City: Gainesboro
DRAPER, Robert Garland, lawyer; born at Gainesboro, Tenn., April 15, 1887; French-Irish descent; son of William W. and Emily (Seuto) DRAPER; father was a lawyer; paternal grandparents James T. and Lucy (Kavanaugh) DRAPER, maternal grandparents T. G. and Mary (Young) SEUTO; educated at Gainesboro High School and Cumberland University Law School Lebanon, Tenn., graduating from the latter with degree L.L. B. June, 1908; began life as a teacher in the public schools, and later took up the practice of law; member of the firm of Draper & Draper, Gainesboro, Tenn.; member of the M. E. church, South, F. & A. M.; Democrat; member of the Tenn. State Legislature from Jackson Co., Tenn., 1909.
