When Franklin Draper was born on 11 October 1864, in Madison, Madison, Madison, New York, United States, his father, Ari Draper, was 49 and his mother, Cynthia Bender, was 42. He married Rosella Louise Nicholls Hamilton on 28 October 1883, in Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Sullivan, Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States for about 10 years and Wood River Township, Custer, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 19 December 1929, in Arnold, Custer, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Arnold, Custer, Nebraska, United States.