Carroll-Clinton County IN Archives Biographies.....Draper, John J. 1855 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN J. DRAPER.

   It is eminently proper to determine the success of a man by the estimation in
which he is held by his fellow citizens. They have an opportunity to know all
about him and especially how he conducts himself in the relations of society and
are therefore competent to pass opinion upon the merits and demerits. In this
connection it is not too much to say that John J. Draper, a former commissioner
from the third district of Carroll county, has attained a career of unusual
distinction in the political life of Carroll county. Moreover, he is a large
landowner in Democrat township, popular, especially in the neighborhood where he
lives.

   John J. Draper is a native of Democrat township, born on April 25, 1855, the
son of Stephen and Martha (Floyd) Draper, both of whom emigrated from Ohio to
Iowa, where in 1851 or 1852 they purchased a farm and stayed for three years.
They then removed to the Hoosier state and lived for a time in Carroll county
and Clinton county. Mrs. Martha (Floyd) Draper died when her son, John J., was
only thirteen years old. A short time afterward he left home and worked out for
neighboring farmers for a period of fifteen years. Subsequently, he went in
partnership with his brother, William. This arrangement continued for eighteen
years, during which time they were engaged in farming and stock raising.

   Stephen and Martha (Floyd) Draper had seven children, four girls and three
boys, four of whom are living. The names of the Draper children are as follow:
Nancy married John Shank; Sarah Catherine, the wife of James Jackson; John J.,
the subject of this sketch; William; Hattie, who died in Cutler; Ellen, who
married Oscar Rantschler, of Clinton county, and Charles, deceased.

   On April 16, 1885, John J. Draper was married to Matilda Hinkle, the daughter
of Joseph and Nancy (Cook) Hinkle, who had come to Indiana from Pennsylvania
after their marriage, although they lived in Carroll county in their later years
only. Joseph and Nancy (Cook) Hinkle had twelve children, three of whom are
deceased. J. W. resides in South Bend; William E. is a prosperous farmer of
Democrat township; Anna lives with her brother, William E.; J. C. is a resident
of Davenport, Iowa; Joseph M. died in Logansport; Matilda is the wife of John
Draper, the subject of this sketch; Anderson B. died at Walkerton; Ida May is
the wife of Dr. W. A. Trobaugh; Wilson B. lives in Davenport, Iowa; Elizabeth is
the wife of William McCarty, of Frankfort; Sadie is the wife of Fletcher
McDaniels, of Indianapolis; Effie died at the age of twenty years.

   After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Draper purchased one hundred and sixty
acres of land covered with swamp and woods and added to this tract until, at the
end of eighteen years, they had two hundred and forty acres apiece.

   Mr. and Mrs. John J. Draper have had one child, Cecil Leo, born on August 2,
1887, who is a graduate of the local high school and who spent three years as a
student of the law course at Bloomington and three years at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

   In 1902 John J. Draper was elected commissioner of Carroll county and served
altogether eight years, until 1910. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias
lodge at Delphi and has been prominent in fraternal circles in this section-of
Carroll county.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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