NOTE: Civil War Soldier

MOTHER: Eliza Spencer Underhill, 1821 – 1860
FATHER: Robert Piper, 1820 – 1896

1st WIFE: Elizabeth J. Preston, 1848 – 1903

CHILDREN:
Charles A. Piper, 1869 – 1946
Lillie J. Piper (Stafford), 1872 – 1959
Ina Adell Piper (Olree), 1875 – 1937
Robert Redding Piper, 1879 – 1940
Cora Bell Piper (VanBlack, Rouse), 1884 - 1973

2nd WIFE: Rosetta Hickok, 1857 - 1949

John's parents, Robert and Eliza, were married in Castleton, New York, and he was born there. By the age of five, the family had moved to Ontario County, New York.

1. 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: John F Poper [John F Piper]
Age: 5
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1850: Phelps, Ontario, New York
Gender: Male
Family Number: 378
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Poper 29
Eliza S Poper 28
Martha E Poper 7
John F Poper 5
Julius U Poper 3
John Mowers 22
Carson Osburn 20
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Phelps, Ontario, New York; Roll: M432_572; Page: 390B; Image: 233.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

2. 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: John F Piper
Age in 1910: 64
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1910: Lansing Ward 4, Ingham, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Years: 5
Spouse's Name: Rogett A Piper [Rosetta H]
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Household Members: Name Age
John F Piper 64
Rogett A Piper 53 [Rosetta H]
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lansing Ward 4, Ingham, Michigan; Roll: T624_651; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0067; FHL microfilm: 1374664.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

3. "Piper, John F., Caledonia. Enlisted in company H, Twenty-third Infantry, Aug. 7, 1862, at Corunna, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Sept. 12, 1862. Wagoner. Mustered out at Salisbury, N.C., June 28,1865. Present residence, Lansing, Mich."
SOURCE: Archives of Michigan; 23rd Michigan Infantry - Page 082