NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: John Draper (1887)

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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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In 1817, John Draper (father of Dr. Draper, of Cumberland) settled on a farm
adjoining Prouty. He made the journey from Massachusetts in a one-horse wagon
and was twenty-nine days on the way. He purchased a tract upon which a cabin
and a small improvement had previously been made by Rev. James Moore, a
Presbyterian clergyman, and the first minister of the valley. In 1821 Mr.
Draper erected a frame barn and in 1831 a brick house, both of which are still
standing. In 1834 he brought the first Durham cattle to the township. He named
Brookfield Township after Brookfield, Mass., where he formerly lived. He died
in 1877 at the age of eighty-nine years.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
Brookfield