of Cherokee County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Merriett S. Draper
parentsOrin Draper, Jr. & Elizabeth (Jewell) Hadden
Merriett S. Draper⚭ Rosabelle Wight
childrenJames F. Draper · Charles E. Draper · Amy F. (Draper) Gilbert · May Draper · Paul B. Draper · Grace E. (Draper) Henderson · Leroy Draper · Lester Draper · Morris W. Draper · Dewey S. Draper · Wesley B. Draper · Rosa R. Draper
Source: Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Farmer.
Educated in Iowa public schools.
Worked as farm hand in Cherokee County, Iowa.
Came to O'Brien County 1881 and bought 80 acres in Waterman township for $5/acre, later owning 480 acres.
Bred high-grade livestock.
Stockholder in Farmers Elevator Co. and Farmers Co-operative Store at Sutherland.
Methodist Episcopal.
Sunday school superintendent of Highland Methodist church, Waterman township.
Married 1880 in Cherokee County, Iowa.
Son Paul B. deceased.
James F. a Methodist minister at Rutland, Iowa.
May a teacher at Taylor University, Indiana.
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