When Samuel Dyer was born on 23 August 1795, in Braintree, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Ichabod Dyer Jr, was 28 and his mother, Phebe Nichols, was 22. He married Nelly Carr on 7 February 1821, in St. Louis, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Newburg Township, Fillmore, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. He died after 1880.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Established in 1849.
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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