Asa Dyer Family
Illinois, Iowa, & Washington State

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The Asa and Mary Willis Dyer Family about 1903



Asa Theodore Dyer
b. Jan 1857 IL
d. 10 Oct 1926 Seattle, King Co., WA
buried: unmarked grave next to Hazel and George Grubb, Forest Lawn Cem., Seattle WA
 

m. Mary Willis Henry 12 Dec.1881 Thorntown, Boone Co., IN
b. 21 Mar 1864 KY
d. 10 Dec. 1913 Creston, Iowa
buried: Graceland Cemetary, Creston, Iowa 12 Dec. 1913
her father: possibly John Henry
her mother: possibly Martha Sturgess

his father:Robert A. Dyer
his mother: Elizabeth Todd
Children with Mary Willis Henry
Maud Ethel Dyer  b. Sep 1883 Iowa d.  m. Ray O. Cooper about 1904
(probable son of Albert and Nancy Cooper of Iowa 1900)
Alena Flora Dyer  b. May 1886 Iowa d. m. Harold Wortman by 1925 (son of Wm F. and Lida Wortman)
Hazel Grace Dyer  b. 25 Mar 1890 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa d. 25 Jun 1968 Seattle, King Co., WA
buried in west Seattle
m. 30 Sep 1913 George Clabourne Grubb
Charles Preston Dyer  b. Mar 1893 Iowa d. 1943 m. Florence Vivian McFeely(b.1901)

 


Asa Dyer in front of a house he built in Grinnell, Iowa.

1857- Asa is born in Illinois although his parents had lived in Missouri a couple of times. By this date they had gone to Indiana where they remained until the Civil War broke out and moved back again to Missouri.

1880- Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana. (US Census)

1881- By this year Asa had moved back with his family to Clinton Co., Indiana where he apparently meets and marries Mary Willis Henry. The marriage certificate states that they were married in Thornton, which is just across the southwestern border of Clinton Co. but in Boone Co., Indiana. We suspect that it may have been closer to go here than to the Clinton county seat.
 

The Marriage Certificate of Thorntown, Indiana
certifies that Asa Theodore Dyer of Thorntown, Indiana
and Mary Willis Henry of Thorntown, Indiana

 were unitied by me in the Bonds of Holy Matrimony
At Thorntown, Indiana on the Twelfth Day of December in the year of our Lord 1881
In the Presence of S. L. Henry (and) Ida Henry
Signed Rev. George Reber, Pastor

The fact the S. L. Henry and Ida Henry were witnesses to this marriage give us reason to believe that the Mary Henry is related to the Henry family of Kentucky where Squire Sturgeon has been found. We still have not discovered proof that positively makes this connection.

1890, Mar 12 - Hazel Grace Dyer is born in Montgomery County, Iowa.
                         [certificate of birth, Montgomery County, Iowa, records of 1889 p. 12]

Lottie in the 1900 census is listed as a daughter. Aunt Birdie is Mary J. Scott, Robert Dyer's daughter

1898 - The letter (abstacted on another page) by Robert Alexander Dyer's grand-daughter, Maud, who is living in Clinton Co., Indiana. Asa T. Dyer, his son, is living in Orient, Adair County, Indiana and seems to have some problem with his eyes and has a hard time seeing and doing the work necessary to keep the extended family. Robert and his wife, Mary, are alive in Frankfort Co., Indiana after moving from Manson Co. Indiana.

 1900- Asa T. Dyer is in Orient Township, Adair County, Iowa census. enum. dist. 15, sheet 3, page 126. note the different spelling of Asa. 

Dyer, Ace T.           head       w m   Jan   1857   43  mar 18yrs           Illinois              Indiana              Indiana      mail carrier
"       , Mary             wife        w  f   Mar   1864   36  mar 18 yrs         Kentucky          Kentucky           Kentucky
"       , Maud            dau         w  f   Sep    1883  16 s                            Indiana              Illinois               Kentucky   at school
"       , Lena             dau          w  f   May  1886  14 s                            Indiana              Illinois               Kentucky   at school
"       , Hazel            dau          w  f   Mar   1880  10 s                            Iowa                   Illinois               Kentucky 
"       , Charles         son         w  m  Mar   1893    7 s                            Illinois               Illinois               Kentucky
"       , Jas E.          brother      w m  Nov  1864  35 s                            Missouri            Indiana               Indiana      brick layer 
   

Asa is a postmaster on one of the census records so he must have cleared up his eye problem.

1910 Iowa Census, Page 13b 1st ward Creston Township, Union County.  households 229-331

Dyer,           Theodore         head          m w   age   53    mar   28years                                              IL             IN           IN         bricklayer    owns home
Dyer,           Mary                 wife           f  w             45     mar    28 years     5 children/4 living     KY          KY          KY
Middaugh, Roy            son in law       m w            17     mar   1yr                                                      IL            IL           KY         works for railroad
    "              , Hazel                dau           f w              20     mar  1yr                                                       IA           IL           KY
Henry         , Martha      motherinlaw   f  w             93    widow                                                          KY         KY          PA
Dyer,            Charles               son          m w           17    s                                                                     IL            IL           KY

Iowa, Union County, Creston,
Series: T624  Roll: 425  Page: 14
Cooper,  Ray            head    m w 26  mar  6 yrs                         Iowa           Indiana        United States         harness maker      harness shop
"            ,  Maud        wife    f  w  25  m1    6yrs                         Indiana      Missouri       Kentucky              none
"            ,  Hazel         dau     f   w  2   s                                        Iowa            Iowa              Indiana                  none

1912- Mary Willis Dyer dies in Creston, Iowa. According to the Death Certificate of Mary Willis Henry Dyer, Martha's daughter, Martha is the daughter of a Sturgeon. John Henry in this document also is listed as born in Kentucky with nothing listed for a birth place for Martha. The information on this certificate was provided by Lena Whiteman in Creston, Iowa who is Mary Dyer's daughter. [Death Certificate, Creston, Iowa. 30 Jun 1913, p.109

Maud, Hazel, and Lena
Maud, Hazel and Lena about 1943.

1920 - US Census, Seattle, King Co., WA. west Manning St. enum. dist. 331, sheet 6a
Grubb, Hazel G. (is placed out of order with an arrrow to indicate the wife of George) I've placed them in the correct placement for easy interpretation.  This also indicates that the birth record is scrambled  for Hazel and George.

Grubb, Hazel        wife    rent       m  w  26 mar          Virginia   Tenn.      Virginia          holder   Shipyard (this should be with George' birth)
Grubb,  George     head   rent      m  w  24 mar           Iowa         Illinois   Kentucky                                       (Hazel's birth was in Iowa)
Dyer,    Theodore  father-in-law m  w  63  wd           Virginia   Tenn.     Virginia           none
Grubb,  Robert      brother           m   w 23  wd           Virginia   Tenn.      Virginia          machinist   Shipyard

Washington, King County,  Seattle,  Series: T625  Roll: 1931  Page: 163
Dyer,    Charles  P.   head    owner  m w  26  m           Illinois     United States      United Sates     boller fit        shipyard
"        ,   Florence      wife                   f  w  18  m            Iowa         Illinois                Illinois               none

1920- US Census, Washington, King Co., Seattle. , enum. dist. 331, sheet 34.   Series: T625  Roll: 1931  Page: 125

Cooper,    R.             head     m w  36  mar               Iowa        Indiana     Ireland              shoe maker     shop
"            ,  Maud        wife      f   w  36  mar               Indiana   Missouri   Kentucky         none
"            ,   Hazel       dau.      f   w   11  s                    Iowa        Iowa          Indiana             none
"            ,   Loren       son       m  w    6  s                    Iowa        Iowa          Indiana             none


US Census, Iowa, Scott County, Davenport Ward.
Series: T625  Roll: 512  Page:
Wortman,   Wm.  F       head  owner    m   w   50  mar                Iowa       Ohio      Pennsylvania         importer   arsenal
  "            ,    Lida            wife                  f     w   50  mar                Iowa      Indiana   Pennsylvania         none
"              ,    Holbran     son                    m   w   21  s                     Iowa      Iowa       Iowa                         targeter    arsenal
"              ,    Verne          son                   m   w   18  s                     Iowa      Iowa       Iowa                          none
"              ,     Max           son                   m    w     9  s                     Iowa      Iowa       Iowa                         none
"              ,    Harold       son                    m   w   22  s                     Iowa     Iowa       Iowa                          riveter     arsenal
Bass,           Albert    S.  bro-in-law       m   w   54  s                     Iowa      Indiana  
Pennsylvania        cigar maker    
Campbell,   Anna  B.     head     rent    f    w    42   m                  Iowa      Iowa       Ohio                         waitress   hotel
"               ,  Svenith        son                   m   w   15   m                   Iowa     Illinois     Iowa                       none
Walker,      Lawrence    boarder            m   w   31  m                    Iowa     Pennsylvania   Iowa              machinist arsenal

1925- Iowa state census, Scott Co., Davenport Ward.  p. 396
          Wortman, Harold C.    head              m w  29  rent
             Wortman, Lena F.         wife               f  w  35
             Wortman, Leolia F.    step-dau.         f  w  20

1930 - US Census, King County, Seattle  36th Street S. W.

Cooper,  Ray O.        head   owner  $2700    m  w  47  mar 21     Iowa         Indiana     United States      shoe repair  own business
"            ,  Maude E   wife                                 f    w  46  mar 21      Indiana   Missouri   Kentucky
"            ,  Loren R     son                                   m  w 16 s                  Iowa        Iowa           Indiana

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