Jesse James Jr. Piper

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HYNDMAN — Jesse James Piper Jr., 24, an employe of Works 7 of PPG Industries here, was found dead in his home here yesterday of a gunshot wound. Born in Cumberland, he was a son of Jesse J. Piper Sr. and Leona (Lowery) Piper, Ellerslie Road. He completed Army service two years ago. Surviving besides his parents are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Mae (Miller) Piper; a daughter Sherry Lynn Piper, at home; two brothers, Luther Piper and John Piper, Ellerslie Road, and two sisters, Mrs. Shirley Clites, Cumberland RD 5, and Miss Barbara Piper, at home. The body is at the Zeigler Funeral Home, here, where a service will be conducted Saturday at 2 p. m. by Rev. Henry A. Border, Homewood Addition, and Rev. Idris Martin, Schellsburg, Pa. Burial will be in Hyndman Cemetery. Friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p. m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. The Cumberland Evening Times, December 24, 1969

He was buried on 27 Dec 1969 in Hyndman Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.

Jesse married Elizabeth Mae Miller in Private. Elizabeth was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sherry Lynn Piper was born in Private.

Jesse married Leona Irene Lowery on 11 Apr 1944. Leona (daughter of Walter E. Lowery and Sarah E. (Sadie) Devore) was born on 10 Dec 1917 in Neffsville, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Apr 1988 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Leona I. Piper, 70, of RD 1, Cumberland, Md., died Saturday, April 9, 1988 in Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md. Born in Neffsville, Dec. 10, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Sadie (DeVore) Lowery. She had attended the Palo Alto United Methodist Church, and was a member of the AARP. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse J. Piper, on May 31, 1981. She is survived by two sons, Luther E. Piper, Homewood Addition, and Johnny R. Piper, Hyndman RD 1; two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Clites, Cumberland, Md.; and Ms. Barbara J. Piper, at home; four brothers, Marshall Lowery, Charles Town, Ind, Carl Lowery, Cumberland, Md.; Eugene Lowery, Sheltersburg, Ind., Merle Lowery, Corriganville, Md.; six sisters, Mrs. Rosella Burley, Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Betty Piper, Corriganville, Md.; Mrs. Mary Dawson, LeGore KeyMar, Md., Mrs. Mildred Dawson, Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Wilma Lease, Mount Savage, Md.; Mrs. Geneva Twigg, Barboursville, W.Va.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends were received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home where services were conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Ken L. Korns officiating. Interment, Porter Cemetery, Ellerslie, Md. The Republic, April 14, 1988


Leona Irene LOWERY and Jesse James PIPER were married on 11 Apr 1944.

Daniel + Matilda Agnes Beeman. Matilda died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was buried in Porter Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.

Walter married Sarah E. (Sadie) Devore on 11 Feb 1916. Sarah (daughter of Thomas J. Devore and Rachel Jane Clites) was born on 25 Jan 1898; died on 27 Nov 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was buried in Porter Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.

Emanuel + Sarah Catherine Witt. Sarah died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas J. DeVore, 87, retired farmer of near Ellerslie, died yesterday in Allegany County Infirmary. He was born April 23, 1864, a son of the late Daniel and Rachel DeVore. His wife, the former Miss Rachel Clites, died in 1940. Mr. DeVore held memberhip in Ellerslie Evangelical Church and Tonkaway Tribe No. 120, Improved Order of Red Men, Cumberland Survivors include four children, Mrs. Henry Lowery and Mrs. George Spellman, Ellerslie; Mrs. Walter Lowery and Harvey DeVore, both of Route 1, Hyndman, Pa., and 28 grandchildren. Rites will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Lowery, Ellerslie, by Rev. Charles Raley. Burial will take place in Porter Cemetery there. Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, May 31, 1951

Thomas + Rachel Jane Clites. Rachel was born on 5 Sep 1863 in Hyndman, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died on 14 Sep 1941 in Hyndman, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She died on 14 Sep 1941 at the age of 78 in Hyndman, Londonderry Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
Hyndman, Pa., Sept. 15 - Mrs. Rachel Jane Devore, 78, wife of Thomas Devore, died at her home yesterday near Hyndman. She had been ill about six months. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clites. Surviving besides her husband are three daughters, Mrs. Henry Lowery, Ellerslie; Mrs. Walter Lowery, Hyndman, and Mrs. George Speelman, Ellerslie, and one son, Harvey Devore, Hyndman, 32 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Devore was a life-long member of the Evangelical church. The Cumberland Evening Times, September 15, 1941

She was buried on 16 Sep 1941 in Porter Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
PA Death Certificate - died from generalized arteriosclerosis and heart disease (had for 15 years)