Abraham and Margaret Jones Draper*

From the book Tilton Illinois Centennial 1884 - 1984

*"Abraham Draper Family
Abraham L. Draper was born in Indiana October 4, 1852, he resided in Tilton for about 40 years. He married Margaret Jones who was a daughter of Thomas (1810 - 1880) and Mary Evans
(1810 - 1870)Jones. Margaret was born in 1850 in Summit Co., Ohio. Abe was a contractor, built many homes in the Tilton area, clerk for Tilton School in 1900, was a trustee and served as treasurer on Tilton Village Board when he died July 18, 1918 (served several terms.)
He operated one of the first threshing outfits brought to this section of the country, and had a brick factory in Tilton. He also used a team of horses to dig out the Wabash cut and was custodian for Tilton School, and also signed his name on the petition for Tilton to incorporate as a town in 1884, and served on the Songer Cemetery Board, 1908.
Abe and Margaret were members of the Tilton M. E. Church. Margaret passed away in 1923, they are both buried at Springhill Cemetery in Danville. Born to them were Mary- born 1879 married Frank Warren, Charles married ?, William (1884 - 1952), married ?, Susanna (Ann) (1886 - 1960) married Charles Gruber (1879 - 1963)"