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     Colonel William Piper was born on 1 January 1774 in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Catherine Orth in October 1834.¹ Colonel William Piper died in 1852 on his farm in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania.² He was buried at Piper Cemetery, Cypher, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, (The date of death disagrees between his headstone and the engraved title on his painting.)²
     Copied from the source: He represented Bedford County in the Legislature of Pennsylvania several times and served as a Democratic-Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1817. He was a Captain of Light Infantry and commanded a regiment of militia in the Pennsylvania 12th Division during the war of 1812-14. He was Adjutant General of the State during the administration of Governor Ritner from 1836 to 1839.¹

     Catherine Orth was born on 1 January 1795 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA. She married John Sanderson Whitehill on 30 November 1820.¹ Catherine Orth married Colonel William Piper, son of Major General John Michael Piper and Elizabeth Jane Lusk, in October 1834.¹ Catherine Orth died on 23 July 1844 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 49. She was buried at Piper Cemetery in Cypher, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.

     James Piper was born on 31 January 1784 in Big Spring, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Anna E (?)¹ James Piper died on 15 December 1867 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 83. He was buried at Piper Cemetery in Cypher, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.¹
     He was a surveyor.

     David Piper was born on 29 June 1788 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Phoebe M Martin.² David Piper died on 13 September 1849 at Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 61. He was buried at Piper Cemetery in Cypher, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.³

     Thomas C. Piper was born on 1 December 1794 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 6 November 1853 at Yellow Creek, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 58. He was buried in Cypher, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Doris Maud Cope was born on 6 April 1907 in Poplar, London, England. She was baptized on 28 April 1907. She married Walter Leonard Reed, son of Walter Leonard Reed and Margaret Nash, on 2 September 1933 at The Parish Church in the Parish of Raynes Park in Raynes Park, Surrey, England. Doris Maud Cope died in September 1968 in New Malden, Surrey, England, at age 61.
     She was a hand numberer.