San Luis Obispo County Biographies

J. B. DRAPER

Submitted by Carolyn Feroben

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J. B. DRAPER, was born in Sonoma County California, in 1866. In 1870 his 
father’s family moved to Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, and there young Draper 
spent his boyhood. At the age of ten he went to San Luis Obispo and ran a milk 
wagon, attending school when opportunity offered. In 1881 he came with his 
father to the ranch where they now live. This property consists of 320 acres of 
choice land, located between the Huasna and Arroyo Grande valleys. Mr. Draper 
raises considerable stock on this place, but also spends much of his time in 
outside work. He is at present foreman and manager of the Tar Spring ranch, 
4,900 acres in extent, and adjoining Huasan Valley on the west. This property 
was formerly in the Branch tract and has been recently purchased by Mr. R. W. 
Sanford, a wealthy Englishman. Many cattle and fine horses are raised on this 
ranch. 
   Mr. Draper was married in 1887 to Miss See. They have one child.
 
A memorial and biographical history of the counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis 
Obispo and Ventura, California - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1891, page 614