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Biographies
Source:
History of Miami County, Indiana
Publ.
Chicago - Brant & Fuller
1887
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JACOB PAULY, is a native of Baden,
Germany, and was born Jan. 18, 1824. He is a son of
Jacob and Mary Pauly, natives of Germany. He came to
this country in 1851, and his parents followed ten years latter,
he having been reared on a farm and received a good German
education. On coming to this country he went to Cincinnati
and worked at the shoemaker’s trade, at which he had served an
apprenticship of three years, and then came to Peru and worked
at the tailor’s business for about nine years, having abandoned
the shoe trade on account of his eyes. In 1869 he opened
his present business in Peru, at which he has been quite
successful and has succeeded in accumulating considerable
property. He was married in May, 1848, to Miss Mary
Weltman, a native of Germany, who are now the parents of
seven children, all of whom are dead. He passed through
all the chairs of a subordinate lodge of Odd Fellows, is a
Republican and cast his first presidential vote for John C.
Fremont.
Source: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -
Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 458 |
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WILLIAM O. PIPER, one of the
prominent business men of Denver, was born in Seneca County,
Ohio, Oct. 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. Oct. 8, 1861, he enlisted
into the service of his country in Company G, 51st Indiana
regiment, from which he was honorably discharged Dec. 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. Jan. 1, 1861, he was married to Ann E.
Charles, a native of 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.
Source: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -
Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 704
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