William B. Draper

{{One source|date=June 2009}} '''William Bemis Draper''' (1804 ''-'' April 17, 1885) was an importer and president of the Flushing National Bank (today, National Bank of New York City) in Flushing, New York.

==Biography== He was one of seventeen children of Simeon Draper. His brother, Simeon, was Collector of the Port of New York (1864 ''-'' 1865). The last of the seventeen siblings to survive, Draper was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite book|last=Temple|first=Josiah Howard Temple and Adams, Charles|title=History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts: Preceded by an Account of Old Quabaug, Indian and English Occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield Records, 1686-1783|date=1887|publisher=Brookfield, Massachusetts|page=578|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rHmAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA578 }}</ref>

For many years he was a member of the firm Draper, Cumble & Company. As a young man he established a branch of the silk importing firm in Paris, France. He retired from business in 1865. Draper was a fervent Republican Party (United States) member.

He died in 1885 at the age of 81. He was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert S. Browne, of Flushing. His funeral took place at St. George's Church in Flushing, and he was buried in Brookfield.<ref>''Obituary'', New York Times, April 18, 1885, pg. 2.</ref>

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