Sullivan-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....DYER, Albert Lee 1868 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 10, 2007, 11:07 pm Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899) ALBERT LEE DYER, the well-known proprietor of the Lopez Meat Market and also a livery stable at Lopez, Pennsylvania, is a native of Bradford county, born at New Era, February 13, 1868, and is a son of John C. and Mary (Butler) Dyer, who are likewise natives of Bradford county and now make their home in Lopez, Sullivan county. The father is now in the employ of Trexler & Terrell, as saw-hammerer, at their mill in Ricketts. Albert L. is the oldest of the three children of the family, the others being William W., a telegraph operator in Brooklyn, New York; and Sadie E., wife of C. M. Tozer, of Lopez. The primary education of our subject was obtained in the public schools of New Era, but he later attended the Towanda graded school and the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute. At the age of nineteen he came to Bernice, Sullivan county, and worked in the lath mill for a year, after which he was employed as foreman for J. W. Stroud, the lumberman, for two years, and was in partnership with that gentleman in the lumber business for a year. In May, 1891, he removed to Lopez, and opened a confectionery store and pool room, which he conducted for four years, and on selling out purchased a meat market. Consolidating his business with that of J. D. Place, they carried on the meat market together for fifteen months, but at the end of that time Mr. Dyer bought his partner's interest and has since been alone. In addition to the meat business he also conducts a livery and feed stable, with good success. He is enterprising and progressive, and the success that has crowned his efforts is due entirely to his own perseverance and good management. On the 4th of October, 1894, Mr. Dyer was united in marriage to Miss Ella M., daughter of John Utz, of Dushore, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. She is a member of the Lutheran church, while socially Mr. Dyer is a member of Evergreen Lodge, No. 163, F. & A. M., of Monroeton, Pennsylvania; Dushore Lodge, No. 494, I. O. O. F.; and Lopez Tent, K. O. T. M. He is an active member of the Republican party, was appointed constable for one year and twice elected to that office, and in 1896 was also elected town clerk. His official duties have always been most faithfully performed, and in all the relations of life he has been found true to every trust reposed in him. Additional Comments: Additional Comments: Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania by Thomas J. Ingham Compendium of Biography The Lewis Publishing Company Chicago: 1899 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb