William Wallace Dryden (1818 - 1897)

Born 28 Mar 1818 in Washington, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Ellen (Reynolds) Dryden — married 13 Sep 1843 in Linn, Missouri, United States

Died 21 Apr 1897 at age 79 in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States

Biography

“DRYDEN, MR. WILLIAM WALLACE, was born in Whitney county, Kentucky, March 28, 1818, (he was a twin, his sister Carolina) and moved to Linn county, Missouri, in 1832, and in 1850 was married to Miss Martha Ellen Reynolds, September 13, 1843. In 1864, accompanied hv his familv, he came to Idaho, and settled at first at Middleton, and from there moved to Reynolds creek in 1869, being one off our of the earliest settlers in that locality. He engaged in ranching, in which he continued up to about ten years ago, when he retired from active life and took up his residence at Caldwell. He departed this life at Nampa, April 21, 1897, and was buried beside his wife at Reynolds cemetery. Mr. Dryden was the father of eleven children, seven of whom are living, one of whom being Mrs. C. E. Share, of Reynolds. He was a kindhearted, cheerful gentleman, and will long be remembered in this county by his sobriquet of 'Father Dryden'." [A Historical, Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, 1898]” (Find a Grave, Memorial: 14296616).

Children of William and wife Martha:

• Mary Frances Dryden 1845–1874
• Lucy E Dryden 1848–1907
• Diadema Harriett Dryden 1851–1938
• Howard E Dryden 1852–1923
• Marshall Howard "BUD" Dryden 1853–1923
• William Dryden 1855–1922
• Martha Eugenia Dryden 1858–1938
• Thomas H Dryden 1859–1936
• Ida Louise Dryden 1863–1938
• Florence Cornelia Dryden 1867–1929
• Kate Alma Dryden 1869–1946

Sources

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