Howard-Sullivan County IN Archives Biographies.....Draper, Harry L. 1872 - 
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Author: Jackson Morrow

HARRY L. DRAPER.

   Harry L. Draper, the older of the two sons of Isaac P. and Jennie Draper, and
one of the representative business men of Kokomo, is a native of Sullivan
county, Indiana, and dates his birth from the 17th day of May, 1872. He was
reared in the city of his birth until the age of seventeen, attended the schools
of the same and made commendable progress in his studies. Actuated by a desire
to fit himself for business life he entered in 1888 the commercial department of
Notre Dame University at South Bend, where he was graduated two years later,
following which he worked a short time for his father, later accepting a
responsible and lucrative position with the Illinois Central Railroad, which he
held with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his superiors for a
period of two years, resigning in 1893. Immediately after severing his
connection with the road Mr. Draper returned to Kokomo, took a third interest in
his father's business, later increasing this to a half interest and assisting
very materially in widening the scope of the bottling industry and adding to the
honorable reputation which the establishment had already achieved. For the rapid
advancement and almost phenomenal success which have characterized the Draper
Bottling Works during the past five years Harry L. Draper is largely
responsible, as he brought to the business a well trained mind, mature judgment
and the ability to foresee with remarkable clearness and accuracy the future
outcome of present action, all of which qualities enabled him to address himself
to his undertaking with every assurance of success, the result being such as to
more than realize his most earnest expectations. In addition to this firm he is
also identified with other local interests, owning a third of the stock in the
Kokomo Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Company, an enterprise which has proven quite
profitable, besides being greatly appreciated by its numerous patrons in the
city and elsewhere. Mr. Draper is a Democrat but not a partisan, much less an
aspirant for official honors or leadership. Nevertheless he has intelligent
views relative to the issues on which men and parties divide and the courage of
his convictions on the questions of the day. He takes much interest in secret
fraternal and benevolent work, being a member of the Knights of Pythias, the
Elks and the Order of Eagles, in all of which he stands high and wields a
salutary and far-reaching influence.

   In the year 1896 Mr. Draper and Maude Alexander, of Robinson, Ohio, were
united in the holy bonds of wedlock, the union being blessed with two
children—Margaret, born June 21, 1898. and Jennette, whose birth occurred on
November 21st of the year 1906. Mrs. Draper is a lady of varied culture and
refinement, who received her education in the public schools and the State
Normal School at Terre Haute and who previous to her marriage was one of the
efficient and popular teachers of her native town. She also taught elocution and
physical culture in the public schools of Danville and earned an honorable
reputation for efficiency in those special lines of work.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY INDIANA
BY
JACKSON MORROW, B. A.
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

(circa 1909)


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