Show I 1 biographical sketch i WILLIAM Dit DRAPER PER son of thomas and lydia was born in in 9 coming susquehanna county pennsylvania on the adi of september 1774 being fond of the study of the scriptures and early cosi convinced vinced of the necessity of baptism for the remission of sins lie yielded to his hia convictions aud and according to tile lie best light hett he hueu eu had bad was baptized abia became a member of the baptist church in 1796 he married miss lydia lath latrop iv ta fil the r tate state of new york and beino ed from that state to upper canada in 1807 afar full fall fellowship with tile the baptists for about 15 years he began to be faulted for believing th thit that it the scriptures were vere to be understood in accordance with their obvious purport and that tiie the prophecies would be lite literally rully fulfilled and israel gathered he continued in this frame of mind until 1833 when lie he heard president brigham young preach the gospel and wasby wasby him babi baptized iced confirmed ar ard d ordained into the lesser or priesthood in june in the township township p of loughborough Laugh borough and was ordained an elder under the sate same hands before the expiration of that month in 1835 he immigrated to kirtland Ki rlland ohio and in 1836 went in company with john E page on a mi sion to canada where they baptized many persons and organized a large branch of the church he received his endowment in tile the temple at kirtland and in 1837 was ordained orda ned an high prie priest under the hands of don carlos smith and his counselors in ill 1838 he started to immigrate to missouri with the kirtland camp but stopped in san sangamon gamo 11 county illinois until the fall of 1839 when he moved to pleasant vale pike county illinois where he assisted in building up a large branch of the church in 1841 lie he moved to green plains hancock county illinois and was driven from there here by a mob in 1845 and sought safety in nauvoo but in 1846 was again driven by a ruthless mob and in august crossed the mississippi river in search of a peaceful asylum in theowest eWest th the west soon after crossing the river his first wife borne down by the hardships attendant upon a relentless persecution fell asleep aileen in the triumphs of the latter d day ay faith and her bod body 1 was laid to rest on the right bank of the mississippi there to await a glorious resurrection with the just I 1 in 1847 father draper resumed his westerly march and reached council point iowa where he married the widow of liis his eldest brother I 1 and in 1848 was ordained ined a patriarch under the hands of elder george A smith by order of the first presidency having havin 9 by his industry inda itry accumulated an outfit he started for and an ived in these valleys in 1852 and in april 1854 united with the high priests quorum in G S L city and since then has administered about patriarchal blessing notwithstanding his age and the many severe 1 i scenes he had been called to pass through he be con to labor with his hands to within a short period of the time when lie he was summoned to pass behind the veila which happened at drapersville Drapers ville in GS G S L county on oil the 1854 at the advanced age of 80 years 3 37 months and 18 days day he went calmly to his rest as only the faithful can and his works will follow him and his spirit is rejoicing and operating in a wider sphere of intelligence preparatory to receiving a gl glorious orious ll 11 ody body in the morning of the resurrection |