U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dyer, Edmund R. (1851-1931) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 378 Edmund R. Dyer, born in Pendleton County, 1851, son of Allen and Martha (Miller) Dyer, was married at Jane Lew, Lewis County, June 22, 1882, to Philena, daughter of Mansfield McWhorter. Children, Otto M., Allen, Audrey, Roscoe F., Ruth, Paul, Anna, Harry, Cecil, and one that died unnamed. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and is a Republican, engaged in farming and stock raising, besides owning and operating a saw mill and flour mill at Mansfield. The town, Mansfield, is named from Mrs. Dyer's father, Mansfield McWhorter. Mr. Dyer is a member of the mercantile firm of Dyer & Switzer. His farm near Mansfield contains 450 acres nearly all improved. He introduced the first wheat drill into Barbour, and stretched the first telephone wire of the Philippi Extension Telephone Company, of which he was a member. This was the beginning of the Woodford system. The capacity of his flour mill is forty barrels a day. In addition to his extensive property in Barbour County, he owns a half interest in 1600 acres in Randolph County, on Shaver Mountain and Laurel Fork, about 300 acres of which is in grass and grazes 100 head of cattle, and 130 sheep. The balance is heavily timbered; and he owns 130 acres in Preston County, partly improved. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH-CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV, #9966 Full-name: Edmond R. Dyer Birth: Jan. 15, 1851 in Pendleton County, (W)Va Death: Aug 4, 1931 in Philippi, Barbour County, WV Marital-status: Married Occupation: Retired Farmer, own farm Father: Allen Dyer, born in Va. Mother: Martha Miller, born in Va. Burial: Mt. Olive ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------