Simon Whitney and Nancy Shillaher Draper

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50. Simon Whitney DRAPER was born on Jul 16 1819 in Boxborough Mass.. He died on May 21 1875 in S. Braintree Mass. (Excerpt from "Drapers in America" published 1892)
Mr. Draper was a man who was greatly beloved. He was a piano maker, and invented a harp attachment for pianos. He also, in connection with his brother Reuben, invented a patent mill picking machine, by which they gained considerable property.

Nancy Shillaher HAILEY was born on Nov 18 1825 in Tuftenborough N.H.. She died on Jul 16 1869 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass. Simon Whitney DRAPER and Nancy Shillaher HAILEY had the following children:

168 i. Nancy Emma DRAPER was born on Sep 17 1844 in Boxborough Mass.. She died on Jan 10 1847 in Boxborough Mass..

169 ii. Benjamin Whitney DRAPER was born on Jun 25 1846 in Boxborough Mass.. He died on Mar 13 1862 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.

170 iii. Nancy Emma DRAPER was born on Nov 4 1848 in Boxborough Mass.. She died on Sep 3 1867 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.

171 iv. Simon Eugene DRAPER was born on Nov 1 1849 in Boxborough Mass..

+172 v. John Robert DRAPER.

173 vi. Willie Hailey DRAPER was born on Mar 14 1854 in Dedham, Mass. He died on Dec 31 1854 in Dedham, Mass.

174 vii. Mary Eliza DRAPER was born on Dec 5 1855 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass. She died on Mar 23 1856 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.

175 viii. Mary Eliza DRAPER was born on Sep 23 1857 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass. She died on Sep 5 1867 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.

176 ix. Louise Shillaher DRAPER was born on Sep 11 1862 in Salem Mass. She died on Feb 24 1863 in Salem Mass.

Bridget PITCHER was born in 1820 in Waldoboro Me. She died in Jul 1882 in Northport Me.