Aged 72 years.
Husband of Julia Ann Fletcher, who died in 1837 and is buried in the Old Presbyterian Churchyard, Bedford, Pa.
The Hollidaysburg Register, Wednesday, 13 July 1870:
"PIPER - DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN
Died at his residence in Gaysport, on Sunday the 10th inst., about 10 o'clock, P.M., Col. John Piper, in the 71st year of his age. He was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, in 1800, went to Bedford county about 1818, married Miss Julia Fletcher, daughter of Jacob Fletcher, Esq., of that place, in 1819 and was engaged for some years in the mercantile business, in Bedford and Somerset counties, and in the transportation of the U.S. Mail. In 1839 he was appointed Weighmaster on the Allegheny Portage Railroad, under the administration of Gov. David R. Porter, and moved to Gaysport. He was afterwards towards the close of his administration, appointed Superintendent of A.P.R.R. His wife died in 1838, leaving him four children, two sons and two daughters. He never remarried the second time. He continued to reside in Gaysport to the time of his death. He was an active, industrious and energetic man up to within 4 or 5 months of his death, when he became confined to his room. The cause of his death was scirrhus or cancer of the stomach. He was a man of an ardent, sincere nature, warm in his friendships and bitter in his prejudices. Few men were more ardent and constant in their friendships. He was an excellent husband and father and neighbor. He had many warm friends who were much concerned for him during his illness, and who most sincerely lament in his death. His manners were kind and cordial, but dignified, his vivacity and cheerfulness remarkable: he never became old in spirits, and had always a kind word, or pleasant joke, for his friends. He was equally well acquainted and kind and social with the old and the young, and his society equally courted by both. His death will cause a void in the social circle which it will be hard to fill, and will be sincerely and universally lamented. Some time before his death he attached himself to the M.E. Church, and died in the faith and hope of the christian."
Husband of Julia Ann Fletcher, who died in 1837 and is buried in the Old Presbyterian Churchyard, Bedford, Pa.
The Hollidaysburg Register, Wednesday, 13 July 1870:
"PIPER - DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN
Died at his residence in Gaysport, on Sunday the 10th inst., about 10 o'clock, P.M., Col. John Piper, in the 71st year of his age. He was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, in 1800, went to Bedford county about 1818, married Miss Julia Fletcher, daughter of Jacob Fletcher, Esq., of that place, in 1819 and was engaged for some years in the mercantile business, in Bedford and Somerset counties, and in the transportation of the U.S. Mail. In 1839 he was appointed Weighmaster on the Allegheny Portage Railroad, under the administration of Gov. David R. Porter, and moved to Gaysport. He was afterwards towards the close of his administration, appointed Superintendent of A.P.R.R. His wife died in 1838, leaving him four children, two sons and two daughters. He never remarried the second time. He continued to reside in Gaysport to the time of his death. He was an active, industrious and energetic man up to within 4 or 5 months of his death, when he became confined to his room. The cause of his death was scirrhus or cancer of the stomach. He was a man of an ardent, sincere nature, warm in his friendships and bitter in his prejudices. Few men were more ardent and constant in their friendships. He was an excellent husband and father and neighbor. He had many warm friends who were much concerned for him during his illness, and who most sincerely lament in his death. His manners were kind and cordial, but dignified, his vivacity and cheerfulness remarkable: he never became old in spirits, and had always a kind word, or pleasant joke, for his friends. He was equally well acquainted and kind and social with the old and the young, and his society equally courted by both. His death will cause a void in the social circle which it will be hard to fill, and will be sincerely and universally lamented. Some time before his death he attached himself to the M.E. Church, and died in the faith and hope of the christian."
Aged 72 years.
Husband of Julia Ann Fletcher, who died in 1837 and is buried in the Old Presbyterian Churchyard, Bedford, Pa.
The Hollidaysburg Register, Wednesday, 13 July 1870:
"PIPER - DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN
Died at his residence in Gaysport, on Sunday the 10th inst., about 10 o'clock, P.M., Col. John Piper, in the 71st year of his age. He was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, in 1800, went to Bedford county about 1818, married Miss Julia Fletcher, daughter of Jacob Fletcher, Esq., of that place, in 1819 and was engaged for some years in the mercantile business, in Bedford and Somerset counties, and in the transportation of the U.S. Mail. In 1839 he was appointed Weighmaster on the Allegheny Portage Railroad, under the administration of Gov. David R. Porter, and moved to Gaysport. He was afterwards towards the close of his administration, appointed Superintendent of A.P.R.R. His wife died in 1838, leaving him four children, two sons and two daughters. He never remarried the second time. He continued to reside in Gaysport to the time of his death. He was an active, industrious and energetic man up to within 4 or 5 months of his death, when he became confined to his room. The cause of his death was scirrhus or cancer of the stomach. He was a man of an ardent, sincere nature, warm in his friendships and bitter in his prejudices. Few men were more ardent and constant in their friendships. He was an excellent husband and father and neighbor. He had many warm friends who were much concerned for him during his illness, and who most sincerely lament in his death. His manners were kind and cordial, but dignified, his vivacity and cheerfulness remarkable: he never became old in spirits, and had always a kind word, or pleasant joke, for his friends. He was equally well acquainted and kind and social with the old and the young, and his society equally courted by both. His death will cause a void in the social circle which it will be hard to fill, and will be sincerely and universally lamented. Some time before his death he attached himself to the M.E. Church, and died in the faith and hope of the christian."
Husband of Julia Ann Fletcher, who died in 1837 and is buried in the Old Presbyterian Churchyard, Bedford, Pa.
The Hollidaysburg Register, Wednesday, 13 July 1870:
"PIPER - DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN
Died at his residence in Gaysport, on Sunday the 10th inst., about 10 o'clock, P.M., Col. John Piper, in the 71st year of his age. He was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, in 1800, went to Bedford county about 1818, married Miss Julia Fletcher, daughter of Jacob Fletcher, Esq., of that place, in 1819 and was engaged for some years in the mercantile business, in Bedford and Somerset counties, and in the transportation of the U.S. Mail. In 1839 he was appointed Weighmaster on the Allegheny Portage Railroad, under the administration of Gov. David R. Porter, and moved to Gaysport. He was afterwards towards the close of his administration, appointed Superintendent of A.P.R.R. His wife died in 1838, leaving him four children, two sons and two daughters. He never remarried the second time. He continued to reside in Gaysport to the time of his death. He was an active, industrious and energetic man up to within 4 or 5 months of his death, when he became confined to his room. The cause of his death was scirrhus or cancer of the stomach. He was a man of an ardent, sincere nature, warm in his friendships and bitter in his prejudices. Few men were more ardent and constant in their friendships. He was an excellent husband and father and neighbor. He had many warm friends who were much concerned for him during his illness, and who most sincerely lament in his death. His manners were kind and cordial, but dignified, his vivacity and cheerfulness remarkable: he never became old in spirits, and had always a kind word, or pleasant joke, for his friends. He was equally well acquainted and kind and social with the old and the young, and his society equally courted by both. His death will cause a void in the social circle which it will be hard to fill, and will be sincerely and universally lamented. Some time before his death he attached himself to the M.E. Church, and died in the faith and hope of the christian."
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
