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==Background==
==Background==
Pipes's great great-grandfather, John Pipes, was among the first settlers of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. David Pipes, Jr. was born in [[New Orleans]] to David Washington Pipes, Sr., and the former Anna Fort of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The senior Pipes' first wife died, and in 1885, he married the then 21-year-old Anna, who was born in 1863, the year that the senior Pipes, as a teenager was fighting for the [[Confederate States of America]] at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], Pennsylvania. Pipes, Sr., was a state senator for East Feliciana Parish from 1892 to 1896 and 1916 to 1920. Between the Senate terms, he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url= https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-p/|title=Pipes, David Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name=pipesfamily/> was educated in public and private schools in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish, and in Port Gibson in Claiborne County, [[Mississippi]], across the [[Mississippi River]] from Louisiana. He attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, [[Virginia]], the ninth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. [[Robert E. Lee]] was the W&L president from 1865 to 1870. Pipes obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1906. Thereafter, he remained at W&L to study law, but he transferred to [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, from which he received the LL.B. degree in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in both Virginia and Louisiana and practiced in New Orleans from 1910 to 1913.<ref name=bio/>
Pipes's great great-grandfather, John Pipes, was among the first settlers of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. David Pipes, Jr. was born in [[New Orleans]] to David Washington Pipes, Sr., and the former Anna Fort of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The senior Pipes' first wife died, and in 1885, he married the then 21-year-old Anna, who was born in 1863, the year that the senior Pipes, as a teenager was fighting for the [[Confederate States of America]] at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], Pennsylvania. Pipes, Sr., was a state senator for East Feliciana Parish from 1892 to 1896 and 1916 to 1920. Between the Senate terms, he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url= https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-p/|title=Pipes, David Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name=pipesfamily/> was educated in public and private schools in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish, and in Port Gibson in Claiborne County, [[Mississippi]], across the [[Mississippi River]] from Louisiana. He attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, [[Virginia]], the ninth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. [[Robert E. Lee]] was the W&L president from 1865 to 1870. Pipes obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1906. Thereafter, he remained at W&L to study law, but he transferred to [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, from which he received the LL.B. degree in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in both Virginia and Louisiana and practiced in New Orleans from 1910 to 1913.<ref name=bio/>
==Sugar planter==
==Sugar planter==
Leaving his legal practice, Pipes in 1913 accepted an associate manager's position at Southdown Plantation, the estate of the late Henry Chotard Minor, located west of Houma. Pipes became a large-scale sugar planter and a refinery operator. He was also secretary of the family-owned Chambers Advertising Agency in New Orleans. Through the American Sugar Cane League, he sought to improve the techniques of both growing cane sugar and refinery methods to put the final product on the kitchen table. He was among the first to recognize mosaic disease, which crippled the sugar industry. A [[United States Department of Agriculture]] experimental station was established at Southdown.<ref name=bio/>
Leaving his legal practice, Pipes in 1913 accepted an associate manager's position at Southdown Plantation, the estate of the late Henry Chotard Minor, located west of Houma. Pipes became a large-scale sugar planter and a refinery operator. He was also secretary of the family-owned Chambers Advertising Agency in New Orleans. Through the American Sugar Cane League, he sought to improve the techniques of both growing cane sugar and refinery methods to put the final product on the kitchen table. He was among the first to recognize mosaic disease, which crippled the sugar industry. A [[United States Department of Agriculture]] experimental station was established at Southdown.<ref name=bio/>
On February 11, 1910, Pipes married the former Mary Louise Minor (1886-1961) at the Christ Church [[Episcopal]] Cathedral in New Orleans. She was the daughter of Anna Louise Butler and Henry Minor, one of the owners of Southdown as well as Pipes' predecessor as the plantation manager. Mary Louise was a graduate of Newcomb College, then the women's division of Tulane. The couple had six children, including David Pipes, III, who was born in 1912 and died the next year. Their other offspring were Anna Fort Pipes (1914-1985), Henry Minor Pipes (1916-1984), John Butler Pipes (1919-1996), Katharine Minor Pipes (1922-1982), Mary Minor Pipes (1925-1982), and Margaret Gustine Pipes (1927-1987<ref name=bio/><ref name=pipesfamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.pipesfamily.com/winds0001.htm|title=Descendants of Windsor Pipes|publisher=Pipesfamily.com|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>
On February 11, 1910, Pipes married the former Mary Louise Minor (1886-1961) at the Christ Church [[Episcopal]] Cathedral in New Orleans. She was the daughter of Anna Louise Butler and Henry Minor, one of the owners of Southdown as well as Pipes' predecessor as the plantation manager. Mary Louise was a graduate of Newcomb College, then the women's division of Tulane. The couple had six children, including David Pipes, III, who was born in 1912 and died the next year. Their other offspring were Anna Fort Pipes (1914-1985), Henry Minor Pipes (1916-1984), John Butler Pipes (1919-1996), Katharine Minor Pipes (1922-1982), Mary Minor Pipes (1925-1982), and Margaret Gustine Pipes (1927-1987<ref name=bio/><ref name=pipesfamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.pipesfamily.com/winds0001.htm|title=Descendants of Windsor Pipes|publisher=Pipesfamily.com|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>
Pipes had half-siblings too from his father's first marriage, one of whom operated family cotton interests in Morehouse Parish north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. A half-nephew also named "David Pipes" (1910-1982) ran the Morehouse operations.
Pipes had half-siblings too from his father's first marriage, one of whom operated family cotton interests in Morehouse Parish north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. A half-nephew also named "David Pipes" (1910-1982) ran the Morehouse operations.