Biographical Sketch of S. P. Piper, Holden, Johnson County, Missouri

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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S. P. Piper, the capable engineer of the Light & Water Plant of Holden,
Missouri, is one of the well known citizens of Johnson county, a member
of a good, old, pioneer family.  Mr. Piper was born in 1867 in Johnson
county, Missouri, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kim Piper, a sketch of whom
appears elsewhere in this volume.  In 1882, S. P. Piper left Missouri
and went to Texas to reside.  He remained on a ranch in that state five
years and then returned to Johnson county, Missouri and he has lived in
this county continuously since that time.  Mr. Piper went to Texas just
six years after the adoption of the state's present constitution and 
when the country was largely undeveloped.  He saw the state when it was
really "woolly" and his experiences there he will never forget.  Until
about eighteen years ago, S. P. Piper was engaged in the pursuits of
farming and stock raising.  He then abandoned the farm and began the
work of engineer and since 1900 he has been employed in this capacity
at the city's Light & Water Plant in Holden.  S. P. Piper and Mary Gib-
son, of Indiana, were united in marriage in 1896.  To this union have
been born three children, all of whom are at home with their parents:
Helena, Maude and William.  Mr. and Mrs. Piper are highly respected in
Holden and they number their friends by the score in Johnson county.  
Mr. Piper is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Politically, he is affiliated
with the Democrats.

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