William Penn Dyess (1838 - 1928)

Born 30 Nov 1838 in Jasper, Mississippi

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Died 11 May 1928 at age 89 in Bassfield, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi

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Biography

Birth: Nov. 30, 1837

Jasper County Mississippi, USADeath: May 11, 1928 Bassfield Jefferson Davis County Mississippi, USA

Company B, 46th Mississippi Infantry

Confederate States of America  

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Spouse:

• Sarah Rosena Knawls Dyess (1834 - 1915)

Children:

• Dysannah P. Dyess Miller (1858 - 1909)*
• Jasper M. Dyess (1861 - 1879)*
• Andrew Jackson Dyess (1863 - 1944)*
• Amanda Jane Dyess Shivers (1864 - 1949)*
• William Henry Dyess (1869 - 1940)*
• Albert Galtin Dyess (1870 - 1950)*
• Mattie Dyess Robertson (1874 - 1953)*
• Sarah Rosena Dyess King (1876 - 1972)*

Inscription:

No dates on grave marker  Burial: Hathorn Cemetery  Jefferson Davis County Mississippi, USA

• Pvt. William Penn Dyess (b. Jasper County, MS, 1836-d. Jeff Davis County, MS, 1928), Co. B ("Covington Rebels," raised in Covington County, MS), 6th (Balfour's) Battalion MS Infantry, which became Co. B, 46th MS Infantry. Enlisted May 3, 1862, at Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS, at age 24. Present on June 1862 company muster roll. Present on Aug. 1862 company muster roll. Present on Oct. 1862 company muster roll. Present on Dec. 1862 company muster roll. Feb. 1863 company muster roll states "deserted Jan. 25, 1863," but he returned to service and served at the Siege of Vicksburg, MS. Surrendered and paroled at the end of the horrific 47-day Siege of Vicksburg, MS, on July 4, 1863, and required to return to service after being duly exchanged on paper for a like Yankee POW. Pvt. Dyess filed Confederate Pension applications in Jeff Davis County, MS, in 1920, 1924, & 1926. Buried in the Hathorn Cemetery (aka, Stringer Cemetery), located on the E side of Hathorn Cemetery Road, about halfway between its intersection with Bass-Burkett Road and its intersection with Speights Road, Bassfield, Jeff Davis County, MS, with a Confederate marker.

Left by Jim Huffman on 21 Feb 2017

Research Notes

If tombstones for sisters Caroline and Patience are correct 1836 and 1837 could not be correct birth years for him. His tombstone does not list dates. If 1850 Census is correct his year would be 1838

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 25 December 2017), memorial page for William Penn Dyess (30 Nov 1837–11 May 1928), Find A Grave: Memorial #51903577, citing Hathorn Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Ann Berry McNair (contributor 47146355)
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LC-HBR : 12 April 2016), William Dyess in household of John Dyess, Covington county, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing family 237, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1870 United States Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Marion, Mississippi; Roll: M593_739; Page: 313A; Family History Library Film:552238
• 1880 United States Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Lawrence, Mississippi; Roll: 653; Family History Film: 1254653; Page: 314A; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 0633
• National Parks Service (NPS), Soldiers and Sailors database, The Civil War, (n.d.). "Serach for William P Dyess Civil War Record." Accessed 28 Mar 2024.