Dyer Daniel Burton
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DYER DANIEL BURTON: Dyer was born on 22 Nov 1822 in Somerset, Pulaski County, KY. Dyer's death certificate states that he was born in Lexington, KY on 25 Nov 1822, but his pension papers indicate the former. On 22 Sep 1843 Dyer married Mary Ann 'Polly' Burton. They were married by The Reverend Matthew Floyd. He was a Baptist minister who served at churches in southwestern Pulaski and northeastern Wayne County, Kentucky. Dyer, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Kesiah, and Joel Burton were in Pulaski County, Kentucky in 1850 (near the Poff family). They arrived in Dubois County, Indiana about 1853 or so. It appears that Dyer's cousin Seaton D. Burton and his family made the trip with Dyer and his family. Dyer purchased land from the federal gov. in Indiana in 1857. Then the Civil War began. Dier D. Burton (age 38) joined the 49th Indiana Infantry, Company A, on 30 Sep 1861. Dier was in a hospital with severe asthma at Cotton Press, New Orleans, Louisiana for 3 or 4 months in late 1863. On 03 Feb 1864, Dyar reenlisted while his regiment was on The Gulf Coast at Indianola, Texas. At that time he was 41 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, thin, had grey eyes, dark hair and a dark complexion. In January 1865 Dyer was in "Christian College Hospital" in Lexington, Kentucky. He had a serious skin disease, of that era, called Erysipelas. This college was a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) institution. I suspect that it was here that Dyer was converted to that religion. Dyer was in for the whole war. It is estimated that his regiment traveled 8,000 miles. He was mustered out in September 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Wilson's History of Dubois County, Indiana (published in 1910) states that in 1869, Dyar D. Burton was a deacon in the Baily Church in Hall Twp., Dubois County, Indiana. The Baily Church was a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Dyer, Mary Ann, and Family were in Dubois County, Indiana on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 Censuses. Dyer's pension papers state that he was in Carroll County, Arkansas in the Spring of 1881. [The Winter of 80-81 was known as the Winter of Blizzards in Indiana.] Dyer homesteaded in Carroll, County, Arkansas in 1890. He died in Exeter, Missouri on 7 Apr 1910, and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery. Dyer's probate dragged on for at least 7 years; his probate file disappeared from the box it should be in at the county clerks office; his widow Dorcas dropped Burton from her name; Dyer did not get a tombstone; and he disappeared from the oral tradition of much of the Sanders family. (Something a little hinky if not hostile might have occurred with his estate.) MARY ANN BURTON: In several branches of the Burton family it is said that Mary Ann told her children and grandchildren that Indians had captured her mother - Rachel Roberts Burton - in Pulaski County, Kentucky; and while Rachel was captive Mary Ann was conceived and was born on an unknown day in 1822. Rachel and Mary Ann were rescued around 1830; taken to Fort Logan, Kentucky; and then home. (Robert Burton - Rachel's husband might have been killed when Rachel was captured, and so it is not known which home they returned to - - Robert Burton's home or Rachel's mother-Margaret Roberts' home.) On 26 Apr 1899 Mary Ann 'Polly' Burton died in Carroll County, Arkansas. She is possibly buried at Beaver Cemetery or Gaskins Switch Cemetery: with no proof for either. Mary's granddaughter-in-law Laura Belle Wilson Sanders and Laura Belle's son Melvin Sanders were later buried at Beaver Cemetery. Many members of the local Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) were buried at Gaskin's Switch Cemetery, including the William Nickle who signed a pension affidavit for Dyer in 1890. Dyer and Mary Ann Burton's children were: Elizabeth Burton 1851-abt 1861; Keziah "Kizzie" Burton (Sanders) 1846-1911*; Joel Reed Burton 1848-1938; Willim M. Burton 1851- bef 1898; Andrew Reed Burton 1856-1929; Sarah Reed Burton (Erwin Bundy) 1859-1929; Mary Catherine Burton (Morgan) 1861-1906; and Charlotte "Lottie" Jane Burton (Vanderpool Lloyd Burk)1867-1960. * Kizzie is the mother of Dan Sanders who is the ancestor of many of the Sanders and Saunders in Barry County, MO. Dyer Daniel Burton's second wife was Mrs. Julia Brown and his third wife was Dorcas C. Nichols Webster. Julia is on the 1900 Census in Cedar Twp., Carroll County, Arkansas. She was a servant in the home of Frank and Carrie Davis. She was a widow who had given birth to 8 children with 3 still living. I don't know if Julia is buried in Carroll County, AR or somewhere in Barry County. She died in 1905. Dorcas is buried in Howell County, MO, and had by the time of her death (1915) dropped Burton from her name. (Dorcas' Nichols family were prominent New England Quakers and her first husband was Seymour C. Webster, great-great-great-great-grandson of John Webster who was Colonial Governor of Connecticut in 1656.) Submitted by Linda Skelton Corbin |