Biography of David A. Dyer (date unknown)
No. 237b - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of
Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.
D.A. DYER is one of five surviving members of a family of twelve children born to John
S. and Martha A. (BASSETT) DYER, and was born in Monroe county, Mo., in 1844. The father
and mother were born in Henry county, Va., in 1819 and 1818, respectively, and were
married in 1839. In 1840 they came to Missouri, locating first in St. Charles county, and
later in Warren county, then in Monroe, and finally came to Lincoln county in 1852. The
father was a farmer and died in 1880, leaving his children well supplied with worldy
goods. He was a brother of Col. D. P. DYER of St. Louis, who was once Republican candidate
for governor of Missouri. He served during the late war in Capt. Thomas CARTER's company
as first lieutenant and was a participant in the battle of Lexington. While on his way
home he was captured and taken to St. Louis where he was kept in prison about four months.
He was a man good business ability and an honest, upright citizen.
David A. DYER was educated in the common schools. He left school when a boy in the fall of
1864 and joined Capt. WOODS' company of Slayback's regiment, Shelby's brigade, and
operated in Arkansas and Texas until the close of the war and surrendered at Shreaveport
La., to United States forces under Gen. CANBY, the 15th of June.
In 1869 M. Laura WRIGHT became his wife. She is a daughter of Marion WRIGHT of Virginia,
and became the mother of the following children: Hattie, John, George, Nannie, Otis,
Mattie, David A., Jr., Daden and Shapley. The four eldest are married; two of the boys are
in St. Louis, the others at home.
Mr. DYER ownes 120 acres of land, and in his political views supports the principles of
the Democratic party.
Mrs. DYER's grandparents, John and Caroline (ROSS) GEIGER were born in Kentucky and came
to Missouri in 1812, there being but three white families in the county at that time and
the woods were full of indians.
Mr. DYER wants to know if any of his old comrades remember his shooting a turkey while on
picket duty with orders that not a shot was to be fired, although they had not had
anything to eat for three days?
Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection": Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO. She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records.
Submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Beth Rengers Talken, 20 August 1998.
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