TX Family Group Sheet for the Col. Wiley Meeks Dyer Family *********************************************** Copyright © Scott Dyer. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Scott Dyer Email address: maizazul@unm.edu Husband: Col. Wiley Meeks DYER Birthdate: March 5, 1813 Birthplace: Washington, Wilkes Co., Georgia Death date: March 13, 1908 Place of death: Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas Burial: Edom Cemetery, Edom, Texas Father: Wiley Dyer Mother: Nancy Woolbright Marriage date: October 17, 1850 Marriage place: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Wife: Sarah Catherine "Kitty" COLTHARP Birthdate: April 24, 1833 Birthplace: Villa Rica, Carrol Co., Georgia Death date: June 30, 1907 Place of death: Smith Co, Texas Burial: Edom Cemetery, Edom, Texas Father: James Coltharp Mother: Joanna Adaline McSpadden CHILDREN Child No. 1: William Harvey Dyer Sex: M Birthdate: August 29, 1851 Birthplace: Smith Co., Texas Death date: December 10, 1935 Place of death: Bakersfield, California Burial: Marriage date: 1878 Marriage place: Towash, Hill Co., Texas Spouse's name: Sarah Elizabeth Hill Child No. 2: James Edwin Dyer Sex: M Birthdate: December 23, 1854 Birthplace: Hill Co., Texas Death date: December 5, 1937 Place of death: Gainsville, Cooke Co., Texas Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Mary Haggard Child No. 3: Simpson Bruce Dyer Sex: M Birthdate: April 2, 1856 Birthplace: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Death date: April 26, 1936 Place of death: Tulia, Swisher Co., Texas Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Alice Othello Hindman Child No. 4: O'Nolda Zaida "Nolzie" Dyer Sex: F Birthdate: April 18, 1858 Birthplace: Tyler, Smith Co., Teaxs Death date: December 24, 1935 Place of death: Houston, Texas Burial: Marriage date: October 4, 1877 Marriage place: Hill Co., Texas Spouse's name: John-the-Baptist Parker Child No. 5: John Francis Dyer Sex: M Birthdate: June 22, 1861 Birthplace: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Death date: Novemeber 20, 1867 Place of death: ? Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Nancy Joanna Dyer Sex: F Birthdate: June 22, 1861 Birthplace: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Death date: February 24, 1942 Place of death: Cross Plains, Callahan Co., Texas Burial: Marriage date: Mr. Dean Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Wiley Augustus "Gus" Dyer Sex: M Birthdate: August 3, 1863 Birthplace: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Death date: 22 March, 1930 Place of death: Chandler, Van Zandt Co., Texas Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Jonnie W. Green Child No. 8: Julius Milton Dyer Sex: M Birthdate: July 30, 1866 Birthplace: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Death date: February 27, 1955 Place of death: Bencia, Solono Co., California Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Martha C. ? Child No. 9: Robert Jesse Dyer Sex: M Birthdate: May 31, 1869 Birthplace: Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Death date: April 2, 1928 Place of death: Weimar, Placer Co., California Burial: East lawn Cem., Sacramento California Marriage date: 1908 Marriage place: Oakland, Alameda Co., California Spouse's name: Mildred "Millie" Emeline Young Child No. 10: Mary Sarah "Sally M." Dyer Sex: F Birthdate: July 9, 1872 Birthplace: Hill Co., Texas Death date: July 11, 1947 Place of death: Athens, Henderson Co., Texas Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Joseph A. Weatherly Documentation: Almost all of these facts are from Elizabeth Wright's book on the Dyer family history "Descendants of James Dyer and Allied Families", self- published in 1950.