• Born: 8 Nov 1830, Attleboro MA
• Marriage (1): Harriet Eliza Robinson about 1851 in Attleboro MA
• Died: 15 Aug 1886

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed in 1847 to Tifft & Whiting in Attleboro MA
  

• He worked in 1850-1857 as a silversmith and jeweler in Attleboro MA as a member of the firm, TIFFT & WHITING.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Attleboro MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He was a partner in 1851-1860 with Frank L. Tifft, Joseph Turpin Bacon, and James Danielson Lincoln in Plainville MA as DRAPER, TIFFT & Co.

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at Attleboro MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Attleboro MA, listed as a jewelry manufacturer.

• He worked in 1860-1865 as a silversmith and jeweler in Attleboro MA

• He was a partner in 1866-1875 with Francis G. Pate and Francis Stanley Bailey in North Attleboro MA as PATE, DRAPER, & BAILEY.

• He was a partner in 1875-1886 with Francis Stanley Bailey in North Attleboro MA as F. S. DRAPER & Co.

Francis married Harriet Eliza Robinson, daughter of Timothy Everett Robinson and Harietta E. Maloney, about 1851 in Attleboro MA. (Harriet Eliza Robinson was born in 1830 in Attleboro MA.)