Bios: John R. Pipes, 1855 : Waynesburg, Greene County

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History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, By Samuel P. Bates, Chicago, 1888

Pg. 692
JOHN R. PIPES, clerk of the courts of Greene County, Penn., was born in
Morrisville, Penn., March 25, 1855, and is a son of James and Elvira
(RINEHART) PIPES.  His parents were natives of Franklin Township, and of
English extraction.  His father, who was a farmer all his life, died
September 5, 1881.  The subject of our sketch was reared in Franklin
Township, attended the common school and the Monongahela College at
Jefferson, Penn.  He first engaged in teaching as an occupation,
teaching in the winter for five years and mining coal in the summer.
Mr. Pipes is a Democrat, and was elected to his present position in
1884.  In 1882 he was united in marriage with Miss Melinda, daughter of
William PITCOCK, one of the early pioneers of the county.  Mr. and Mrs.
Pipes have two children-Mary Emma and Daisy.  Mr. and Mrs. Pipes are
members of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which he has held many
offices, and also served as superintendent of the Sabbath-school.  He is
a member of the I.O.O.F.  His father was born in 1800 and his mother in
1818.  She is still living, making her home with John R. in Waynesburg,
Penn.

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