Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of DAVID ANDREW DWYER This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 195-196 DAVID ANDREW DWYER. David Andrew Dwyer was the son of Moses Dwyer and Nancy Tuckwiller Dwyer, both parents being natives of Greenbrier county. The father of Moses Dwyer came from Ireland, and their home, where Moses was born, was on the J. R. & K. turnpike, an old homestead where, many years ago, the ministers of the Methodist church were wont to tarry on their way about among their flocks. David was the youngest son of his father's family, the other children being Eliza, who married Caleb Dwyer, and is now dead; John, who died in Texas many years ago; Mary, who became the wife of Henry Simms, of Fayette county, and Sarah, who married John Beam, of Fayette county, and is now also dead. David Andrew Dwyer, a farmer as to occupation, was a widely beloved neighbor and citizen. His fellow men elected him a justice of the peace for twelve years, and was elected high sherriff of Greenbrier without opposition. Because of his capability his first term of office as sheriff he was again elected by a large majority, receiving some 300 votes from the Republican side. During his term of office county paper at once went to par and staid there. for he paid drafts when they were presented, irrcspective of whether he had county funds on hand or not. Mr. Dwyer was a public-spirited man in every sense of the term. While incumbent of the sheriff's office he organized the stands today as an example of what a man may do for his community if he possesses really the wish to benefit his neighbors and townsmen. He was a man who was the same to all men whether high or low, rich or poor, humble or famous. He was a Christian in the highest sense of the word; living a high, strong, clean life, demonstrating his belief in God by deeds of charity and kindness. His home was the place of religious gatherings, and his Bible was a book well known to him. Mr. Dwyer was a sufferer for many months, having sustained a paralytic stroke some time before his death, which occurred on October 31, 1915, at the age of seventy-four years and ten rnonths. He leaves a widow, who was Miss Rachael 'McFarland, of Ohio, and the following children to mourn his death: John G., Charles M., now in California, James W., Nannie L., Ford and Grover C. Dwyer.