Ahnentafel #68 - Thomas Draper

Thomas Draper

Born: ca. 1755 maybe in Virginia, it's possible that he immigrated from England.
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: Priscilla Breeden, Aug. 4, 1780 in Botetourt Co., VA

Occupation: probably a farmer

Census:
Not found in any census 

Children:

William b. 1784 VA, d. 1862 IL md. 1) Rachel Skiles 1807, 2) Deborah Jennings 1822, 3) Grace Hunter, 1830 4) Rachel Hilmar 1837, Sarah (Harris) Jennings 1842

• Thomas C. b. 1808, d. 1891 md. Fannie Foster 1831, may have had more children
• William F. b. ca. 1833, d. 1864 - killed in Civil War Battle of Wilson's Farm. Buried in Alexandria National Cemetery, Louisiana md. Harriet Deemer 1857
• Elizabeth J. b. ca. 1834, d. 1851, age 16
• Margaret E. b. 1839, d. 1855, age 15
• Sarah Jane b. 1842, d. 1920, md. James McKelvey 1865
• Rachel Rebecca b. 1844, d. 1919 md. Christopher Chrisman 1866
• Lydia A. / Eliza A. [same person? They have same birth year but never appear on census records together. Lydia is the name of the woman who married Kinnard Chatten.] b. 1846, d. 1916 md. Kinnard Chatten
• Joseph Martin b. 1811, d. 1895 md. Eliza Patterson, 1831
• William b. 1832
• Samuel P. b. 1839, d. 1863, age 23 - died of disease 2 days after mustering out of 87th IL Infantry, buried in Vicksburg National Cemetery, Mississippi.
• Mary Jane b. 1843, d. 1937 md. James Gowdy
• Elizabeth Ellen b. 1845, d. 1881 md. Michael Brockett 1865
• Margaret Ann b. 1852
• unnamed child
• unnamed child 
• Elizabeth b. 1815, d. 1848 md. James Lough 1836. He may have married Margaret Linch between 1848 and 1850.
• George Wilbur Lough b. 1837, d. 1902
• daughter [Sarah?] b. before 1840
• Mary Ann Lough b. 1843
• Rachel Lough b. 1844, d. 1912 md. David Harman
• Charity Lough b. 1847, d. 1908 md. Thomas Nichols 1883
• Dr. William M. b. 1818, d. 1880 md. 1) Sarah Deemer 1841, 2) Catherine Fisher 1866
• Annaretta / Anna Ritta b. 1844, d. 1911 md. James Richardson
• Mary Alice b. 1848
• David D. b. 1850
• James R. b. 1852, d. 1940 md. Lizzie Waldon
• Rachel Elizabeth b. 1859
• Christopher b. 1820, d. 1876 md. Martha Bird/Baird 1862
• Katherine (twin) b. 1862, d. 1862
• Kathleen (twin) b. 1862, d. by 1863
• Sarah Jane Elizabeth b. 1864, d. 1908 md. 1) John Sanders 1879, 2) George Caldwell 1890, 3) James Samuel Shipley 1892
• Joseph Franklin Elijah b. 1871, d. 1951 md. Lula Welch 1895
• son b. between 1807 and 1821
• son b. between 1807 and 1821
• David Fletcher b. 1828, d. 1874 md. 1) Susannah Rusell 1852, 2) Sarah Ann Baker 1862
• Thomas Franklin b. 1855, d. 1874, age 19 never married
• Sarah Deborah Jane b. 1856, d. 1888 md. William Francis Marion Jennings 1871
• Edith Samantha b. 1860, d. 1922 md. Robert Martin
• Mary Jane b. 1863, d. 1863, 6 days old
• James Christopher b. 1864
• Catherine Martha Ann b. 1867, d. 1918 md. George Lindsay Nelson 1886
• George Washington Grant b. 1869, d. 1931 md. (--?--) 
• Eunice Belinda b. 1871, d. 1945 md. James Easton 
• child b. after 1862
• child b. after 1862
• child b. after 1862
• child b. after 1862
• Sarah Jane b. 1837, d. 1906 md. Capt. George C. Gentry
• Julia Elizabeth Gentry b. 1857, d. 1932 md. (--?--) Kinsall
• William Cyrus Gentry b. 1859, d. 1949 md. Laura Stokes
• Frances Aranah Gentry b. 1870, d. 1934, md. Alexander Jordan
• Lucinda (twin) b. 1843, d. 1850 age 7
• Belinda (twin) b. 1843, d. 1913 md. Dr. Marcus Lafayette Brown Jr. 1861
• Samuel Wesley b. 1848, d. 1864, age 16 - mortally wounded in Civil War Battle of Wilson's Landing or Chambers Plantation, died in field hospital in New Orleans. Buried in Chalmette National Cemetery. 

Thomas

Revised 10/14/2026