Mary Draper Mary Draper was born on April 4, 1719, she was married to Moses Draper and they worked on a big farm with six children, one daughter and five sons. In 1775, at the age of 55she was widowed three months before the Lexington Alarm. The Lexington Alarm was the first engagements of the American Revolutionary War. At the Continental Army during the American Revolution, Ms. Draper backed goods for them, and made sure they ate. Though Ms. Draper couldn’t leave her family for the army, she gave as much as she could. According to the records left by the Rev. William Clark marched through their town daily and Ms. Draper was forced to bake breads, cheese, and cider. She would spread them out on the tables in front of her house so that soldiers
