BETTY married RIENT EARL. [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

Living married CLOES FLORETTE [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Thompson Piper, son of John Piper and Margaret Hempill Little, b. 1/22/1880, d. 3/8/51 and Bessie Mahan, b. 10/15/1880, d. 9/20/58 were married 3/18/1902. Ten children were born to this union.

An infant, b. 5/9/1903, d. 5/12/1903.

Everett, b.. 6291904 and Beulah Drinkall, b. 8/2/1907 were married 12/28/1928. They reside on a farm at Columbus Junction, Iowa. They have two sons, Larry, b. 9/19/1937 and Wendell, b. 5/7/1940. Larry and Carol Crawford, b. 11/30/1940 were married 11/23/1958. They have three children, Kimberly, b. 12/9/1959; Jeffrey, b. 2/11/1954. On 6/23/1966 Larry married Betty Thompson and they have one daughter, Wendy. Wendell and Mary Ann Schafer, b. 10/13/1939 were married 12/27/1964. They have one daughter Lisa, b. 8/18/1970.

Marjorie, b. 6/27/1906 and Harry Patton, b. 6/23/1908 were married 5/24/1933. They reside on a farm west of Oakdale. Marjorie taught school for eighteen years.

Opal, b. 6/13/1908, d. 9/5/1910.

Velma, b. 6/13/1911 married Edwin Angeloty b. 3/14/1910 were married 8/12/1942. Velma worked as a welder at Kaag Trophy Co. Velma passed away suddenly 2/13/1977.

Twins, Rita and Ruth b. 9/22/1913. They worked in St. Louis before going to California. Rita married Ben Kassenborg, b. 1/4/1907 on 11/28/1959. Ruth passed away suddenly 9/24/1965.

Otis, b.1/11/1915 and Florette Cloes were married 7/22/1961 in Pontiac, Ill. They have two daughters, Betty and Cathy. Betty married Earl Rient. They have two children, Eric, b. 3/13/1972 and Kim, b. 7/30/1975. Cathy married Greg Weber 3/2/1974 and have one son, Jared, b. 2/20/1979.

Robert, b. 8/7/1917 and Estelle Moeller, b. 12/10/1914, were married 8/21/1963. They farmed until 1974, when they built a new home in Oakdale. Robert is employed at the elevator and a driver for the school bus. He entered the army in February, 1943 and had his basic training at Portland, Oregon and was at Fort Lewis, Washington before going overseas to Southhampton, England, France, Wales, and Germany. He was attached to the 101th evacuation hospital. He was discharged 12/15/1945.

Dorothy, b. 5/7/1919 and John Brammeier, b. 5/23/1903 were married 11/1/1940. They have two daughters. Doris, b. 2/20/1943 and Betty, b. 11/6/1946. Doris married Lonnie Clutts, b. 12/6/1940, on 9/9/1961. They havev one son Michael, b. 6/26/1970. Doris works at the Bank of West Frankfort. Lonnie is a barber. Betty married Terry Renken, b. 10/11/1946, on 7/15/1967. They have two sons, Ryan, b. 8/15/1972 at Ft. Monmouth, N.J. and Rhett, b. 2/28/1974 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Terry served eleven years in service. One year in Vietnam and three years in Germany and remains in the Army Reserves. They now reside in Nashville. Terry is in Mining School at Centralia, Ill. and Betty teaches at Oakdale grade school.

By Dorothy Brammeier

From 1979 WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS HISTORY

THOMPSON married MAHAN BESSIE on 18 Mar 1902. BESSIE was born on 25 Oct 1880; died on 29 Sep 1958. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John b. 7/2/1844 was the eldest son of Robert and Jane Hemphill Piper, both born in 1811, and a brother to Robert Piper b. 2/15/1847. John served in the Civil War as a volunter in Company B in the 111th Regiment. He enlisted with his pastor Rev. A.C. Todd's original group in August 1861 at the age of 17 years and served until his discharge in 1865. He purchased land in Section 17, Pilot knob Township, three miles east of Oakdale from James and Nancy (Luney) Piper, while he was still in the service, in 1864. James Piper had purchased the land from the U.S. Government in 1853 when Franklin Pierce was President.

John married Margaret Little (11/5/1845 a sister of Maria (samuel) Coulter on 6/16/1868. John was not only a successful farmer but a breeder of livestock. The horses were shown at county fairs for many years. In 1893 twenty acres were planted in an apple and peach orchard. The trees were purchased from Stark Bros. nursery for $140 per thousand. John served as president of the Venedy Mutual Insurance Co. for many years. Seven children were born to John and Margaret, two dying in infancy: James Renwick, Mary Jane (Jennie), Rev. Robert W., Nancy E. (Nannie), and Thompson. John d 4/24/1915 and Margaret 1/10/1929. They are buried in the Oakdale Cemetery in a plot near their parents.

By Evelyn Piper Stevenson and Helen Piper Woodrome

From 1979 WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS HISTORY

JOHN married LITTLE MARGARET HEMPILL. MARGARET was born on 5 Nov 1845. [Group Sheet]