Sarah Ellen Harward Draper headstone

Sarah Ellen Harward Draper

Sarah Ellen Harward Draper death certificate

Amburs and Sarah Ellen Draper family history by Stella Draper Lewis

This is a family history (I think partial) written by Stella Draper Lewis who is the the sister of my Great-great grandmother, Sarah Ellen Draper Curtis, who is called Sadie in this history. It also has accounts of her parents, Amburs and Sarah Ellen Harward Draper, and grandfather Ira Draper.

Family History

By: Stella Draper Lewis

I was born on 7, Oct. 1884, about 100 yards south of hte Harward bridge across the Sevier River on the Loss Creek side of the river, not more than 25 yards from the banks. My father and Grandfather Draper owned and run the first thrashing machine in Aurora, and had to quit work for my arrival. He told the men when he went back that he had to braid my hair which was well 3 inches long, a great difference to what it is in my old age, 67 years, as it is very thin and short, hardly enough to braid.