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Biographies
Source:
History of Miami County, Indiana
Publ.
Chicago - Brant & Fuller
1887
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WILLIAM O. PIPER, one of the
prominent business men of Denver, was born in Seneca County,
Ohio, October 26, 1837. He was the fifth son born to John and
Elmira (Bassett) Piper, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and
the latter a native of Vermont, of Scotch and Irish descent
respectively. When William was seven years old, he accompanied
his parents to this county, and located with them in the woods
of Union Township. That was in 1844. There our subject spent his
boyhood and youth, working upon his father's farm. At the age of
twenty he left home and went to Ogle County, Illinois, where he
worked upon a farm by the month, one year. He then returned to
this county, and during the three years which followed, he
taught school in the winter time and worked upon the farm, and
at threshing during the summer. October 8, 1861, he enlisted
into the service of his country in Company G, 51st Indiana
regiment, from which he was honorably discharged December 16,
1864, having, in the meantime, been promoted to the rank of
sergeant. He participated in the battles of Stone River, those
attending the raid of Col. Streight, and Franklin. He was taken
prisoner near Rome, Ga., and for a short time was imprisoned at
Belle Isle, Virginia, but was soon liberated by exchange. At the
close of the war he went to Newton County, this State, and
engaged in farming. Four years later he returned to this county,
but a year later he went to Topeka, Kansas, where, in the spring
of 1870, he engaged in the real estate business. In the
following October he again returned to this county and located
at Denver, where he has ever since been engaged in the
mercantile business. January 1, 1861, he was married to Ann E.
Charles, a native ob Wayne County, this State, and daughter of
Reuben K. and Margaret (Cunningham) Charles, natives of Preble
County, Ohio, and Virginia, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Piper
have had seven children, six sons and one daughter, all of whom
are living. Their names are Charles E., William J., Walter E.,
Harry M., George W., Omer S. and Clara E. Mr. Piper is a member
of the F. and A. M., I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., and G. A. R.
Lodges, and a Republican in politics. He is a pleasant and
intelligent gentleman, a successful business man and a number
one citizen. During the last four years his attention has been
divided between the mercantile business and farming. He owns 150
acres of good land adjoining the town of Denver, nearly all of
which is in a high state of cultivation. Politically, Mr. Piper
was a Democrat, and entered the war as such, but on returning he
declared himself in favor of the Republican party, whose
principles he has ever since ardently supported. Transcribed
from: History of Miami County, Indiana.
Source 3: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -
Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 704
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