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 DRAPER

DRAYTON

from his wound lie joined his regiment dui'ing the siege of Petersburg, and held command of a brigade at the engagement on the Weldon rail- road, Aug. 18-21, 1864 and a month later, at Poplar Spring church. He was wounded in the shoulder at Pegrani Farm, Sept. 30, 1864. On Oct. 12, 1864, he was honorably discharged with the brevets of colonel and brigadier-general for "gallant service during the war." General Draper then engaged in the manufacture of cot- ton machiner}', as a member of his father's firm of George Draper & Sons. After his father's death in 1887 he became the head of the firm. He served on the staff of Governor Long, 1880-83; was a delegate to the convention that nominated President Hayes, in 1876; and an elector-at-large on the ticket that elected President Harrison in 1888. He was a i-epresentative in the 53d and 54th congresses, 1893-97. In 1897 he was ap- pointed ambassador to Italy by President McKin- ley. He was president of the Home Market club in 1891 and 1892. He was married first in 1862, to Lydia W. Joy, who died in 1884; and secondly May 22, 1890, to Susan Christy, daughter of Maj.- Gen. Williani Preston of Kentucky, U.S. minister to Spain under President Buchanan.

DRAPER, William Henry, physician, was born in Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 14, 1830; son of George and Lucy R. (Barnard) Draper. He was graduated from Columbia college in 1851 and re- ceived the degree of M.D. from the College of physicians and surgeons, N.Y. city, in 1855. He was a member of the i-esident staff of Bellevue hospital in 1855 and 1856. After pursuing his studies in Europe in 1850 and 1857 he returned to practise his profession in New Yoi'k city. He became a member of the attending staff of St. Luke's, New York and Roosevelt hospitals; a member of the consulting staff s of St. Lvike's, New York, Roosevelt, Presbyterian and Trinity hospi- tals; professor and emeritus professor of clinical medicine in the medical department of Columbia college from 1880; a member of the Association of American physicians; trustee of Columbia college from 1889 and president of the Alumni association, College of pliysicians and surgeons, New York city. Hp (b'ed in New Y(n-k City. April 26, 1902.

DRAYTON, Henry Sinclair, physician, was born in Jersey City, N.J., Sept. 16, 1839; son of William R. and Mary Maranda (Shipman) Dray- ton. On the father's side he descended from old English stock that obtained distinction in the Cromwell period, while on the mother's side he came from early settlers of New England. He was graduated from the University of the city of New York in 1859 and from the law department in 1861. He practised law in New York city, 1861-64; and in 1876 became editor of the Ameri- can Phrenological Journal and of Science of Health.

In 1876 lie entered the Eclectic medical college and was graduated in 1877. Subsequently lie took several courses in regular and special medi- cine and became lecturer on the physiology of the new system in the American phrenological institute, a visiting physician at the Bellevue hos- pital, and conducted clinics at other hospitals. He was made a fellow of the New York "acad- emy of anthropology, a member of the New York county medical society, a delegate for three years to the New York state medical society, an honorary fellow of the Society of science and let- ters, London, England, a member of the Ameri- can medical association and a correspondent of Victoria institute. He was married in 1864 to Almira Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Henry Guern- sey, and of his children, Albert Irving was grad- uated from the University of the city of New York in 1888, attended the Columbia college law school, 1889-90, was admitted to the bar in 1891 and settled as a lawyer in Jersey City, N.J. Dr. Drayton's published works include numerous essays, lectures and papers, and the following books: Brain and Mind (1878; rev. ed., 1888); Light in Dark Places (1879); The Indications of Char- acter in Head and Face, as Accepted by Science (1881); Nervousness,' its Nature, Causes, etc. (1887); 3Iasterpieces'of English Poeti-y, xcith Notes (1889);" Hnman Magnetism, Its, Nature, Physiology and Psy- chology (1891); Vacation Time; Hoio to Spend It (1892); and Studies of Mind and Character (1898).

DRAYTON, John, governor of South Carolina, was born in Drayton Hall on the Ashley river, S.C., in 1766; son of William Henry Drayton, delegate to the Continental congress. He was a student at the College of New Jersey and also studied law at the Inner Courts, London, England. He was admitted to the bar in Charleston, S.C, and was elected lieutenant-governor of the state in 1798. On the death of Governor Rutledge, Jan. 23, 1800, he succeeded to the governorship and in December, 1800, he was elected to the office, serv- ing, 1801-03. He was again elected in 1807, serv- ing, 1808-10. The most notable oflacial act of his ' first administration was the aid he gave in establishing the South Carolina college by secur- ing a charter from the general assembly in 1801. President Madison appointed him U.S. district judge for South Carolina, May 7, 1812, and he served on the bench during the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Royal society of sciences of Gottingen, and received the hono- rary degree of LL.D. He published: Letters Written During a Tour Through the Northern and Eastern States (1794); A View of South Carolina (1802); and his father's memoirs under the title Memoirs of the American Revolution (2 vols., 1821). He died in Charleston, S.C, Nov. 22, 1822.