© Kathy Duncan, 2026
After the Civil War, James S. Piper disappeared from Washington DC and Baltimore. However, a J. S. Piper emerged in Atlanta, Georgia in 1865. Like James S. Piper, this J.S. Piper was engaged in the construction business. Orders could be left at the store of J.T. Meador, Esq.
In 1866, James S. Piper of Atlanta travelled to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and stayed at Crutchfield House.
By 1868, James S. Piper, a mason, was a partner with John Law, a plasterer. They seem to be in business with James R. Slayton. This advertisement appeared several times in the Chattanooga Daily American Union. My conclusion is that the J. S. Piper who was a contractor in Atlanta, Georgie was James S. Piper and that he relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Two days after this advertisement ran the partnership between J. R. Slayton, Jas S. Piper, and John law was dissolved.
A year later, Jas. S. Piper was supervising the construction of a three-story brick building for General Brown. A few years later, a flood destroyed much of downtown Chattanooga. I have not determined if this building survived.
Is this the same James S. Piper I've been researching? My gut says, "yes." This man appears in Atlanta at the same time James S. Piper disappeared from his Baltimore/Washington DC stomping grounds. Then he relocated to Chattanooga just in time for the Tennessee birth of his daughter, Laura Lee Piper, in 1867.
This James S. Piper also seems to magically disappear from Chattanooga before the 1870 census was taken.
This move would have placed James S. Piper in Atlanta, Georgia, when former wife, Mary, died in Carroll County, Maryland. William H. Piper joined the army during this time period. Horatio N. Piper seems to have been in Baltimore. It's possible that James S. Piper, Jr. made his way to Atlanta or Chattanooga to join his father.
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