Six Draper men from Hopedale married women from Kentucky. Here is a Milford Daily News article, reprinted from a Lexington, Kentucky newspaper, about one of the marriages and it mentions four of the others.
G.O. Draper, 2d, Weds Miss Maud M'Clintock
Lexington, Ky. March 24 - George Otis Draper, 2d, son of George Otis Draper of Milford, Mass. has followed the example of various other men of his family in marrying a Lexington society girl.
The elopement and marriage of young Draper to Miss Maude Taylor McClintock of this city was announced yesterday. They had been sweethearts for some time following a friendship which began when Draper was in the Army.
He came here Monday from Los Angeles where his mother, Mrs. Lily Duncan Draper, now lives. Last night he and Miss McClintock had dinner at a hotel, and later went to Versailles, Ky., where they were married. They returned here at midnight and informed Mr. and Mrs. John McClintock, parents of the bride.
The new Mrs. Draper is a college graduate and took special courses in New York in kindergarten work.
Draper is the nephew of Gen. George R. Duncan and is related to many leading families of Kentucky, as is his bride.
The following Drapers of Massachusetts have married Lexington women:
Gen. W.F. Draper married Miss Susie, daughter of Gen. W.H. Preston, ex-ambassador to Spain. Both are now dead.
Her sister, Miss Jessie Preston, became the wife of Geo. A. Draper, and she is dead.
Arthur Joy Draper married Miss Lily Duncan Voorhies and Clare H. Draper married Miss Grace Engman.
The bridegroom of today was discharged last week from the Regular Army in which he had served in occupation service overseas. The bride is 19 years old. Milford Daily News, March 24, 1922.
A seventh Kentucky woman to marry a Hopedale Draper was Nancy (Nannie) Bristow. She married Eben S. Draper. The Bristows were on the Union side during the Civil War, while the Prestons were Confederates. Susan and Jessie Preston's mother took the children to Canada and remained there during the war.
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