From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 398.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JOHN R. PIPES

John R. Pipes, M. D., a prominent young member of the medical 
profession of Wheeling, was born at Cameron, Marshall county, W.Va., 
July 6, 1865, a son of J. H. Pipes, M.D., a sketch of whom appears in 
this work.  D. Pipes came to Wheeling with his parents in 1873, and 
there was educated.  After graduating in the public schools of the 
city he entered Linsly institute, where he took a preparatory course 
of four terms.  In October, 1884, he entered the medical department 
of the Western Reserve college of Ohio, and there received his 
degree, after an exhaustive course of study in March, 1888.  While in 
college he gave especial attention to surgery and the diseases of 
women, and was assistant to Dr. G. C. E. Weber, one of the most 
celebrated surgeons of the west, and to Dr. C. B. Parker, professor 
of diseases of women. Also during the summer of 1886 he held the 
position of house physician of the Cleveland city hospital.  
Returning to Wheeling after graduation, Dr. Pipes began his practice 
there April 25, 1888, and in the comparatively brief time that has 
since elapsed has built up a practice in general medicine, and has 
gained repute as a surgeon, to an extent that highly commends his 
ability.  The doctor is a member of the state Medical Society of West 
Virginia.


(Linda Fluharty)