Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Dyer, James M. 1813 - 
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Author: Goodspeed

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DYER, NEWTON, LARUE, HENDRICKS, GARLAND



James M. DYER's birth occurred in Lincoln County, Tenn., February 2, 1813.

His early education was limited, but he has done much to eradicate this

evil by reading, and is well posted on all the topics of the day.  In 1834

he married Martha NEWTON, who was born in Shelbyville in 1813, and departed

this life in 1874.  Of their nine children three are living:  Joseph H.,

Canthes V. and M. F.  Our subject resided with his mother until about

twenty years of age, and then sold dry goods throughout the western and

middle portion of Tennessee for about three years.  In 1849 he purchased

182 acres of land and is now the owner of 282 acres of valuable land.  In

1875 Mr. DYER married Tennessee LARUE.   She was born in Marshall County in

1834.  Notwithstanding many difficulties Mr. DYER has encountered through

life, he has now a good home and a comfortable competency.  He is a

Republican and was strongly opposed to secession.  He held the position of

magistrate twelve years and he and wife are members of the Cumberland

Presbyterian Church.  He is a distant relative of the late Thomas A.

HENDRICKS.  His parents were James and Martha (GARLAND, cousin of

Attorney-Gen. GARLAND) DYER, born in Tennessee in 1779 and 1781, and died

in 1817 and 1854 respectively.  They were married in 1799.  The father was

a farmer and a soldier in the war of 1812.  Both our subject's grandfathers

were soldiers in the Revolutionary war.



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From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"

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