MY G-GRANDFATHER, LYMAN ALVA DRAPER, LIVED IN EAST PERU, IOWA . HIS WIFE WAS ELLEN KERNS. MY ROADBLOCK CONCERNS ELLEN'S PARENTS , HUGH AND MARGARET DEVINE KERNS. I BELIEVE THEY WERE FROM IRELAND. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENN. BEFORE COMING TO IOWA AND MADISON COUNTY. I KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL SISTERS OF ELLENS THAT WERE BORN AND STAYED IN IRELAND WHEN THIER PARENTS CAME TO THE STATES, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THEY MAY HAVE COME OVER LATER AND SETTLED IN MADISON COUNTY. L.A. DRAPER WAS A FIRST COUSIN TO THE FAMOUS HISTORIAN, LYMAN COPELAND DRAPER. NAN (ALIAS MS. MAGOO) PLEASE SUPPORT MACULAR DEGENERATION AND OTHER VISION LOSS RESEARCH.