Alexander S.P. Draper
Alexander Sanderson Porter Draper and Harriet Abigale Skinner were married
October 15, 1850, in Vermillion County, Illinois. He served three years in
the Civil War with the 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry.
William Henry Draper, born December 4, 1858, was their son. He married
Jemima Ann Ross October 22, 1878. Their son, Lewis Alexander Draper, was
born September 22, 1883, in Parkville, Missouri.
The Lewis Alexander Draper family moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1890 by
covered wagon.
Ada Mabel Lawry, sixth daughter of Daniel and Carolyn Lawry, and Lewis
Alexander Draper were married June 9, 1902, in the home of Rev. J.C. Shamberger
with Rev. Shamberger officiating. His home was two miles north of the Mingona
Schoolhouse in Barber County, Kansas. They immediately went to a ranch 9 miles
south of Aetna, Kansas, in Woods County, Oklahoma, living in the same house
with Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Draper, where father and son were partners
in ranching.
In 1907 both families moved to the Laylor Nichols Ranch in Barber County,
five miles southwest of Lake City. Alexander Sanderson Porter and wife,
Harried Abigale Draper, moved with them, three generations were living on the
same ranch. Harriet Abigale passed away here April 7, 1907, and is buried in
Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
In 1909 Alexander Porter Draper, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Henry Draper, Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Draper and children Evelyn Nancy, Jemima Leona, and Norman Lewis
moved to Lake City, where Lewis Draper owned and operated a livery barn,
bought from Tom Sallee in 1909.
From family records the children of Lewis Andrew and Ada Mable Draper;
Nancy Evelyn Draper, born May 14, 1903, in Woods County, Oklahoma, and William
Cloud Mills, born Sept. 10, 1897, were married December 24, 1927, in the Alva,
Oklahoma, Christian Church, Wm. Cloud Jr., their only child was born June 13,
1938, in Medicine Lodge. He married Carolyn Hamilton.
Jemima Leona Draper, born December 14, 1905, in Woods County, Oklahoma,
and Tempel H. Mills, born Marcy 9, 1902, on his father's ranch (the late
Govan Mills) were married April 9. 1924, by Rev. H.T. Purcel in the Pratt
County Court House.
Norman Huston Draper, born November 4, 1907, on the Taylor Ranch, died
August 7, 1968, in Veteran's Hospital, Wichita. He served with the 534th
Anti-Aircraft Artillery, rating Sargeant.
Alexander Sanderson, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Draper are
buried in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge. Norman H. Draper is buried in
Lake City, Cemetery. W.H. Draper had a Masonic Burial; Mrs. W.H. Draper and
Mrs. Lew Draper had Eastern Star Burials.
All the aforesaid ancestors were farmers, ranchers, and stockmen.
Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 160
Submitted by: Mima Mills