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WILLIAM PIPER

Name: William Piper                                                             
Born: January 1, 1774                                                           
Died: 1852                                                                       
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
William Piper (January 1, 1774-1852) was a member of the U.S. House of           
Representatives from Pennsylvania.                                               
                                                                                 
He was born at Bloody Run (now Everett, Pennsylvania), Bedford County,           
Pennsylvania. He commanded a regiment during the War of 1812, and served as     
adjutant general of Pennsylvania after the war.                                 
                                                                                 
Piper was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth     
Congresses. He died in Hopewell Township, near Everett, Pennsylvania, in 1852.   
Interment in the Piper Cemetery on his farm in Hopewell Township.