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     Ellen Budd was born on 25 March 1870 in Corhampton. She died on 6 December 1947 in Windlesham, Surrey, England, at age 77.

     John Bateman was born on 16 April 1859 in Cringleford, Norfolk, England. He died in 1926.

     Emily Matilda Wallace was born circa 1864 in Wandsworth, London, England. She died circa 1926.

     William Marmaduke Banfield was born on 9 May 1860 in Ditching. He died in 1948 in Earlsfield.

     Florence Latham was born circa 1865. She died in 1949 in Earlsfield.

     James Piper was born in 1698.¹ He married Margaret Cleland, daughter of James Cleland and Margaret James, on 30 July 1723.² James Piper died in May 1772. He was buried at Newville Cemetery, Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.³ His estate was probated on 6 June 1772.²
     He emigrated circa 1738 to the American colonies from the north of Ireland with his family and his mother, 'Widow' Piper. He settled in what was later called West Pennsboro township. He was a "representative man" and head of a prominent family.⁴
Note that his will was written in 1771 and probated in 1772, making the date on the grave marker unlikely. James gave:

     Margaret Cleland was born on 28 November 1697 in Kilmore, Down, Ireland. She married James Piper, son of John Piper and Lucinda (?), on 30 July 1723.¹ Margaret Cleland died in May 1772 at age 74. She died near the same time as her husband James.² She was buried in Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.²
     Margaret Cleland was also known as Margret. Her headstone is misspelled "Cleeland".

     Reverend Colonel John Elder was born on 26 January 1706 in Edinburgh, Scotland.¹ He married Mary Baker on 13 August 1741. Reverend Colonel John Elder married Mary Simpson, daughter of Thomas Simpson and Sarah (?), on 5 November 1751.² Reverend Colonel John Elder died on 17 July 1792 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 86.³ He was buried at Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.⁴
     He emigrated in 1736 from Scotland.
From Wikipedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elder_(pastor)
This entry is based on Egle's work which can be found online.⁵

     Mary Simpson was born in 1732 in Paxtang, Pennsylvania, USA. She married Reverend Colonel John Elder, son of Robert Elder and Eleanor Gillespie, on 5 November 1751.² Mary Simpson died on 3 October 1786.

     Josiah Espy Jr. was born on 10 March 1742.² He married Ann Kirkpatrick, daughter of William Kirkpatrick and Margaret Waugh, on 8 July 1769.² Josiah Espy Jr. died on 23 July 1813 at age 71.³ He was buried at Paxtang Church in Paxtang, Pennsylvania, USA.
     In 1776, Josiah Espy Jr. served in Captain Richard McGuown's Company, Colonel Timothy Green's Regiment, Lancaster County Militia, PA. He then served in Captain Ambrose Crain's Company, Colonel John Rodger's Regiment in 1777. He remained in the unit when it was redesignated the 3rd Company of the 9th Battalion (under the command of Colonel James Watson) from 1781 to 1782.

     Ann Kirkpatrick was born on 11 January 1750 in Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ She married Josiah Espy Jr., son of Josiah Espy and Elizabeth Crain, on 8 July 1769.² Ann Kirkpatrick died on 30 May 1842 at Susquehanna Township in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 92.³ She was buried at Paxtang Church in Paxtang, Pennsylvania, USA.

     Thomas Ross was born on 23 February 1739 in Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married (?) Clark. Thomas Ross married Jane Chapman, daughter of Abraham Chapman and Susan Olden.² Thomas Ross died circa 1814.

     Jane Chapman was born on 21 May 1723. She married Thomas Ross, son of Thomas Ross and Kazia Wilkinson.¹ Jane Chapman died in 1814.

     John D. Biddis was born circa 1750.

     Margaretta Farrand was born in 1761 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She married Chevalier Francois de Berlier, son of Augustin Etienne de Berlier and Honorée Emmanuelle de Renom, circa 1792 at Newark, New Jersey, USA, at the home of Judge (Uncle) Ferrand. Margaretta Farrand died in 1845.

     Chevalier Francois de Berlier was born circa 3 October 1747 in Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Memos written by de Berlier and his brother about Francois' birthdate differ by a year, 1747 v 1748.¹ He married Margaretta Farrand, daughter of Daniel Farrand and Margaret (?), circa 1792 at Newark, New Jersey, USA, at the home of Judge (Uncle) Ferrand. Chevalier Francois de Berlier died in 1821 in Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.¹
     From the source:
Alton Donnell's note: Berlier was born in Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the self-proclaimed "Capital of Artillery.” It has been the home of "Ecole nationale d'artillerie" (Artillery School) since 1976.
The 2nd battalion of the Metz Regiment took part in the Siege of Savannah from 16 September–18 October 1779 and retreated from the area to join the army of Nathanael Greene, which it remained with until it moved to Yorktown to join the Expédition Particulière, led by Général Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau.
DeBerlier qualified for a pension because of wounds he received well before the Siege of Yorktown and around the time he took over the Sapper Company. Sappers were used extensively to prepare the gun emplacements for the allied artillery during the siege of Yorktown in October 1781. Often the term “miners” is used with sappers; they dig into and undermine the enemy’s fortifications.
After the fall of Yorktown, the Army of Rochambeau moved north to Virginia until the conclusion of the war.
One of Berlier’s protectors was Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (15 September 1715 – 9 May 1789), a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionized the French cannon. As the senior French artillery officer and commander of the Chevalier de Saint Louis since 1765, he was certainly aware of Berlier’s award of the Chevalier de Saint Louis and the actions on which it was based.

     John Van Dyck was born on 20 April 1768. He married Catherine Barkulo, daughter of Hermanus Barkulo and Elizabeth Duryea, on 27 November 1793.¹ John Van Dyck died on 30 May 1798 at age 30.
     John Van Dyck was also known as Dyke.

     Catherine Barkulo was born on 17 December 1769 in New Utrecht. She married John Van Dyck, son of Matthyas Van Dyck and Sarah Vanderbilt, on 27 November 1793.¹ Catherine Barkulo died on 23 December 1844 at age 75.

     Richard John Baxter was born in 1917. He died in 2006.

     Patricia Jane Harrison was born in 1923. She died in 1999.

     Adelaide Cozzens was born in 1834. She married Alexander Moore Piper, son of Alexander Moore Piper and Anne Espy Elder, in November 1870.¹ Adelaide Cozzens died on 23 November 1922 at 7522 Ridge Boulevard in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was buried at United States Military Academy Cemetery in West Point, New York, USA. Location XXII, A, 05.
     Adelaide Cozzens and Alexander Moore Piper lived at the Park Avenue Hotel, New York City, New York, USA, after he retired. A fire originated in the 71st Regimental Armory across the street and spread to the hotel. He was overcome by smoke and lost his life. She survived the fire.

     Alexander Moore Piper was born on 11 May 1828 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Adelaide Cozzens, daughter of William Brown Cozzens and Jane Davidson, in November 1870.² Alexander Moore Piper died on 22 February 1902 at the Park Avenue Hotel in New York City, New York, USA, at age 73.³ He was buried on 1 March 1902 at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, New York, USA, Location XXII, A, 06.
     His first school years were spent at Mr. Alfred Armstrong's Academy, and he was for a short time at Dickenson College. His last years were with Captain Alden Partridge's Pennsylvania Military Institute. (Captain Partridge had graduated from the Military Academy in 1806, was the Superintendent of the Military Academy from 1814 to 1816, and was court martialed for refusing to leave when his replacement Colonel Sylvanus Thayer arrived.) While a pupil at this school, he received his appointment to the Military Academy on 1 March 1847 by Representative Alexander Ramsey of Pennsylvania.
Captain Partridge said that he was academically prepared to enter the Second (Junior) class, which was not allowed. He was admitted on 1 July 1847 at the age of 19.² 1 July 1851 Alexander Moore Piper graduated from the United States Military Academy. He was the 1498th graduate. He ranked number five in his class upon graduation and opted for an artillery commission instead of one in the engineers.⁴
He was commissioned a brevet 2nd Lieutenant in the Third U.S, Artillery at Fort Independence, Rhode Island.² He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 12 December 1851.² In 1852 Alexander Moore Piper served at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, and Fort Snelling, Minnesota. In August 1853, he returned to West Point as Assistant Professor of Geography, History, and Ethics, but he remained only until April 1854 when he went to Fort Monroe, Virginia.² In 1854Alexander Moore Piper was ordered to the far West for frontier duty at Fort Yuma, California; Fort Vancouver, Washington; and Fort Dalles, Oregon also known as The Dalles. His command opened up Oregon and Washington and protected the pioneers by establishing roads and building many block houses.² He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 31 Jan 1855.
He participated in several expeditions against the Indians. He commanded L Company of the 3rd Artillery as part of Major Edward J. Steptoe's force.² After a series of attacks by the Yakimas, Chinooks and Klickitats on settlements in Oregon, Lieutenant Piper was detached to support Lieutenant Philip H. Sheridan and captured a group of Chinooks on Bradford's Island on 27 March 1855. on 27 March 1855.⁵ In 1856 and 1857 he was at Fort Walla Walla, Washington and Fort Umpqua, Oregon, and in 1860 went on an expedition to Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon.² In October 1860, Piper reported to West Point for another tour of duty as an instructor.
In February of 1861, the War Department directed Lieutenant Charles Griffin (USMA, 1847), the chief artillery instructor at West Point, to organize a battery composed of artillery officers, soldiers, and equipment from the training detachment at the Military Academy. With the approach of Lincoln’s inauguration, the battery was ordered to Washington, D.C. to help secure the capital from secessionist elements. Known as the West Point Battery, Piper was among the officers selected to be part of the new unit and accompanied it to the nation’s capital in February 1861.⁶ On 14 May 1861, he was offered an appointment by the President as Captain in the Eighteenth Infantry but declined and was commissioned Captain in the Third Artillery the same day. He never joined the unit but stayed with the West Point battery in defense of Washington.²
He was detached from the battery when General McDowell assigned him as the as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General on the staff of Colonel William Tecumseh Sherman’s 3rd brigade of the First Division of McDowell's Army. In the Manassas Campaign, he was engaged in action at Blackburn's Ford on 18 July 1861, and at Bull Run on July 21st. Sherman, a former Third Artillery officer, reported on July 25th that "Lieutenants Piper and McQuesin of my personal staff were under fire all day, and carried orders to and fro with as much coolness as on parade”.² On 11 September 1861 Alexander Moore Piper was orderedto return to West Point as Principal Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology. On 15 June 1862, he took command of the Light Artillery Battery at West Point and was ordered to the front.² He reported to Major General Pope and, at the age of 34, became Chief of Artillery for Pope’s Army of Virginia. He earned a promotion to Brevet Major for gallant and meritorious service during the campaign in Northern Virginia on 30 Aug 1862.² In September 1862, Alexander Moore Piper was detailed as the Assistant Inspector of Artillery in Washington.²
On 7 January 1863, Piper received an appointment as Colonel of the 10th New York Heavy Artillery Volunteers, which was raised and organized from the neighborhood of Sackett's Harbor, New York. This regiment was raised in response to Lincoln's call for 300,000 men on 2 August 1862. He led these raw recruits to the defense of Washington and drilled them into shape, and "out of chaos came order."² On 27 May 1864, his “heavies” took transports for Port Royal on the Rappahannock and were soon part of General Grant's Army at Cold Harbor. Despite the artillery name, they often fought as infantry.
They served credibly in the siege of Petersburg where Piper received a second brevet. The 10th New York later operated in the Shenandoah Valley with Phil Sheridan, Piper’s old comrade from the Indian fighting in the Pacific Northwest. The 10th was also at the Siege of Richmond and Petersburg at the close of the War. From 23 July 1864 to 10 November 1864, he was Chief of Artillery of the 18th Army Corps. From December 1864 to July 1865, Colonel Piper ended the war as Chief of Artillery of the Middle Military Division.
He mustered out of volunteer service with his regiment at Madison Barracks, New York on 6 July 1865. He was a loved commander, and his "...firm, unswerving discipline made even those whom he punished admire him." The regiment presented him with a "very handsome watch, and he never failed to show with pride this token of appreciation." They also commissioned the portrait by Theodore Gegoux.²
Alexander Moore Piper was commissioned into the 4th Artillery and served as Principal Instructor of Artillery Tactics at the Military Academy, 24 July 1865 to 28 August 1872.² In 1872, he took a leave of absence from the military, after Adelaide's unsuccessful pregnancy, then returned to active duty. On his return, unsolicited, General Grant offered him a promotion to Major in the Paymaster's Department, but he declined to leave the artillery.
He was promoted to Major on 20 December 1875 while in command of a company at Ft. Hamilton, Brooklyn. He returned to the Military Academy as Principal Instructor of Artillery Tactics from September 1876 to August 1881.² Alexander Ross Piper notes in his manuscript "Alexander Piper" that: He was in command of Ft. Trumbull, Connecticut when he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Artillery on 8 November 1882. He was transferred to 3rd Artillery 10 November 1882 and was placed in command of the Artillery Regiment and St. Francis Barracks, Florida, 25 December 1882 to January 1884. He was transferred to 1st Artillery January 1884 for duty at the Presidio of San Francisco, California and was in command of the Artillery Regiment and Presidio of San Francisco, where he was promoted to Colonel, 5th Artillery on 10 August 1887. He then commanded Ft. Hamilton, New York from October 1887 until he retired at his own request on 1 July 1991.²
Alexander Moore Piper and Adelaide Cozzens lived at the Park Avenue Hotel, New York City, New York, USA, after he retired. A fire originated in the 71st Regimental Armory across the street and spread to the hotel. He was overcome by smoke and lost his life. She survived the fire.

     Stanley Thayer Cozzens was born in 1859. He married Marguerite Harvey on 4 August 1885 in Ohio, USA. Stanley Thayer Cozzens married Sarah C Harvey on 4 June 1901 in New York City, New York, USA. Stanley Thayer Cozzens died on 13 December 1929 at 655 Park Avenue in New York, New York, USA.
     In 1886, he was employed by Goldenberg Brothers & Company, importers of laces and embroideries, where he became president of the firm in 1909. He gave a Brussels lace wedding veil to his god-daughter Adelaide Piper (57) circa 1914.