When Archibald Young Dyer was born on 19 November 1850, in Union, Georgia, United States, his father, James Marion Dyer, was 27 and his mother, Eliza Louisa Ingram, was 23. He married Hannah Jane Wimpey on 15 April 1873, in Union, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 11 February 1881, in Blairsville, Union, Georgia, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Choestoe Cemetery, Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Union, Georgia, United States
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth, from Middle English deier, degher ‘dyer’ (Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). Compare Dexter . The name is typical of southern England. In the Midlands Dexter is the more common equivalent and in northern England Lister .
Irish (Sligo and Antrim): variant of Dwyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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