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Corp Henry Jairus Piper

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Corp Henry Jairus Piper

Birth
Baltimore, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death
24 Dec 1928 (aged 85)
Randolph, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Randolph, Fremont County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
South Sec Row 5 Lot 236
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Henry was the son of Carter Rodney Piper and Roxanna Samantha Robinson.

Henry was a farmer when he enlisted as a Private on 8 Aug 1862 at Mercer County, Illinois at the age of 19. Mustered in Co D 83rd Illinois Infantry on 21 Aug 1862 at Monmouth, Illinois. Henry received a disability discharge on 3 Mar 1863 at Mound City, Illinois. He re-enlisted as a Private on 31 Mar 1864 at age 20 at Aledo, Illinois. Mustered in 83rd Illinois Infantry on 25 Apr 1864 at Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois. Transferred to Co D 61 Illinois Infantry on 26 Jun 1865. Mustered out as Full Corporal on 8 Sept 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.

Henry attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at the University of Iowa Medical Department in Keokuk, Iowa, and graduated in 1882. He became a doctor of allopathy and was licensed to practice in Iowa and Illinois.

He married Annabelle Lowery in 1886. They had four children: Ernest L, Mamie S (Burton), Margaret "Madge", and Lawrence Ansley. Henry had at least one son from a previous marriage, Henry Piper Jr born 1871.

Henry died at Randolph in 1928 from heart disease, at the age of 85 years.
Henry was the son of Carter Rodney Piper and Roxanna Samantha Robinson.

Henry was a farmer when he enlisted as a Private on 8 Aug 1862 at Mercer County, Illinois at the age of 19. Mustered in Co D 83rd Illinois Infantry on 21 Aug 1862 at Monmouth, Illinois. Henry received a disability discharge on 3 Mar 1863 at Mound City, Illinois. He re-enlisted as a Private on 31 Mar 1864 at age 20 at Aledo, Illinois. Mustered in 83rd Illinois Infantry on 25 Apr 1864 at Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois. Transferred to Co D 61 Illinois Infantry on 26 Jun 1865. Mustered out as Full Corporal on 8 Sept 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.

Henry attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at the University of Iowa Medical Department in Keokuk, Iowa, and graduated in 1882. He became a doctor of allopathy and was licensed to practice in Iowa and Illinois.

He married Annabelle Lowery in 1886. They had four children: Ernest L, Mamie S (Burton), Margaret "Madge", and Lawrence Ansley. Henry had at least one son from a previous marriage, Henry Piper Jr born 1871.

Henry died at Randolph in 1928 from heart disease, at the age of 85 years.


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