descent. Henry Draper emigrated with his
family to Scott county, Iowa, in 1859, and located near Le Claire, where his
wife died in 1861. He, too, died in Sac county, aged sixty-six years. He was
liberal in his religious views, and in politics was a Republican. Mrs. Draper
was a Baptist. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters. Three of
their sons served in the late war. William H., who was a member of the Twentieth
Iowa Infantry, is now a resident of Clinton county Iowa. John, who served in the
Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry, lives in Seattle, Washington. August 22, 1862,
Oscar enlisted in the Twentieth Iowa Infantry, and during his service
participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and Vicksburg, and was
through the siege of Fort Morgan and Port Blakely, besides being in numerous
skirmishes. He was honorably discharged at Mobile, Alabama, July 8, 1865.

  Returning to Iowa after the war, the subject of our sketch located east of De
Witt, in Clinton county, where he was engaged in farming until 1874. Since that
year he has been identified with the interests of Clinton township, Sac county.
Here he purchased 160 acres of land, has improved it with good buildings, etc.,
and is devoting his time chiefly to stock-raising. He keeps a dairy of about
fifteen cows. His residence is a story and a half, and is 18x24 feet, and his
barn is 48x60 feet. A nice grove and orchard of two acres is among other
improvements Mr. Draper has placed upon his land.

  March 12, 1868, he married Sarah J. Bittinger, in Clinton county, Iowa. She
was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Rebecca (Kahl)
Bittinger. The Bittinger family came West from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1850, and
two years later to Clinton county, Iowa. Their family was composed of seven sons
and two daughters. The mother died in November, 1887, and the father is now a
resident of York county, Nebraska. He is a farmer, a Republican and Lutheran.
Mr. and Mrs. Draper have four children: Jessie R., Emily E., Homer J. and Asa L.

  Mr. Draper's political views are in harmony with Republican principles. He is
a member of Goodrich Post, No. 117, Odebolt, and he and his wife both belong to
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Trustee of the church and also takes an
active interest in Sabbath-school work.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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