Brief Life History of Asa Clark
When Asa Clark Draper was born on 28 December 1835, in Floyd, Floyd, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, James D. Draper, was 29 and his mother, Betsey Clark, was 25. He married Mary Elizabeth Webb about 1866, in Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Floyd, Oneida, New York, United States for about 10 years and New York, United States in 1870. He died on 26 February 1914, in Floyd, Floyd, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Holland Patent Cemetery, Holland Patent, Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States.
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- Asa Draper in household of James Draper, "United States Census, 1850"
- Asa C Draper, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Asa C Draper in entry for George H Draper and Lua E Brooks, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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