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Yalobusha County, Mississippi, and Shelby County, Tennessee, teacher and polieman. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Dyer. Father of Charles Dyer, Wiley Dyer, and Nancy Dyer. Teacher in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, in 1850. Policeman in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Yalobusha County, North of the Yalobusha River, p. 427B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis Ward 7, p. 192.

Citation

Dyer, J. S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199457 (November 12, 2026).

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Isham G. Harris, Requisition
1861-03-13

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