August Pieper arrived at the Port of New York August 11, 1853 on the ship George Canning along with his wife Carolena and daughter Louisa age 14.
¤ August Piper, dealer in general merchandise in Fulton, Iowa, is a native of Hamburg, Germany, born Aug.12, 1813, and is a son of John Peter and Catherine Dorothea (Sass) Piper. His father was a native of Germany, and died in that country in 1833, at the age of fifty-three years, while his mother, who was also born in that country, departed this life in 1835, at the age of fifty-six years. One son died the previous year. They had but one child that grew to manhood, August, of this sketch. In 1853 he left his native country, embarking on a sailing-vessel from Hamburg, and after a long and tedious voyage of sixty-seven days landed at New York. He went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he remained two months, when he went to Nauvoo Ill., working in that town for two years at the carpenter's trade, which he had previously learned in the old country. From Nauvoo he continued his journey until reaching Davenport, Iowa, where he made his home for seventeen years, working for a time at his trade, but later clerking in different stores where a salesman who could speak the German language was needed. Having in that way gained the experience in mercantile business, he came to Fulton, Jan.1, 1872, and opened a store of general merchandise, in which he was quite successful, building up an extensive and lucrative trade. His stock consists of groceries, dry-goods, boots and shoes, crockery, china, glassware, hardware, oils and hats. In 1836 Mr. Piper was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Helmess, and by their union five children were born, three of whom are deceased. Those living are: Louisa, wife of Charles Beiderbecke, a baker residing in Davenport, and Adolph, who is at present in Davenport, Iowa. In 1856 Mr. Piper was called to mourn the loss of his wife, who in that year was called to her final home. He was a gain married in 1878, becoming the husband of Mrs. Aibe Volmer, a daughter of Peter and Ebe (Leiderman) Volenburg, who were the parents of eight children, five whom are yet living; John, Gaser, Margaret, Anna and Mrs. Piper. Like so many of his countrymen, our subject respond to the country's call for troops to put down the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1862, serving until the close of hostilities. He was assigned to Company K, of the 35th Iowa Infantry, and during most of his term did garrison duty. In his political sentiment he is a supporter of the Republican party, and religiously, is a member of the Lutheran Church. He was appointed Postmaster by President Hayes in 1879.
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The death of August Pieper at Stockton Monday evening removed a Scott, county resident of ripe years and rich experience- a valuable man in any community at which his lot was cast. As may not have been generally known, Mr. Pieper came to America as one of the original members of the Icarian community that settled, in 1853 near Nauvoo, Ill. He was born in Hamburg in 1813, and was married in the Fatherland. In 1855, when dissent ions broke out among the Icarians he left the colony, and a short visit at St. Charles, Mo., came to Davenport with his wife. Here he clerked in the Washburne hardware store for a time and later was connected in a clerical capacity with the Beiderbecke-Miller wholesale house. He was one of the founders of the Davenport Maennerchor and a active member of the Turner society. At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Pieper enlisted as a member of the "graybeards" regiment that, while it was never sent to the front on account of the advanced age of most of its members, did valuable service within the continues of the state. Since then he moved to Stockton, where he bought a store that he run successfully, and where he founded a library that was generally used throughout that neighborhood, and also held the office of postmaster. His first wife, died in 1858, and in 1887 Mr. Pieper was again married to Mrs. Eibe Wohlenburg. The wife survives, and a daughter Mrs. Charles Beiderbecke of Davenport and Adolph Pieper. The remains will be brought to Davenport for incineration, in accordance with the desire of the deceased, and the funeral cortege will leave the B. C. R. & N. depot at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for the crematorium.
Note: Eibe Wohlenburg is her maiden name, Eibe had been married before to a Mr. Vollmer. (Courtesy of Gerri Bowers)
¤ August Piper, dealer in general merchandise in Fulton, Iowa, is a native of Hamburg, Germany, born Aug.12, 1813, and is a son of John Peter and Catherine Dorothea (Sass) Piper. His father was a native of Germany, and died in that country in 1833, at the age of fifty-three years, while his mother, who was also born in that country, departed this life in 1835, at the age of fifty-six years. One son died the previous year. They had but one child that grew to manhood, August, of this sketch. In 1853 he left his native country, embarking on a sailing-vessel from Hamburg, and after a long and tedious voyage of sixty-seven days landed at New York. He went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he remained two months, when he went to Nauvoo Ill., working in that town for two years at the carpenter's trade, which he had previously learned in the old country. From Nauvoo he continued his journey until reaching Davenport, Iowa, where he made his home for seventeen years, working for a time at his trade, but later clerking in different stores where a salesman who could speak the German language was needed. Having in that way gained the experience in mercantile business, he came to Fulton, Jan.1, 1872, and opened a store of general merchandise, in which he was quite successful, building up an extensive and lucrative trade. His stock consists of groceries, dry-goods, boots and shoes, crockery, china, glassware, hardware, oils and hats. In 1836 Mr. Piper was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Helmess, and by their union five children were born, three of whom are deceased. Those living are: Louisa, wife of Charles Beiderbecke, a baker residing in Davenport, and Adolph, who is at present in Davenport, Iowa. In 1856 Mr. Piper was called to mourn the loss of his wife, who in that year was called to her final home. He was a gain married in 1878, becoming the husband of Mrs. Aibe Volmer, a daughter of Peter and Ebe (Leiderman) Volenburg, who were the parents of eight children, five whom are yet living; John, Gaser, Margaret, Anna and Mrs. Piper. Like so many of his countrymen, our subject respond to the country's call for troops to put down the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1862, serving until the close of hostilities. He was assigned to Company K, of the 35th Iowa Infantry, and during most of his term did garrison duty. In his political sentiment he is a supporter of the Republican party, and religiously, is a member of the Lutheran Church. He was appointed Postmaster by President Hayes in 1879.
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The death of August Pieper at Stockton Monday evening removed a Scott, county resident of ripe years and rich experience- a valuable man in any community at which his lot was cast. As may not have been generally known, Mr. Pieper came to America as one of the original members of the Icarian community that settled, in 1853 near Nauvoo, Ill. He was born in Hamburg in 1813, and was married in the Fatherland. In 1855, when dissent ions broke out among the Icarians he left the colony, and a short visit at St. Charles, Mo., came to Davenport with his wife. Here he clerked in the Washburne hardware store for a time and later was connected in a clerical capacity with the Beiderbecke-Miller wholesale house. He was one of the founders of the Davenport Maennerchor and a active member of the Turner society. At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Pieper enlisted as a member of the "graybeards" regiment that, while it was never sent to the front on account of the advanced age of most of its members, did valuable service within the continues of the state. Since then he moved to Stockton, where he bought a store that he run successfully, and where he founded a library that was generally used throughout that neighborhood, and also held the office of postmaster. His first wife, died in 1858, and in 1887 Mr. Pieper was again married to Mrs. Eibe Wohlenburg. The wife survives, and a daughter Mrs. Charles Beiderbecke of Davenport and Adolph Pieper. The remains will be brought to Davenport for incineration, in accordance with the desire of the deceased, and the funeral cortege will leave the B. C. R. & N. depot at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for the crematorium.
Note: Eibe Wohlenburg is her maiden name, Eibe had been married before to a Mr. Vollmer. (Courtesy of Gerri Bowers)
August Pieper arrived at the Port of New York August 11, 1853 on the ship George Canning along with his wife Carolena and daughter Louisa age 14.
¤ August Piper, dealer in general merchandise in Fulton, Iowa, is a native of Hamburg, Germany, born Aug.12, 1813, and is a son of John Peter and Catherine Dorothea (Sass) Piper. His father was a native of Germany, and died in that country in 1833, at the age of fifty-three years, while his mother, who was also born in that country, departed this life in 1835, at the age of fifty-six years. One son died the previous year. They had but one child that grew to manhood, August, of this sketch. In 1853 he left his native country, embarking on a sailing-vessel from Hamburg, and after a long and tedious voyage of sixty-seven days landed at New York. He went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he remained two months, when he went to Nauvoo Ill., working in that town for two years at the carpenter's trade, which he had previously learned in the old country. From Nauvoo he continued his journey until reaching Davenport, Iowa, where he made his home for seventeen years, working for a time at his trade, but later clerking in different stores where a salesman who could speak the German language was needed. Having in that way gained the experience in mercantile business, he came to Fulton, Jan.1, 1872, and opened a store of general merchandise, in which he was quite successful, building up an extensive and lucrative trade. His stock consists of groceries, dry-goods, boots and shoes, crockery, china, glassware, hardware, oils and hats. In 1836 Mr. Piper was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Helmess, and by their union five children were born, three of whom are deceased. Those living are: Louisa, wife of Charles Beiderbecke, a baker residing in Davenport, and Adolph, who is at present in Davenport, Iowa. In 1856 Mr. Piper was called to mourn the loss of his wife, who in that year was called to her final home. He was a gain married in 1878, becoming the husband of Mrs. Aibe Volmer, a daughter of Peter and Ebe (Leiderman) Volenburg, who were the parents of eight children, five whom are yet living; John, Gaser, Margaret, Anna and Mrs. Piper. Like so many of his countrymen, our subject respond to the country's call for troops to put down the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1862, serving until the close of hostilities. He was assigned to Company K, of the 35th Iowa Infantry, and during most of his term did garrison duty. In his political sentiment he is a supporter of the Republican party, and religiously, is a member of the Lutheran Church. He was appointed Postmaster by President Hayes in 1879.
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The death of August Pieper at Stockton Monday evening removed a Scott, county resident of ripe years and rich experience- a valuable man in any community at which his lot was cast. As may not have been generally known, Mr. Pieper came to America as one of the original members of the Icarian community that settled, in 1853 near Nauvoo, Ill. He was born in Hamburg in 1813, and was married in the Fatherland. In 1855, when dissent ions broke out among the Icarians he left the colony, and a short visit at St. Charles, Mo., came to Davenport with his wife. Here he clerked in the Washburne hardware store for a time and later was connected in a clerical capacity with the Beiderbecke-Miller wholesale house. He was one of the founders of the Davenport Maennerchor and a active member of the Turner society. At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Pieper enlisted as a member of the "graybeards" regiment that, while it was never sent to the front on account of the advanced age of most of its members, did valuable service within the continues of the state. Since then he moved to Stockton, where he bought a store that he run successfully, and where he founded a library that was generally used throughout that neighborhood, and also held the office of postmaster. His first wife, died in 1858, and in 1887 Mr. Pieper was again married to Mrs. Eibe Wohlenburg. The wife survives, and a daughter Mrs. Charles Beiderbecke of Davenport and Adolph Pieper. The remains will be brought to Davenport for incineration, in accordance with the desire of the deceased, and the funeral cortege will leave the B. C. R. & N. depot at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for the crematorium.
Note: Eibe Wohlenburg is her maiden name, Eibe had been married before to a Mr. Vollmer. (Courtesy of Gerri Bowers)
¤ August Piper, dealer in general merchandise in Fulton, Iowa, is a native of Hamburg, Germany, born Aug.12, 1813, and is a son of John Peter and Catherine Dorothea (Sass) Piper. His father was a native of Germany, and died in that country in 1833, at the age of fifty-three years, while his mother, who was also born in that country, departed this life in 1835, at the age of fifty-six years. One son died the previous year. They had but one child that grew to manhood, August, of this sketch. In 1853 he left his native country, embarking on a sailing-vessel from Hamburg, and after a long and tedious voyage of sixty-seven days landed at New York. He went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he remained two months, when he went to Nauvoo Ill., working in that town for two years at the carpenter's trade, which he had previously learned in the old country. From Nauvoo he continued his journey until reaching Davenport, Iowa, where he made his home for seventeen years, working for a time at his trade, but later clerking in different stores where a salesman who could speak the German language was needed. Having in that way gained the experience in mercantile business, he came to Fulton, Jan.1, 1872, and opened a store of general merchandise, in which he was quite successful, building up an extensive and lucrative trade. His stock consists of groceries, dry-goods, boots and shoes, crockery, china, glassware, hardware, oils and hats. In 1836 Mr. Piper was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Helmess, and by their union five children were born, three of whom are deceased. Those living are: Louisa, wife of Charles Beiderbecke, a baker residing in Davenport, and Adolph, who is at present in Davenport, Iowa. In 1856 Mr. Piper was called to mourn the loss of his wife, who in that year was called to her final home. He was a gain married in 1878, becoming the husband of Mrs. Aibe Volmer, a daughter of Peter and Ebe (Leiderman) Volenburg, who were the parents of eight children, five whom are yet living; John, Gaser, Margaret, Anna and Mrs. Piper. Like so many of his countrymen, our subject respond to the country's call for troops to put down the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1862, serving until the close of hostilities. He was assigned to Company K, of the 35th Iowa Infantry, and during most of his term did garrison duty. In his political sentiment he is a supporter of the Republican party, and religiously, is a member of the Lutheran Church. He was appointed Postmaster by President Hayes in 1879.
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The death of August Pieper at Stockton Monday evening removed a Scott, county resident of ripe years and rich experience- a valuable man in any community at which his lot was cast. As may not have been generally known, Mr. Pieper came to America as one of the original members of the Icarian community that settled, in 1853 near Nauvoo, Ill. He was born in Hamburg in 1813, and was married in the Fatherland. In 1855, when dissent ions broke out among the Icarians he left the colony, and a short visit at St. Charles, Mo., came to Davenport with his wife. Here he clerked in the Washburne hardware store for a time and later was connected in a clerical capacity with the Beiderbecke-Miller wholesale house. He was one of the founders of the Davenport Maennerchor and a active member of the Turner society. At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Pieper enlisted as a member of the "graybeards" regiment that, while it was never sent to the front on account of the advanced age of most of its members, did valuable service within the continues of the state. Since then he moved to Stockton, where he bought a store that he run successfully, and where he founded a library that was generally used throughout that neighborhood, and also held the office of postmaster. His first wife, died in 1858, and in 1887 Mr. Pieper was again married to Mrs. Eibe Wohlenburg. The wife survives, and a daughter Mrs. Charles Beiderbecke of Davenport and Adolph Pieper. The remains will be brought to Davenport for incineration, in accordance with the desire of the deceased, and the funeral cortege will leave the B. C. R. & N. depot at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for the crematorium.
Note: Eibe Wohlenburg is her maiden name, Eibe had been married before to a Mr. Vollmer. (Courtesy of Gerri Bowers)
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