Travis Duval Draper (1829 - 1907)

Born 31 Mar 1829 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mercilla (Wheeler) Draper — married about 1847 in United States

Husband of Sarah Margaret (Thomason) Draper — married 9 Dec 1876 in Shelby, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1907 at age 78 in Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Travis Duval “Doolee” Draper^[1][2]

BIRTH 1830 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA

1st MARRIAGE about 1847 to Mercilla Wheeler^[3][4] 1827–1872

CHILDREN with Mercilla

• Lucinda Draper 1848–Deceased
• Mary Draper 1849–1912
• Joshua Draper 1853–Deceased
• Letia Draper 1855–Deceased
• George E Draper 1859–Deceased
• Marcella Draper 1865–1905
• Theopolis Draper 1866–1934
• John D Draper 1871–1946

2nd MARRIAGE 9 December 1876 to Sarah Margaret Thomason^[5] 1835–1921 in Shelby, Illinois, United States

CHILDREN with Sarah (2nd marriage, already had 4 children with John Davis

• No Events listed

DEATH 15 Jul 1907 (aged 76–77) Moultrie County, Illinois, USA

BURIAL Greenhill Cemetery Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA

OBITUARY^[6]

Sullivan Moultrie News John Draper Funeral The funeral services of John Draper (Travis is real name) who died at his home Monday morning were held Tuesday afternoon from the residence by the Rev. Thomas J Wheat. Mr. Draper had been in feeble health for several years, but was able to be about the house until his death. He was troubled with heart failure and this was the cause of this death. Mr. Draper was a member of the G.A.R. having fought in the civil war in the One Hundred and thirty fifth, and later in the fourteenth regiment of the Illinois Volunteers. By a former marriage he leaves a daughter and two sons to mourn his death. His wife survives him

Mis-identified in the article as John Draper

Sources

1. ↑ Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHD3-7GV
2. ↑ Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72955035/travis-duval-draper
3. ↑ Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8GY-3MT
4. ↑ Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78520705/mercilla-draper
5. ↑ Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8GL-PY9
6. ↑ THE DECATUR REVIEW Wednesday Evening July 17, 1907 Page 5

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67D-LY5 : 4 April 2020), Travis D Draper, Ecore Fabre, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States; citing family 45, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH4-Q65 : 18 March 2020), Travis T Draper, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKV-LMG : 7 September 2017), T D Draper, Todds Point, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 202, sheet 315A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,252.

• "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYM-Y5QD : 10 September 2019), Travis D Draper, ; citing Burial, Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States, Greenhill Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,187.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72955035/travis-duval-draper#add-to-vc

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYX-Y3G : 13 March 2018), Travis D Draper, 1889.

• Draper Families in America by Mrs. Ethel Nichols Anderson