John Small Dyer (1793 - 1844)

Born 25 Nov 1793 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Baldwin) Dyer — married Apr 1819 in Mercer, Somerset, Me

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1844 at age 50 in New Sharon, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

John Dyer was born in Massachusetts.

John, the son of James Dyer and Mercy Small was born 25 November 1793 in Truro, Massachusetts.^[1]

John married Frances 'Fanny' Baldwin, daughter of Nahum and Sarah (Hinckley) Baldwin Jr. on 10 February 1819 at Mercer, Maine.^[2]They had five children born in New Sharon, Maine:

1. Julia Freemont Dyer (b. 14 Nov 1820; d. 1861),^[3] m. 1875, John Taylor (1816-1897)
2. Dexter Dyer (b. 17 Oct 1825),^[4] m. 20 Apr 1856, Ann C. Rollins (1839-1907)
3. John Franklin Dyer (b. 4 Oct 1827; d. 9 May 1893),^[5][6]
4. Geroge Eustis Dyer (b. 4 Oct 1829; d. 1893),^[7] m. 27 Jan 1866 at Belgrade, ME, Betsey Ann Littlefield (1844-1919)
5. Isaac Small Dyer (b. 1 Feb 1833; d. 1909),^[8] m. 25 Dec 1868 at Rome, ME, Harriet F. Watson (1853-1911)

John Small Dyer served as a Musician in the Army during the War of 1812. He enlisted on 12 September 1814 and was discharged on 26 September 1814. He served in Capt. Daniel Baker's Company, Lt. Col. David McGaffey's Regiment. He died on 7 February 1844^[9]John is buried near his wife, Fanny, in the New Sharon Village Cemetery in New Sharon, Franklin, Maine.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWY-CDS : 15 January 2020), John Small Dyer, 1793.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FV-QJC : 14 January 2020), Fanny Buldwin [sic] in entry for John S. Dyer, 1819.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H29-N36 : 4 April 2020), Fanny in entry for Julia Dyer, 14 Nov 1820; citing New Sharon, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJB-R5S : 4 April 2020), Fanny in entry for Dexter Dyer, 17 Oct 1825; citing New Sharon, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44Q-TFK : 14 January 2020), Fanny in entry for John Dyer, 1827.
6. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQM-RY8 : 4 April 2020), Fannie Baldwin in entry for J F Dyer, 09 May 1893; citing Presque Isle, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
7. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H29-GFS : 4 April 2020), Fanny in entry for George Eustis Dyer, 04 Oct 1829; citing New Sharon, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44Q-YH4 : 14 January 2020), Fanny in entry for Isaac Small Dyer, 1833.
9. ↑ "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-B44 : 13 March 2018), John S Dyer, 07 Feb 1844; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,837.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 October 2020), memorial page for John S. Dyer (unknown–7 Feb 1844), Find a Grave Memorial no. 38411274, citing New Sharon Village Cemetery, New Sharon, Franklin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Cheryl Chastain-White (contributor 46905816).