Never married.

John and Nathan were good regular blacksmiths, and Harvey and James did the work for their farms. John Will, the son of John Dyer, and John Will, the son of Nathan, are blacksmiths, but John, the son of Nathan, is the only one now in the business.

Information from History of Union County Kentucky 1886. (Reprint Copyright 1967) Page 427

"The killing of Nathan Dyer, during the war, is an event still remembered with horror by those who were acquainted with the details." "He was the son of a blacksmith, and had a shop of his own. The quarrel that led to his death was brought on by claims to a horse that he and his slayer were in dispute about, and he was shot through the head. His son, John W., of Waverly Precinct, was present, and fired at his father's murderer as he rode off, but did not hit him." This happened at Smith's Mill. The man who shot him was never caught.

Court Records, 1841 Union County, KY, Book G-136. 22 Feb 1841. George Dyer/wf Josephine of Union County to Nathan H Dyer, of same. $200 for land on Casey Creek on Henderson Road with dividing line of Nathan H. Dyer, Morton's military line of 120 1/2 acres. No wits.

As above, Book G-249. 18 Jan 1841. by execution issued by Union County Court. I, Theodisius Walthim became purchaser of a tract on Casey's Creek of 115 acres, sold as the property to George and Nathan H. Dyer. Sd execution was in my favor as assignee of Isham Bridges and agst sd Dyers for $149.67. Was redeemed by said George and N. H. Dyer. Now this indenture witnesseth that the sd Theodocius Walthem doth hereby release all title, claims under purchase afsd, but I am not to stand liable to the title for sd land. 18 Aug 1841. Thoe'd Walthem. Cert 20 Aug 1841 by James Hughes, Co Clk.

As above Bk. G-249. Indenture of 19 Aug 1841 between Nathan H. Dyer/wf Miriam of Union Co. and Simon H. Harrison of same. $300 for 115 acs on Highland Ck on Henderson Rd on sd Dyers home tract in Nortons military line.

Court Records, 1842 As above, Book G-357. 22 Feb 1842. Nathan H. Dyer/wf Miriam to Jackson C. Riddle, both of Union Co. $270.00 for 120 1/2 acs on Caseys Ck., being part of a survey by Allen Anderson to Walter McDaniel and by sd McDaniel to Stephen Pike and Ignastious Pike and by the sd Pike and wf and Ignatious Pike and wf conveyed to sd N. H. Dyer . Between George Dyer and N. H. Dyer, Cert. 22 Feb 1842. Willis J. Hughes, County Clerk.

Dyer, Orfille Pool died Nov 1926 age 59, s/o late John M. + Sophronie Dyer. Married June 26 1906 Willis Blue. Survivors: wife + 3 children ;Louise, Jane + Orville. Brothers; J. M. Darius, Dr. M. T., J. T. + B. W. Dyer. Half brothers; Dr. Wallace, Calvert + Bryan Dyer. Sisters; Mrs Rives Casey, Mrs C.M. Lemon, Mrs. E. P. Wharton. Burial; Masonic Cemetery, Morganfield, KY Information from Bob Walker

She died during the war. History. History of Union County, p 64. They had five children, all dead.

Roger Dyer, born June 23, 1754 in Augusta, VA; died November 19, 1843 in Oak Flat Corner, West Virginia. (From Fran Ball Turner, FTM)

Roger Dyer born August 26, 1755, died June 39, 1810 (Bowman Family History).

Was a Captain. WFT #2910 Vol 2.

Bowman's Family History, Chapter 4-B-1

Roger Dyer, is believed to have been born in Maryland Colony in the year 1698. He was a descendant of Sir James Dyer, through a son of Grand nephew, William Dyer's son, Roger Dyer and his wife Sarah. There are reports, unconfirmed, that this Roger Dyer's father, Roger Dyer. died at sea. Sarah Dyer, Roger's mother, as a widow, is believed to have had three boys, George, Roger and one other. There are records that report of (this) Roger Dyer being transported as a child as a bonded servant. This story has surfaced several times.

He was an early settler on Lancaster County, PA and had obtained 400 acres on Beaver Creek, according to the "Proprietaries" Roger Dyer acquires a survey of 400 acres". (See copy of of the Lancaster County Land Office certificate of the above grant. This tract is now near Strasburg, Lancaster County, PA. Roger owned a number of other parcels of land in PA as is shown by his will.

Roger Dyer, married his wife, Hannah, in MD or PA. It was here that their children were born. 1. William, the oldest son was born sometime prior to 1730. 2. Hester, born 1731 in PA. 3. Sarah was born 1733-34. 4. Hannah, ca 1735, who married Frederick Keister, was next. 5. James, born in 1744, was the fifth child and was likely born in Moorefield, VA.

He moved his family to the South Branch in 1747 or before the date of Nov. 4, 1747. It is the date on Roger's deed. German Missionary "John Brand Moller" wrote in this diary that he stayed with Roger Dyer family on Nov 9, 1749.

The Dyer settlement was composed of four families, Dyer, Patton, Stephenson and Smith. There were two adult Dyer families, Roger and his oldest son, William. There were three Patton families, John Sr, John Patton Jr. and Matthew Patton, who married Hester Dyer and William Stephenson and John Smith. Each of these families purchased land and became a part of the Dyer Settlement. Frederick Keister, who married Hanna Dyer in the year of 1754 came to the settlement in 1752 and purchased the area where the town of Brandywine, VA is located. It joined the land Henry Haws on the south, and Propst land on the north. He was 23 years of age at the time and it is believed that he knew the Dyers in Lancaster county, PA. His own parents were in Rockingham County.

Roger's family erected a substantial log house and roads were constructed to replace the bridle paths that led from one family to another, as pack horses were the main means of transportation. By 1749 they were conducting their legal business at the Augusta Court house near Staunton, VA. In the year of 1750, John Patton Jr. built the first grist mill just north of the Fort, near the home of Grace Dyer. In 1755 John Patton Jr. sold his land except for his mill to Jacob Seybert of Frederickstown, Maryland. This land joined Roger Dyer's land on the north and west. The fort was built about a hundred yards south of the mill. This land is now in the Conrad estate. This began to set the stage for the massacre as Capt. Seybert and his wife, his adult son, William was taken prisoner. Nicolas Handover, who was his brother in law to Seybert. John Dunkle and Ludwick Waggoner came in 1755. Peter Hass, brother to Henry Haas, Nicholas Propst, Mark Swattle and Poston Hoover. These then were some who would not die. Matthew Patton, however, was not at the Fort at the time of the massacre. The names of all those who died were never recorded. Henry Haw who had married Sarah in 1753 died, leaving Sarah as his administrator. He also left a small baby named Hannah.

This pioneer, was a large and prosperous landowner in Hardy and Pendleton. By his will, drawn Feb. 24, 1757, he left James his homestead of 620 acres. To Hannah Keister he bequeathed 427 acres in Hardy; to his grandson Roger, 20 pounds ($66.67); to his wife and executor, dower interest; to his five sons and daughters, his personal effects. The testators to his will were William Miller, Adam Hider, and William Gibson. William was also a substantial citizen. He owned a servant, probably a Negro, and had 9 horses and colts. The murder of Roger and William and the captivity of James and Sarah are elsewhere spoken of [see Fort Seybert massacre]. The original homesteads remain in the family or connection, and the Dyers have continued to be among the more wealthy of the Pendleton farmers. Zebulon, son of James, lived near Upper Tract, and a few years after the organization of the county he became its clerk. The office passed from him to Andrew W. and Edmund W., remaining in the Dyer family more than 50 years. The Dyer connection has been quite prominent in Pendleton, both in its own personnel and in its intermarriages."

Primary source, Oren F. Morton's "History of Pendleton County" p 203. Additional material and compilation by Frances L. (Ball) Turner and Erik G. Puffenberger.

From: JOHN MASON DYER FAMILY of Union County, Kentucky, Ancestors and Descendents, Researched and Compiled by Jane Dyer Arnold, 1972, Franklin, Kentucky. The original book is in he Allen County public library, Ft Wayne, IN. (X-FW)

From: A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia by Oren F. Morton, Franklin, West Virginia, February 23, 1910 THE DYER FAMILY The Dyer family is of Scotch origin and emigrated to Ireland sometime prior to 1700. A certain William dyer is given as a member of the Sussex County Assembly in 1699, and was present at the Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends. Buckingham is in the present county of Bucks in Pennsylvania. (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, page 259)

In the first decade of the eighteenth century there were numerous Dyers in the Eastern part of the state. About 1740, many of this family were appearing in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They first settled in the lower portion of the valley near the site of the present town of Winchester. It is said that Roger left Pennsylvania because of his prejudice of the German settlers. Upon arriving in Winchester he found that the population was largely of this race so he moved farther up the valley to the region of "Beverly Manor" near Staunton in Augusta County, Virginia. Despite his animosity toward the German settlers, two of his children were married to Germans.

In Pendleton County, West Virginia (then a part of Augusta County, Virginia) the Dyers formed a permanent settlement known then as it is now as the "Dyer Settlement." It was situated across the Blue Ridge in that part of the county called "The Buffalo Meadows," lying between the South Branch and the South Fork of the Potomac River. Early Augusta County records show Peter, Roger, James, Dennis and Jacob Dyer as residents of the county in 1747. These men were certainly of the same family and presumably brothers.

Peter married Mary __, May 21, 1747 Roger married Hannah Britton. (Roger was born in England in 1716 and died in Virginia in 1758.) James married Phoebe Harrison, daughter of Zebulon Harrison and Margaret Harrison Dennis had married Abigail Edwards before coming to Virginia Jacob was married to Mary __ in Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, page 78)

The Dyers were large land owners in this new country and occupied positions of prominence in the early history of the state.

A complete genealogy of Roger Dyer's family may be found in a pamphlet entitled, + QUOT The Dyer Settlement, the Fort Seybert Massacre" published by the +QUOT Roger Dyer Family Association" and prepared for publication by Mary Lee Keister Talbott, A. B., Hollins College, M. A., University of Wisconsin, 1937.

From WFT 1197, Vol 6 From a book from "The Dyer Society." Estate of Roger Dyer in 1810 $6,403.33 "Robert Green, not a member of this family line, had owned and lived for a good many years in or near Lancaster, PA., but in 1746 went down the valley of Virginia to take up several thousand acres of land that had been granted him in several parcels in the lower end of the valleys. These deeds were the first ever responded for in the S. Branch Valley. He settled his family in Culpepper but most of his land grant was on South Branch, one parcel of 2643 acres being the largest single parcel and referred to as UPPER TRACT to distinguish it from smaller parcels further down. This Upper Tract almost touched the land that was being granted to FAIRFAX, but not quite...county history undoubtedly would have further details...Roger Dyer bought from Robert Green 800 acres of the Upper Tract and 1747 went to claim it. By 1748 he and his family were living on that land and with several families if Kin-folk established what was known as "The Dyer Settlement." When a little later, a fort was built about two miles from Roger Dyer's home on his land it was named Ft. Seybert., using the name of the First Commandment."

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT. WILL BOOK NO. 2. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 53, Page 301.--24th February, 1757. Roger Dyer's will--To wife Hanna, one-third of estate in this Colony, or any other; to son James, infant; executrix, wife Hanna; to son William; to three daughters; to daughter Hanna Gester, 427 acres in Hampshire; to grandson Roger Dyer, son of William Dyer; to daughters Hester Patton, Sarah Hays. Teste: Wm. Miller, Adam Hider, William Gibson. Further proved, 16th May, 1759, by Adam Hider, and recorded. Executrix qualifies. Proved, 21st March, 1759, by William Gibson. [p.53]

Buried Tarr Hill # 36.

The birth dates may not be correct for Sallie and James.

Sallie Sarah Dyer was married to 1. Craig and 2. Weldon

Information from FTM files from C. G. Johnson, Tyler TX. One child from the first marriage to Weldon. She had three children by Craig.

Sarah and Henry owned a farm near Brandywine, WV. , then Augusta County), on what is known as Haws Run. Following the massacre in 1758, Matthew Patton became guardian of little Hannah, court records for May 15, 1758 show that Matthew being appointed guardian.

Sarah Dyer Hawes, married Robert Davis in 1762 or 1763. shortly after her escape from the Indians and return home. She and Robert were buried in the back yard of the home where they lived near the mouth of Hawes Run. Sarah may well have been the best looking of the Dyer girls. she had been married to Henry Hawes in 1753 and he died in 1754 or early 1755. Sarah was as independent as could be, a trait that served her well during the four years with the Indians. Her red hair and green eyes and fine figure of a woman may have well saved her from massacre. The fact that she had a fine bone spoon which she brought home also shows she faired better than most squaws. She and Robert bought back her land from Matthew Patton. The fact that she had 1/5 of Roger Dyer's estate as her share of her fathers money and her own property she had inherited from Henry Haws, made her a wealthy person in her own right. Her children were talented and instilled with pride, as her farm is one of the few that has stayed in the family since purchased by Henry Haws before he married Sarah. Much credit belongs to Sarah's descendants. (Bowman Family History)

She had a daughter by her first husband and eight children by her second husband.

Never married.

Thomas never married. He was a sheriff, riverboat captain.

The Confederate Civil War Soldiers of Union County, KY, Peyton Heady Dyer, Thomas McKee Private Company F First KY Cavalry Enlisted on Oct 10, 1861 at Bowling Green He was captured in Florence, Alabama, in 1862 and imprisoned at Camp Douglas. He was later exchanged then served in several battles.

Dyer served one term as Union county Sheriff and one term as Deputy Sheriff.

Descendency chart from The Church of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File ver.4.00, lists the birthday of William Dyer as born in 1782.

History of Union County Kentucky 1886. (Reprint Copyright 1967 p.62-63)

THE DYER FAMILY. If any family in Union County deserves the reputation of being a Union County family, it must be the Dyer family. The founder of the stock was one of the first settlers, and he raised a large family, all of whom, except one, married and raised families. Most of these children lived and died in Union County, and there are now probably more members of the Dyer family within Union County than any other place.

This family was founded by Wm. Dyer, a blacksmith, who was born in Virginia in 1780. He came to Union County in 1804, and settled near where Morganfield now stands. He married Gracie McGee in Virginia, before coming here. His first four children were by her. He married a Miss Harris about the year 1815. The last six children are hers.

Wm. Dyer is said to have been one of the men who located the county seat of Morganfield. Tradition has it that he in company with the other commissioners, were reclining on the bank near the spring, slightly feeling the effects of fatigue and Jeremiah Riddle's whiskey, when Mr. Dyer threw his cane up the hill toward where the Court House now stands, and proclaimed oracularly, that there would be the county capital. He was a man of impulse, but integrity. An illustration of this is seen in an incident of his life, that is related as follows: A neighbor of his, by the name of Gwinn, had a horse that was constantly breaking into Dyer's cornfield. After sending word to Mr. Gwinn several times to keep the trespassing horse off his corn, Mr. Dyer shot the offending animal and then sent the price of the horse down to Morganfield to its owner.

Mr. Dyer died in 1832. All his children died rather young. There seems to have been considerable consumption in the family. His trade has staid in the family. His sons, John and Nathan were good regular blacksmiths, and Harvey and James did the work for their farms. John Will, the son of John Dyer, and John Will, the son of Nathan, are blacksmiths, but John, the son of Nathan, is the only one now in the business.

In the second generation the following are the children: James married a Miss Mason, and died in 1851; Elizabeth married a Mr. Ball, and died in 1860; John married Lauren Mason, and died in 1870; Henderson died a bachelor; Nathan Harris married Marium Griggs, and died in 1863. Rebecca married Frederick Wolflin, and died during the war; George married Josephine Haleman, and died about 1847; Mary Ann married Irving Spaulding, and died about 1862; Martha married a Mr. Rice; Edward Harvey married America Bingham, and died in 1872. In the third generation the following are noted: The children of James, are Kate (Quirey), who has one child, Holbert; Mrs. Hedges, who has four children, John, William, Laura and Alice; Ada, who was never married; William (deceased) had two children, Sallie and Harry; John M., has fourteen children, eleven by his first wife and three by the second. Their names are Mary B., William P., James M., Darius, Thomas, Benjamin, Orval, Marsh, Attie, Saline, Lamond, and three others whose names the reporter did not ascertain; Thomas has never married, and Marsh (deceased) never married.

The children of Elizabeth were Edward, married; Mary Ann, deceased; William, deceased; Thaddeus, deceased.

The children of John, are John Will, who has six children: Brooks, deceased; Ed. Lauren, Russell, Bessie, Charmain.

James has eight children, Hampton, Thomas (deceased), Charles, Adda, Rebecca, Ida, Fred, and the baby.

Dorcas (Kirk) has three children, and Elizabeth (Murray) has two, Mabel and Charles.

The children of Nathan are John Will, who has eight children, Edward, Margeret, Mary, Richard, Mettie, Catherine, Clara and Thomas; America (House) has three children, James, Amanda and one boy; Nancy (Connelly), who has five children, Verna, Mattie, James, Eula and Grover; Mary Minor and Thomas Harris, never married; Susan (House) had five children, Mary, Thomas, Greene, Nellie and Harden; George Frederick has four children, Lillie, Frederick, Cordie, Traverse and Judith Ann (Lata).

Edward Harvey's children were William C., who has six children, Lillie, Pearlie, Orval, Allie, Bertha and Leslie; Henry R. has two children, one deceased and Jennie; George W., two, Thomas John, and one infant; Rebecca (Wolflin) had five children, all dead.

The children of George are Arminda (Hanley), who has three or four children; James, who had three children; Sallie (Weldon and Craig), who had one child, Thomas, by Weldon, and three by Craig.

The children of Mary Ann (Spalding) are Mary Ann, deceased, who had three or four children; James and Nellie, who had two children.

The children of Martha (Rice) are Ellen, who had two children by Kirker and one by Rice; Mary, who had four children, and Fred.

Some of the less numerous branches of this family have removed from Union, and live as wide apart as Minnesota and Texas. The main part of this family has always been within a day's walk of Morganfield.

Excerpts from William Dyer's Will I, William Dyer of Union County and state of Kentucky, being in bad health, but in perfect senses, have concluded to make and publish my last will and testament in the manner and for that I have considered just in itself, and best calculated to promote the interest of my wife and children. I will to my son, James, my boy, Ben I will to my son, John, my boy, Ransom I will to my daughter, Rebecca, my boy, Henry I will to my daughter, Mary Ann, my boy, John To my son John, for the use of my daughter Betsy Ball, during her natural life, I will my Negro girl, Awzy, with the direction and injunction for the said Awzy and her increase, to be applied to the use and comfort of my daughter, Betsy...I will to my Old Negro woman, Lucy, her freedom with the protection of my sons, James and John Dyer, with the direction to do what's necessary to secure and protect and secure her in her freedom by giving bond, etc.

to my wife Anna Dyer and my six children to wit: Nathan A. Dyer, George W. Dyer, Rebecca Dyer, Mary Ann Dyer, Edwin H. Dyer and Martha E. Dyer, I will my land and farm upon which I now live, together with my wagon, my mare called Fanny, one called Sady, one called Nervy, all the farming utensils, four cows and calves, twelve head of sheep, half the hogs, one yoke oxen, all the household and kitchen furniture except one bed and furniture which I will to my son John Dyer, the blacksmith's tools and as much of the present crop as my said wife shall think necessary for support...To my son Nathan A. Dyer, I will my four year old mare. To my son George W. Dyer, my Softy colt. All the interest i have in te estate of my deceased son, Henderson, I will to my sons James and John. I appoint my son, John Dyer, guardian of my infant children during their minority, and I appoint him executor of this my last will and testament, without giving security.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of July, 1835 Signed, William Dyer Witnesses: Joseph M Cromwell George Parker Will was probated August 17, 1835

(Supposedly the Dyers were buried on the farm, but the stones have been destroyed long ago. Attie Dyer Wharton, a great granddaughter, was told by Foeman Waller, who had lived on that same farm as a child, that he remembered his mother making beaten biscuits on an old Dyer headstone. In 1966, Mr Waller Young owned that same property. He told this writer that he had not seen a stone in the 70 years that he had lived on and owned that land. He did recall plowing through land where the old Dyer blacksmith shop once stood.

Though very extensive research has been done by the writer of this account between 1963 and 1972, the ancestry of Willliam Dyer has not been found. by elimination though, she thinks that he was the son of John Dyer born before 1758, the younger of the two orphan sons of William and Margret Dyer, and the grandson of Roger Dyer Sr. Both William and his father, Roger Sr. were killed in the 1758 Fort Sybert massacre of Pendleton County, West Virginia. This land was originally in Virginia. William left two orphan sons, Roger Jr. (1754-1843) and John (B. before 1758) and were raised by their mother and her second husband, John Craven. JDA)

From: JOHN MASON DYER FAMILY of Union County, Kentucky, Ancestors and Descendents, Researched and Compiled by Jane Dyer Arnold, 1972, Franklin, Kentucky

D.A.R. pension records Vol. 23 - William Dyer named in pension of Samuel Dyer as his son.

From C.M. Dyer: William served in the War of 1812 as a private in the 15th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia.

Owned 200 acres on Lost Creek, Union County, KY.

Eye Cemetery is 3 miles North of Oak Flats.

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800, AUGUSTA PARISH VESTRY BOOK. ADMINISTRATORS' BONDS. page 440 Page 148.--1755: Matt. Patton and Wm. Dyer processioned as follows, viz: For Roger Dyer (corner Jacob Sivers), for Jacob Sivers, for Mathias Dise (corner Ludwick Waginer), for Ludwick Wagoner, for John Dunkle (corner Mathew Patton), for William Dyer, present Nicholas Hevanor; for Mathew Patton, for Mathew Patton, for Nicholas Hevenor; for Christian Dasher, present Anthony Bogart; for William Russell, none to show lines; for John Davis; for Peter Haus (Hans), present Postian Hover; for Wm. Russell, present Henry Pickle; for Wm. Russell, none to show; for Wm. Russell, none to show; for Ro. Green's heirs, none to show.

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT. WILL BOOK NO. 2. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 53, Page 301.--24th February, 1757. Roger Dyer's will--To wife Hanna, one-third of estate in this Colony, or any other; to son James, infant; executrix, wife Hanna; to son William; to three daughters; to daughter Hanna Gester, 427 acres in Hampshire; to grandson Roger Dyer, son of William Dyer; to daughters Hester Patton, Sarah Hays. Teste: Wm. Miller, Adam Hider, William Gibson. Further proved, 16th May, 1759, by Adam Hider, and recorded. Executrix qualifies. Proved, 21st March, 1759, by William Gibson. [p.53]

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT. WILL BOOK NO. 3. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 71 Page 170.--15th September, 1758. William Dryer's estate sold to viz: Jno. Mooberry, Ephraim Love, Wm. Cunningham, Wm. Craig, Richard Shanklin, David Nelson, Edward McGary, Charles Differ, Jno. Hughbanks, John Cravens, Thos. Fulton, Wm. Ingles (English), Jas. Thomas, Andrew Erwin, Margt. Dyer, Mathew Black, John Herman, Wm. Brown. Sold and appraised, 5th December, 1759, viz: John Farris, Hugh McGary, Robt. Minnis. Cash due by John Cally. Settlement by Margaret Cravens, late Margaret Dyer, administratrix.

From Frances Ball Turner.

Dyer, William Pierson died Aug 1924 age 69 at his home on McElroy St. Invalid for 13 years. Eldest son of late John M Dyer, first of 13 children to die. Survivors: wife, Eleanor (Long). Children: Mrs L. D. Myers. W. P. Jr., John, Mrs. J. H. Feamster, Mrs. L. C. Flournoy Jr., Joe. Brothers J. M., J. T., M. T., Darius, B. W., O. P., Calvery, Bryan, Dr. Wallace C. Dyer. Sisters; Mrs Rives Casey, Mrs C.M. Lemon, Mrs E. P. Wharton. Step-mother; Mrs. John M. Dyer, buried Pythian Ridge Cemetery, Sturgis Kentucky.

Kentucky Death records 1911-1950 show William Pierson Dyer born Set 9 1855 died Aug 17 1924 son of John M. and Sophronia Pierson, buried Sturgis Ky.

I cannot find his grave in the Pythian Ridge cemetery records for Sturgis nor is he listed for Ark Royal cemetery in Caseyville. Berry Dyer is listed in lot owners, as is John H. Dyer, William C. Dyer had 2 lots there, and many were unsold so he could have been buried at either place, but by 1924 Caseyville had died and most people had come to Sturgis and the chances are he is buried there. I will keep a lookout for his grave listing, but would think Pythian Ridge in 1924. (From Bob Walker).

Ann's surname "Emmons" and birth date were provided by Melvin Hurst, 28 May 1992 and 13 Sep 1995. See also Henry Hurst will dated 5 Jan 1819 (Will Book C, p. 24, Fleming Co., KY). An abstract of will is printed in "Fleming Co., Kentucky Wills and Estates", Vol. 2, 1822-1834 by Charles M. Franklin. Ann was found by Doris Brock in the 1850 Fleming County, Kentucky census at age 83, living with a George Robertson family. Next on the census list was a William Emmons (age 61) family. Was William Emmons, Ann's son? And, was George Robertson a son-in-law? Ann would have been too young to be the mother of most of the Henry Hurst children. A close reading of the Henry Hurst will also suggests Ann may have had children of her own when she married Henry.

Ann EMMONS was born about 1750. She was mentioned in the estate settlement of William Emmons as legatee (heir) on 23 Oct 1797 in Fauquier Co., VA. She was mentioned in the Will of Henry Hurst as wife in 1819 in Fleming Co. KY. (From Charlotte Doyle Smith.)

I have doubts that the Ann Hurst found in that census is Ann Emmons Hurst. I have doubts about this Ida Woodsworth that was researched by these other people. Henry's son, Landy had a son named Emmons. I have a hard time believing he named his son Emmons, but his mother was Ida Woodsworth. Also, none of Henry's children had a daughter named Ida. Several had a daughter named Ann. Landy had an Elizabeth Ann; Henry Hurst Jr. had a daughter named Ann. John Hurst had a daughter named Ann Norris. Sally Hurst had a daughter named Ann. I have a record from 1774 in Fauquier Co. VA in which Henry Hurst is already associated with the Emmons family:

Lease March 1774 Fauquier Co. Va. William Jones, wife Sarah and son Joe Yearly rent from William Champe for 50 shillings Witnesses: William Champe, Joseph Emmons, James Emmons and Henry Hurst

Considering the year is 1774, that is the year that James Hurst was born and therefore I believe that all of the children of Henry Hurst belong to Ann Emmons. I do not believe that the Ann Hurst in the 1850 Fleming Co. Census is Ann Emmons. The age does not match up. (83 yrs.) She would have only been 7 years old in 1774. Also, if the will of William Emmons lists the kids by birth order, Ann comes after William who was born in the 1750's. The child after Ann was born in 1761 (James). (From Lori Trentman, LTrentman@@aol.com.)

Revolutionary War Soldier, W7108.

Her name may have been Mary Polly Emmons.

From Renee Schaffer <enterprise@@seanet.com>