Brief Life History of Eunice Veda
When Eunice Veda Piper was born on 20 November 1891, in Douglas Township, Page, Iowa, United States, her father, Ezekiel B. Piper, was 46 and her mother, Ida Jane Muckey, was 33. She married Otto Raymond Akers on 25 October 1916, in Bedford, Taylor, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Platte Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Washington Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 February 1977, in Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Washington Cemetery, Washington Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States.
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- Eunice Piper in household of Ezekiel B Piper, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Eunice Veda Piper, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Eunice Veda Pipes, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southern): occupational name for a player on the pipes, Middle English pipere, sometimes a paid town musician.
English: sometimes a variant of Peppard .
English: perhaps occasionally an occupational name from late Middle English piper ‘repairer or layer of pipes; plumber’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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