Crenshaw County AlArchives Biographies.....Dyer, Edward F. 1827 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   DR. EDWARD F. DYER, dealer in drugs and general merchandise, Rutledge, was
born in Clarke county, Ala., in 1827. He was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Beard) Dyer, both born in Darlington district, S. C., the former in 1783, the
latter in 1793. They were liberally educated and married there, and in about
1812 came to what is now Clarke county, Ala., and in 1828 to Pike county,
settling in the woods. Here Mr. Dyer improved a farm and here Mrs. Dyer died in
1865, Mr. Dyer dying in Rut-ledge in 1881. He was a member of the Missionary
Baptist church and she of the Primitive Baptist church. He was one of the first
settlers in Alabama, living on the very frontier of civilization when the woods
were full of Indians and wild beasts. He spent some time in the war of 1812 on
Sullivan island. His father, John Dyer, was born in Dublin, Ireland, came to
this country previously to the Revolutionary war, fought seven years in that
war, settled in South Carolina and died in that state, as also did his wife.
William Beard, Mrs. Dyer's father, was in the war of 1812, and died in South
Carolina. Dr. Edward F. Dyer is the only son, and has one sister, Mary E., wife
of John F. Williamson, of Texas. - He was raised upon the farm in the early days
of Pike county, received a good English education, taught school a few years in
Pike county, and after-ward practiced dentistry a few years. He then read
medicine with Dr. J. M. McDaniel, of Pike county, and in 1859-60 attended Macon
Medical college, and then practiced medicine in Pike county until 1874. He then
practiced a few years at Rutledge, since which time he has been engaged in
merchandising and farming. Daring 1863 he served in company E, Fifty-sixth
Alabama cavalry in north Mississippi, but was thrown from a horse and disabled,
and was in consequence discharged after about one year's service. He was married
in Pike county to Nancy, daughter of Richard W. and Rebecca Horn, who came from
Georgia to Clarke county, Ala., a good many years ago. Mr. Horn died in Crenshaw
county in 1890 and Mrs. Horn still lives. Mrs. Dyer was born in what is now
Crenshaw county. Dr. and Mrs. Dyer have no children. He is a public-spirited
man, energetic and industrious, and while he does not seek office, he is always
interested in the character of the candidates.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 776
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI



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