William Draper Jr. (or William Grant) and Elizabeth Staker 1807-1886 1806-1888 from book “The Mornon Drapers” Sketch by Laurece Cowdell May 2005 WILLIAM DRAPER JR. or William Grant Draper was born April 24, 1807 in Richmond, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, the sixth of 10 children born to William Draper and Lydia Lathrop. His family lived in the district of Richmond and counties of Northumberland and Frontenac, Canada where William Jr. grew up in mostly unsettled communities; however, he was able to get some schooling and had an aptness in mental calculations. ELIZABETH STAKER was born February 25, 1806 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, the third of eleven children born to Conrad Staker and Cornelia Schnuck. Her family lived in her place of birth all her going up years. When she was about 18 years old she evidently married and had a son named Henry Hagarty on February 16, 1826 who William Draper adopted after they married. William and Elizabeth were married in Kingston, Canada on the 11th of June 1827. Their first three children were born in Kingston and it was there they heard the gospel preached. On March 20, 1833 they were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On the 11th of September 1834 Elizabeth and William and their three living children, in company with the Daniel Wood family, left home and loved ones to gather with the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, about 500 miles. He built a home, settled his family and began the serious study of theology under Joseph Smith and other church leaders. By spring he began working on the Temple. During that summer he completed a mission to Canada and was soon given offices of responsibility in the church. As a frontiersman he had learned and developed all the skills necessary for survival. Among other things, he was a shoemaker and a miller, but wherever he went, he first secured land to insure a living for his family. He and Elizabeth had a total of ten children. Elizabeth had learned to be a mid wife in her native country and practiced that profession whenever she went and where ever it was needed. During the next few years the family migrated from place to place with other members of the Church; Morgan, Illinois, Caldwell County and Far West, Missouri, Pleasantville and Green Plain, Illinois and it was finally from Pike County, Missouri that their trek was started across the plains on April 20, 1846. After some time in Council Point, Iowa, they traveled with the George A Smith company arriving in Salt Lake Valley on October 27, 1849. By this time William had married three additional wives, Martha Weaver, Mary Ann Handhardt and Marial Thompson. After living for a time in Salt Lake City the family moved 20 miles south to Willow Creek where they lived from 1850 to 1856 and William served as the first Bishop. Willow Creek was later named Draper in his honor. In 1854 he took three new wives, Mary Howarth, Fannie Newton, Ruth Hannah Newton. The Draper family, with the exception of Elizabeth, moved to Spanish Fork and from there to Moroni and then to Freedom, Sanpete County. Later Elizabeth rejoined the family in Sanpete County where four of their sons had homesteaded and settled in Freedom. It was a beautiful little village on a hillside. Elizabeth again returned to Draper with her younger children where she provided for her family practicing midwifery. It is said that she delivered over two hundred babies after her return. She became known as “Aunt Betsey” William wrote a historical account of himself in 1881, mostly of his church life, in which he stated he was 74 years old: the husband of five living wives, father of fifty-one children, grandfather to about one hundred, and great-grandfather to about twenty more. He died May 28, 1886 in Freedom, Sanpete County, Utah. When her husband became critically ill Elizabeth returned to Freedom to be with him. After his passing she returned to Draper. Her death occurred April 9, 1888 in Mount Pleasant, Utah. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Freedom cemetery. Children of William and Elizabeth Staker Draper Name Born Place Died Place Henry H. Draper Feb 16, 1826 Canada June 19 1904 Goshen, Utah Juliana July 1, 1828 Canada 1884 Roxanna Sept. 20, 1830 Canada in infancy Canada Moses July 9, 1832 Canada Dec 4, 1915 Moroni, Utah Harriet Dec. 1, 1834 Kirtland in infancy Kirtland Wm. Lathrop Mar. 5, 1838 Kirtland May 3, 1887 Freedom, Utah Albert Edward Dec 13, 1840 Pike Co. Ill June 23, 1913 Pocatello, Id. Parley Pine Mar. 30 1843 Pike Co. Ill Nov 28, 1934 Moroni, Utah Isaac Grant Oct 6, 1845 Pike Co. Ill Mar 24, 1922 Pleasant Grove, Ut Amanda E. July 3, 1848 Kanesville Ia. Sept. 30, 1906Lewiston, Utah

William Draper Jr. (or William Grant) and Elizabeth Staker 1807-1886 1806-1888 from book “The Mornon Drapers” Sketch by Laurece Cowdell May 2005 WILLIAM DRAPER JR. or William Grant Draper was born April 24, 1807 in Richmond, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, the sixth of 10 children born to William Draper and Lydia Lathrop. His family lived in the district of Richmond and counties of Northumberland and Frontenac, Canada where William Jr. grew up in mostly unsettled communities; however, he was able to get some schooling and had an aptness in mental calculations. ELIZABETH STAKER was born February 25, 1806 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, the third of eleven children born to Conrad Staker and Cornelia Schnuck. Her family lived in her place of birth all her going up years. When she was about 18 years old she evidently married and had a son named Henry Hagarty on February 16, 1826 who William Draper adopted after they married. William and Elizabeth were married in Kingston, Canada on the 11th of June 1827. Their first three children were born in Kingston and it was there they heard the gospel preached. On March 20, 1833 they were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On the 11th of September 1834 Elizabeth and William and their three living children, in company with the Daniel Wood family, left home and loved ones to gather with the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, about 500 miles. He built a home, settled his family and began the serious study of theology under Joseph Smith and other church leaders. By spring he began working on the Temple. During that summer he completed a mission to Canada and was soon given offices of responsibility in the church. As a frontiersman he had learned and developed all the skills necessary for survival. Among other things, he was a shoemaker and a miller, but wherever he went, he first secured land to insure a living for his family. He and Elizabeth had a total of ten children. Elizabeth had learned to be a mid wife in her native country and practiced that profession whenever she went and where ever it was needed. During the next few years the family migrated from place to place with other members of the Church; Morgan, Illinois, Caldwell County and Far West, Missouri, Pleasantville and Green Plain, Illinois and it was finally from Pike County, Missouri that their trek was started across the plains on April 20, 1846. After some time in Council Point, Iowa, they traveled with the George A Smith company arriving in Salt Lake Valley on October 27, 1849. By this time William had married three additional wives, Martha Weaver, Mary Ann Handhardt and Marial Thompson. After living for a time in Salt Lake City the family moved 20 miles south to Willow Creek where they lived from 1850 to 1856 and William served as the first Bishop. Willow Creek was later named Draper in his honor. In 1854 he took three new wives, Mary Howarth, Fannie Newton, Ruth Hannah Newton. The Draper family, with the exception of Elizabeth, moved to Spanish Fork and from there to Moroni and then to Freedom, Sanpete County. Later Elizabeth rejoined the family in Sanpete County where four of their sons had homesteaded and settled in Freedom. It was a beautiful little village on a hillside. Elizabeth again returned to Draper with her younger children where she provided for her family practicing midwifery. It is said that she delivered over two hundred babies after her return. She became known as “Aunt Betsey” William wrote a historical account of himself in 1881, mostly of his church life, in which he stated he was 74 years old: the husband of five living wives, father of fifty-one children, grandfather to about one hundred, and great-grandfather to about twenty more. He died May 28, 1886 in Freedom, Sanpete County, Utah. When her husband became critically ill Elizabeth returned to Freedom to be with him. After his passing she returned to Draper. Her death occurred April 9, 1888 in Mount Pleasant, Utah. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Freedom cemetery. Children of William and Elizabeth Staker Draper Name Born Place Died Place Henry H. Draper Feb 16, 1826 Canada June 19 1904 Goshen, Utah Juliana July 1, 1828 Canada 1884 Roxanna Sept. 20, 1830 Canada in infancy Canada Moses July 9, 1832 Canada Dec 4, 1915 Moroni, Utah Harriet Dec. 1, 1834 Kirtland in infancy Kirtland Wm. Lathrop Mar. 5, 1838 Kirtland May 3, 1887 Freedom, Utah Albert Edward Dec 13, 1840 Pike Co. Ill June 23, 1913 Pocatello, Id. Parley Pine Mar. 30 1843 Pike Co. Ill Nov 28, 1934 Moroni, Utah Isaac Grant Oct 6, 1845 Pike Co. Ill Mar 24, 1922 Pleasant Grove, Ut Amanda E. July 3, 1848 Kanesville Ia. Sept. 30, 1906Lewiston, Utah

William Draper Jr. (or William Grant) and Elizabeth Staker 1807-1886 1806-1888 from book “The Mornon Drapers” Sketch by Laurece Cowdell May 2005 WILLIAM DRAPER JR. or William Grant Draper was born April 24, 1807 in Richmond, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, the sixth of 10 children born to William Draper and Lydia Lathrop. His family lived in the district of Richmond and counties of Northumberland and Frontenac, Canada where William Jr. grew up in mostly unsettled communities; however, he was able to get some schooling and had an aptness in mental calculations. ELIZABETH STAKER was born February 25, 1806 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, the third of eleven children born to Conrad Staker and Cornelia Schnuck. Her family lived in her place of birth all her going up years. When she was about 18 years old she evidently married and had a son named Henry Hagarty on February 16, 1826 who William Draper adopted after they married. William and Elizabeth were married in Kingston, Canada on the 11th of June 1827. Their first three children were born in Kingston and it was there they heard the gospel preached. On March 20, 1833 they were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On the 11th of September 1834 Elizabeth and William and their three living children, in company with the Daniel Wood family, left home and loved ones to gather with the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, about 500 miles. He built a home, settled his family and began the serious study of theology under Joseph Smith and other church leaders. By spring he began working on the Temple. During that summer he completed a mission to Canada and was soon given offices of responsibility in the church. As a frontiersman he had learned and developed all the skills necessary for survival. Among other things, he was a shoemaker and a miller, but wherever he went, he first secured land to insure a living for his family. He and Elizabeth had a total of ten children. Elizabeth had learned to be a mid wife in her native country and practiced that profession whenever she went and where ever it was needed. During the next few years the family migrated from place to place with other members of the Church; Morgan, Illinois, Caldwell County and Far West, Missouri, Pleasantville and Green Plain, Illinois and it was finally from Pike County, Missouri that their trek was started across the plains on April 20, 1846. After some time in Council Point, Iowa, they traveled with the George A Smith company arriving in Salt Lake Valley on October 27, 1849. By this time William had married three additional wives, Martha Weaver, Mary Ann Handhardt and Marial Thompson. After living for a time in Salt Lake City the family moved 20 miles south to Willow Creek where they lived from 1850 to 1856 and William served as the first Bishop. Willow Creek was later named Draper in his honor. In 1854 he took three new wives, Mary Howarth, Fannie Newton, Ruth Hannah Newton. The Draper family, with the exception of Elizabeth, moved to Spanish Fork and from there to Moroni and then to Freedom, Sanpete County. Later Elizabeth rejoined the family in Sanpete County where four of their sons had homesteaded and settled in Freedom. It was a beautiful little village on a hillside. Elizabeth again returned to Draper with her younger children where she provided for her family practicing midwifery. It is said that she delivered over two hundred babies after her return. She became known as “Aunt Betsey” William wrote a historical account of himself in 1881, mostly of his church life, in which he stated he was 74 years old: the husband of five living wives, father of fifty-one children, grandfather to about one hundred, and great-grandfather to about twenty more. He died May 28, 1886 in Freedom, Sanpete County, Utah. When her husband became critically ill Elizabeth returned to Freedom to be with him. After his passing she returned to Draper. Her death occurred April 9, 1888 in Mount Pleasant, Utah. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Freedom cemetery. Children of William and Elizabeth Staker Draper Name Born Place Died Place Henry H. Draper Feb 16, 1826 Canada June 19 1904 Goshen, Utah Juliana July 1, 1828 Canada 1884 Roxanna Sept. 20, 1830 Canada in infancy Canada Moses July 9, 1832 Canada Dec 4, 1915 Moroni, Utah Harriet Dec. 1, 1834 Kirtland in infancy Kirtland Wm. Lathrop Mar. 5, 1838 Kirtland May 3, 1887 Freedom, Utah Albert Edward Dec 13, 1840 Pike Co. Ill June 23, 1913 Pocatello, Id. Parley Pine Mar. 30 1843 Pike Co. Ill Nov 28, 1934 Moroni, Utah Isaac Grant Oct 6, 1845 Pike Co. Ill Mar 24, 1922 Pleasant Grove, Ut Amanda E. July 3, 1848 Kanesville Ia. Sept. 30, 1906Lewiston, Utah