PIPER, Horace M. 1844-1932

PIPER JOY

Posted By: Marilyn O (email)
Date: 1/4/2007 at 13:12:21

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Mitchell County News
February 18, 1932

Horace M. Piper
Civil War Veteran
Died at Mitchell

Horace M. Piper, one of Mitchell county's few surviving Civil war veterans, passed away at his home at Mitchell, at noon Monday, following a stroke of paralysis, which he suffered about a week ago.

Mr. Piper was born in 1844 in Parsonsfield, Me., and came to Iowa in 1863 when a young man.
[missing], here at Osage when the Civil war was declared, and served his country for fifteen months. He went through the war without receiving any wounds, and returned to Osage soon after being mustered out.

Mr. Piper's wife was Miss Emma Joy, a Mitchell young woman, and soon after their marriage they went to Monticello, Minn., where they lived until 1902. They returned then to Mitchell to make their home.

They were parents of one son, Milo, who, with Mrs. Piper survives, and he and his wife came from Fullerton, Nebr., Sunday evening to be with his father in his last hours.

Funeral services were conducted by the Masonic lodge and burial was made in the Oak Grove cemetery at Mitchell.

Mr and Mrs Piper celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home last December, the 20th, and the occasion was (missing).
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Piper, Horace M Age 19. Residence Mitchell county, nativity Maine. Enlisted Feb. 25, 1864. Mustered Mar. 9, 1864. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Louisville, Kentucky.

1880 Census: Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa: Lorenzo D. Piper (age 50, farmer, born Maine), wife Mary J. Piper (age 51, born Maine), brother Horace M. Piper (age 35, painter, born Maine), father G. C. Wallingford (age 81, born Maine), mother Mary R. Wallingford (age 83 born Maine).

[Source: RootsWeb - 27th Iowa]

(Credit: S. Bell)