Twentieth century history of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and representative citizens"
PERRY W. DRAUCKER, whose valua-
ble farm of 100 acres is situated in Brady
township, about two and one-half miles east
of Luthersburg, owns also a one-half interest
in 250 acres of timber land, lying in Union
township. He was born on his Brady town-
ship farm, April 5, 1849, and is a son of Isaac
and Mary (Bloom) Draucker, the youngest
son and the next youngest child born in a fam-
ily of fifteen children.
Perry W. Draucker spent his boyhood on
the home farm and assisted his father to clear
it. In early manhood he learned the harness
making trade, working for two years under
Levi Flegal, at Luthersburg, and later worked
at this trade in Clarion county. After his mar-
riage he bought the home farm and also the
hotel which had been established by his father
on the stage route and had been operated by
his mother after the death of the father. Mr.
Draucker conducted the hotel, under license,
until 1894 when he moved to DuBois, where
he took charge of the old DuBois House, on
the east side of the borough, and continued
there for three years, moving then to Clear-
field, where he operated what was then known
as the Manton House but has been conducted
as the Hotel Dimeling, for six years. When
he gave up that hostelry he took charge of the
Windsor Hotel, at Clearfield, and remained in
the hotel business three years more and then
returned to the farm. This is valuable land
both as to productiveness in the way of agri-
culture and also on account of a vein of coal
underlying. In 1884 Mr. Draucker sustained
the loss of his building from fire, but he at
once rebuilt and his handsome residence is one
of the finest in the township, containing four-
teen rooms, heated by a modern furnace and
equipped with a cold and hot water system.
On August II, 1870, Mr. Draucker was
married to Miss Margaret Clark, a daughter
of William and Jane (Rafferty) Clark. The
father and mother of Mrs. Draucker were both
born in Ireland and he was twenty and she
fifteen years of age when they came to Amer-
ica. They lived at Grampian, Pa., for many
years, where the father died in 1857 aged
forty-nine years and the mother in 1893, aged
seventy-seven years. Margaret Clark was the
second born in her parents' family, the others
being: James B., John, Edward, William,
Joseph, Sarah Jane, Mary A. and Thomas
Augustus. John and Edward are deceased.
Sarah Jane is the wife of George Erick and
Mary A. is the wife of Harry Yost.
Mr. and Mrs. Draucker have had four chil-
dren : Maude, Mary, Blanche and Frank. Maude
married Austin Kirk, who is deceased and is
survived by five children: Vivian, Draucker
and Blanche, twins, Joseph and Margaret B.
Mrs. Kirk lives at DuBois. Mary, who is now
deceased, married Joseph Smiley, also de-
ceased, and they are survived by two children,
Helen Dorothy and Lois, both of whom live
with their grandparents. Blanche lives at
home, and Frank is in a railroad office at Du-
Bois. In politics Mr. Draucker is a Demo-
crat. He is a member of a number of the
leading fraternal organizations, including: the
Odd Fellows, at DuBois; the Elks at DuBois;
the Knights of Pythias at New Salem, and the
Red Men at Clearfield. He is one of the well
known representative and substantial men of
Brady township.
PW was living with his grandchild Lois Smiley Rafferty in 1936, where he suffered a stroke. His grandson in law Fred Rafferty found him prone in the barn. He picked him up and carried him to the residence. PW died in the home he was born only a few days later.
Twentieth century history of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and representative citizens"
PERRY W. DRAUCKER, whose valua-
ble farm of 100 acres is situated in Brady
township, about two and one-half miles east
of Luthersburg, owns also a one-half interest
in 250 acres of timber land, lying in Union
township. He was born on his Brady town-
ship farm, April 5, 1849, and is a son of Isaac
and Mary (Bloom) Draucker, the youngest
son and the next youngest child born in a fam-
ily of fifteen children.
Perry W. Draucker spent his boyhood on
the home farm and assisted his father to clear
it. In early manhood he learned the harness
making trade, working for two years under
Levi Flegal, at Luthersburg, and later worked
at this trade in Clarion county. After his mar-
riage he bought the home farm and also the
hotel which had been established by his father
on the stage route and had been operated by
his mother after the death of the father. Mr.
Draucker conducted the hotel, under license,
until 1894 when he moved to DuBois, where
he took charge of the old DuBois House, on
the east side of the borough, and continued
there for three years, moving then to Clear-
field, where he operated what was then known
as the Manton House but has been conducted
as the Hotel Dimeling, for six years. When
he gave up that hostelry he took charge of the
Windsor Hotel, at Clearfield, and remained in
the hotel business three years more and then
returned to the farm. This is valuable land
both as to productiveness in the way of agri-
culture and also on account of a vein of coal
underlying. In 1884 Mr. Draucker sustained
the loss of his building from fire, but he at
once rebuilt and his handsome residence is one
of the finest in the township, containing four-
teen rooms, heated by a modern furnace and
equipped with a cold and hot water system.
On August II, 1870, Mr. Draucker was
married to Miss Margaret Clark, a daughter
of William and Jane (Rafferty) Clark. The
father and mother of Mrs. Draucker were both
born in Ireland and he was twenty and she
fifteen years of age when they came to Amer-
ica. They lived at Grampian, Pa., for many
years, where the father died in 1857 aged
forty-nine years and the mother in 1893, aged
seventy-seven years. Margaret Clark was the
second born in her parents' family, the others
being: James B., John, Edward, William,
Joseph, Sarah Jane, Mary A. and Thomas
Augustus. John and Edward are deceased.
Sarah Jane is the wife of George Erick and
Mary A. is the wife of Harry Yost.
Mr. and Mrs. Draucker have had four chil-
dren : Maude, Mary, Blanche and Frank. Maude
married Austin Kirk, who is deceased and is
survived by five children: Vivian, Draucker
and Blanche, twins, Joseph and Margaret B.
Mrs. Kirk lives at DuBois. Mary, who is now
deceased, married Joseph Smiley, also de-
ceased, and they are survived by two children,
Helen Dorothy and Lois, both of whom live
with their grandparents. Blanche lives at
home, and Frank is in a railroad office at Du-
Bois. In politics Mr. Draucker is a Demo-
crat. He is a member of a number of the
leading fraternal organizations, including: the
Odd Fellows, at DuBois; the Elks at DuBois;
the Knights of Pythias at New Salem, and the
Red Men at Clearfield. He is one of the well
known representative and substantial men of
Brady township.
PW was living with his grandchild Lois Smiley Rafferty in 1936, where he suffered a stroke. His grandson in law Fred Rafferty found him prone in the barn. He picked him up and carried him to the residence. PW died in the home he was born only a few days later.
Family Members
-
Levi Draucker
1831–1889
-
Catherine Draucker Smith
1832–1904
-
Leah Draucker Goodlander
1834–1904
-
Ellen Draucker Flegal
1837–1919
-
Hannah Draucker Holley
1839–1922
-
James Harvey Draucker
1844–1930
-
Eliza Draucker Rogers
1846–1931
-
Arthur McKissick Draucker
1847–1931
-
Adam Draucker
unknown–1851
-
Lucy Draucker
unknown–1865
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