Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Draper, Frank 1819 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  FRANK DRAPER, farmer, P. O. Hutsonville, is a native of Crawford County, Ill.,
born one half mile from his present residence, March 4, 1819, to Chalkley and
Rhoda (Willard) Draper. His father was a native of North Carolina; emigrated to
Crawford County in 1815; his occupation was that of wagon making, which he
continued to the time of his death, which occurred in about 1840, aged
fifty-four years. His mother was born in North Carolina, and died in Crawford
County, in November, 1848, aged sixty-four years; she was the mother of eleven
children, of whom Frank was the tenth child born; he was raised on a farm, and
deprived of the opportunity of receiving an education; at twenty-three years of
age, he left his home and commenced farming upon his present farm on his own
account; the farm then contained 60 acres, but by his industry and studied
economy he has enlarged it until now it contains 225 acres of good land. In
August, 1879, Mr. Draper was afflicted with a stroke of paralysis, from which he
has never recovered. While in good health, he was a very industrious man, and
never went farther away from home than Terre Haute. In Crawford County, June 1,
1845, he married Miss Mety Morgan, a native of North Carolina, born October 31,
1824, to William and Mary (Lamb) Morgan, both natives of North Carolina. He was
born November 23, 1801, and died February 20, 1846. She was born April 1, 1805,
and died in August, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Draper have two children, Oliver and
Alonzo. Mrs. D. is a member of the Universalist Church. Politically, Mr. Draper
is a Democrat.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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