This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DRAPER, KIMBALL, FARNHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11893 Message Board Post: NOAH. (709. Josiah, 132. Josiah, 17. James, 7. James, 2. James, 1. Thomas.) 4th s., 7th child of Josiah Draper and Mary Mann. m. 1st: Lucy, dau. of George Nicholas. m. 2dly: Nov. 12, 1828, Aurilla Graves. She was b. Sunderland, Mass., Nov. 8, 1804. d. Apr. 29, 1885. Noah, b. May 14, 1788. d. Oct. 3, 1867 in Chautauqua Co NY Noah Draper, in early manhood, spent some years at the South, mostly in and around Charleston, S. C. Returning to New England, he was engaged for several years as a machinist in the construction of the mining gear in the first cotton mills erected in Providence, R. I., and in the very infancy of the cotton manufacture in this country. From there, about the year 1815, he removed with his family to Whitestone, in Oneida Co., N. Y. Pursuing the bent of his mind, he became a constructor of machinery adapted mostly for operating in the manufacture of cotton and woolen fabrics. Having purchased the cotton mills at Rome, he took up his residence at that place, running the mills, and at the same time carrying on a large mercantile business there. The lands he purchased at Rome have since become the most valuable portion of that city. Disposing of property, since become worth millions, he came to Chautauqua Co., in 1832, and settled at Dunkirk, where he engaged in the foundry busines! s. He also had charge of the construction of that section of the Erie Railway (on the old track), terminating in Dunkirk, and laid the first ties and rails. He planned and caused to be built The Loder House, at Dunkirk, a large brick structure, which was burnt some 25 years since. In the year 1847 he removed to a small town called Cordova, and superintended the iron works then opened by Genl. Crosby. In 1856 he came to Fredonia, N. Y., where he had his residence until his death. He always sustained the character of an energetic, industrious, intelligent citizen, whose honesty and integrity were never questioned. It was with him a trait, peculiar and advantageous to himself and family, that he never misused his leisure hours. These were devoted to acquiring knowledge or to domestic society. He kept himself well informed on the events of the day, taking in his range the transactions of the world at large, as well as those of his own country. Though identifying himself with th! e Republican organization, he was never a partisan in the narrow sense of the word, but held the broader views of enlarged statesmanship, and always maintained his sentiments with the same modesty and honest consistency which characterized his conduct throughout a quiet career. In his last moments his mental faculties were possessed in all their freshness and activity. CHILDREN, BY IST WIFE: 770. I. John Nicholas, b. June 6, 1812. d. 1866, Stillville, N. Y. (Unmarried.) 771. II. Herbert Mann, b. Dec. 26, 1813. d. St. Louis. He was Quartermaster under Genl. Lyon, and was with him at the battle of Wilson's Creek, July 10, 1861, when he, Genl. Lyon, was killed. He was a warm friend of Genl. Lyon's. *** 772. III. James Allen, b. Jan. 1, 1816. d. Erie, Aug. 27, 1847. m. Annie Kimball. Child:--I. Ellen, 783--now Mrs. Hequembourg, of Buffalo. 773. IV. Noah, Jr., b. Feb. 26, 1818. m. Eliza Hilton. Children:--I. Elinor, 784 (deceased). II. Silas Seymour, 785. III. Mrs. James Holstein, 786, of Dunkirk. IV. Mrs. Frank Allen, 787, of Bradford, Pa. He d. July 4, 1865, Sheridan, N. Y. Noah was engineer on the Erie R. R. for a time, and had charge of a squad of trackmen. 774. V. William, b. Dec. 26, 1819. d. Aug. 15, 1844. James and William enlisted on board the U.S. ship "Columbus" for a three years' voyage; went to the Mediterranean and the coast of Brazil. 775. VI. Horace, b. Aug. 10, 1821. d. as a child. 776. VII. George Josiah, b. Mar. 28, 1824. d. Aug. 3, 1864, Dunkirk. m. Emily Haight. CHILDREN, BY 2D WIFE: 777. VIII. Horace Graves, b. Dec. 3, 1826. d. as a child. 778. IX. Orange Hanson, b. Mar. 3, 1829. m. Mary Elizabeth Wardwell. Children:--I. Leila Foster, 788. II. Charles Wardwell, 789. He d. Mar. 27, 1867. 779. X. Lucy Aurilla, b. Apr. 3, 1831. m. Major George A. Camp, of Minneapolis, a millionaire, and veteran of the Civil War. She d. Aug., 1891. Children:--I. Charles Henry, 790. II. Charles. III. Ada Bell, 791. IV. Lucy May, 792. All deceased but Lucy M. She m. Henry von Wendelsteadt. Child:--Henry Albert, 793. 780. XI. Henry Thompson, b. July, 1833. d. as a child. 781. XII. Charles, b. June, 1836. m. Mary Wardwell, widow of his brother Orange. Child:--Harriet Taylor, 794. 782. XIII. Mary Augusta, b. July, 1838. Lives in Fredonia, NY. Of this lady, the "Binghamton Leader," in a recent article, speaks thus highly:--"Miss Mary A. Draper, of Fredonia, was one of the speakers at the State Convention W. C. T. U., held in this city. Miss Draper is an educated lady, earnest and enthusiastic in everything she undertakes, and well fitted for a public lecturer." SOURCE Drrapers in America