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Drake, John Burroughs – Drayton, William
Drake, John Burroughs
hotel man, was born Jan. 17, 1826, in Lebanon, Ohio. In 1874 he leased the Grand Pacific hotel and managed the house successfully until the spring of 1895, retiring then on account of the high rent demanded. He was president of the Chicago and Joliet railroad. He died Nov. 12, 1895, in Chicago, Ill.
Drake, John R
jurist, congressman, was born in 1783. He was one of the earnest settlers in Tioga county, N. Y.; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1819. He was elected judge of Tioga county in 1833; and was a member of the New York assembly in 1834. He died March 21, 1857, in Oswego, N. Y.
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Drake, Joseph Rodman
physician, author, poet, was born Aug. 7, 1795, in New York city. He was a talented physician of New York city, co-author with Halleck of The Croaker Papers in the Evening Post. His poetical fame rests on The Culprit Fay; and The American Flag. He died Sept. 21, 1820.
Draper, Daniel
meteorologist, was born April 2, 1841, in New York city. He has invented numerous self-recording instruments, including the photographic barograph and thermographs (dry and wet), pencil gauges for rain and snow, for direction of the wind, and for the velocity and force of the wind.
Draper, Henry
educator, author, was born March 7, 1837, in Prince Edward county, Va. He was the author of The Construction of a Silvered Glass Telescope; and Text-Book of Chemistry. He died Nov. 20, 1882, in New York city.
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Draper, John Christopher
physician, author, was born March 31, 1835, in Mecklenburg county, Va. He was a New York physician, professor in the university of New York; and the author of Text-Book in Anatomy; Physiology and Hygiene; Practical Laboratory Course in Physics; and Text-Book of Medical Physics. He died Dec. 20, 1885, in New York city.
Draper, Joseph
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1830 to 1833.
Drapier, William H
journalist, author, was born Sept. 4, 1832, in Boston, Mass. In 1861 he was elected and commissioned colonel of the state militia. For thirty years he was an official stenographer in the constitutional conventions of several states, and various political bodies, and edited several newspapers. He is now the proprietor of the Indiana Journal of Commerce of Indianapolis, Ind. He has been elected and re-elected frequently as an officer of the Indiana Editors' and Publishers' association.
Drayton, Henry S
journalist, author, was born Sept. 16, 1840, in New Jersey. He is connected with the publishing house of Fowler and Wells; and is the editor of the Phrenological Journal and Science and Health. Besides his editorial work that would fill volumes, he is author of several books, among them, Light in Dark Places; and Brain and Mind.
Drayton, John
governor, author, was born in 1766, in South Carolina. He was governor of South Carolina from 1800 to 1802, and from 1808 to 1810; and was district judge of the United States for some years previous to his death. He published A View of South Carolina; Memoirs of the Revolution in South Carolina, in two volumes; and Letters Written During a Tour Through the Northern and Eastern States. He died Nov. 27, 1822, in Charleston, S. C.
Drayton, William
jurist, was born in 1733, in South Carolina. In 1789 he was appointed the first United States judge for the district of South Carolina.
He died May 18, 1790.