▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁Val par ais o , ▁Neb r aska ▁- ▁d . ▁August ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁King ston ▁Township , ▁C ald well ▁County , ▁Missouri ). ▁Dra ves ' ▁pat ernal ▁grand father ▁Leopold ▁Friedrich ▁Johann ▁D rew s / Dra ves ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Cob urg , ▁Germany ▁January ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁and ▁died ▁January ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁in ▁D ows , ▁Iowa . ▁R ais ed ▁by ▁what ▁he ▁called ▁" good ly ▁parents ," ▁ten - year - old ▁Dra ves ▁emb rac ed ▁the ▁Re organ ized ▁Church ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ ▁of ▁L atter ▁Day ▁Sain ts ▁( now ▁called ▁the ▁Community ▁of ▁Christ ) ▁through ▁bapt ism ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁at ▁an ▁R L DS ▁re union ▁being ▁held ▁at ▁North ▁Pl atte , ▁Neb r aska . ▁During ▁his ▁subsequent ▁confirm ation , ▁Dra ves ▁test ified ▁that ▁the ▁R L DS ▁elder ▁proph es ied ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁" a ▁peculiar ▁work ▁to ▁do ▁among ▁[ his ] ▁Bre th ren ", ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁" w ould ▁beh old ▁Ang els ▁and ▁be ▁considered ▁a ▁proph et ▁in ▁God ' s ▁Work ." ▁ ▁Days ▁later , ▁a ▁" pro ph et ess " ▁at ▁this ▁same ▁re union ▁re emph as ized ▁Dra ves ' ▁dest iny ▁to ▁him , ▁predict ing ▁that