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Hannah Edwards



Father: Mother:

Nathaniel Edwards
Sarah Hunt
Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
12/29/1784 Casco ME 5/10/1867 Peru ME

Married:

Name: Marriage Date: Marriage Location: Father: Mother:
William Piper 1824 Otisfield ME John Piper   Dorcas Stevens
Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
7/30/1798 Otisfield ME 8/10/1888 Peru ME

Child(ren):

Name: Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
Daniel Wentworth Piper 3/18/1825 Otisfield Me 1/31/1911 Peru ME
Saphronia Piper 9/28/1826 Otisfield Me Peru ME
Nancy Cummins Piper 12/5/1829 Otisfield Me 1904 Rumford ME
Merrill Piper 7/28/1831 Otisfield Me Belvidere IL

Comments:

Family located: Otisfield ME; Peru ME
Occupation: Farmer

William and Hannah Piper moved all their possessions from Otisfield, Me., to Peru, Me., on a short ox-cart.

Other Info:

Census:

1850 Peru (Oxford) ME
Wm Piper    51    Farmer    200
Hannah    63
Daniel W    25    Farmer

1860 Peru (Oxford) ME
William Piper    62    Farmer    600    75
Hannah    73
Timothy M    28
Peru (Oxford) ME
Daniel W Piper    35    Farmer    800    610
Adeliza    24

1870 Peru (Oxford) ME
Piper Daniel W    45    Farmer    1500    500    ME
_____ Adeliza M    38    Keeping house    ME
_____ Ellsworth E    8    ME
_____ Ella M    2    ME
_____ William    72    ME
2 houses later:
Wyman Nancy C    40    Keeping house    1300    600    ME
_____ Josephine L    11    ME
_____ Francis L    17    At home    ME
_____ Henrietta S    10    ME
_____ EstherJ    2    ME

1880 Peru (Oxford) ME
Piper Daniel W    55    Farmer    ME    ME    ME
_____ Adaliza    44    Wife    Keeping house    ME    ME    ME
_____ Elsworth E    18    Son    Farm Laborer    ME    ME    ME
_____ Ella M    12    Daughter    At home    ME    ME    ME
_____ William    81    Farm laborer    ME    ME    ME

Online:

For more information obout the ancestors of William Piper, see this section of "The Northeast Piper Lineages"

Published History/Genealogy:

Nancy Cummins (Piper) m. Thomas Wyman of Peru.
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by theTown of Otisfield, 2nd edition