Clarence H. Dyer
Clarence H. Dyer was born on July 21, 1832, in Connecticut to Thomas Dyer. His father was a Democratic politician who served as mayor of Chicago in the 1850s. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when Dyer was a child. By 1860, he was working as a railroad agent in Thornton, Illinois, and he owned $100 of personal property.
He enlisted in the Union army in 1861 and served as a captain and assistant adjutant general. He mustered out in 1866, and he later received a brevet promotion to major.
Dyer returned to Chicago after the war, and he married Esther E. Rutter. They had at least two children: George, born around 1871; and Thomas, born around 1873. He worked as a coal merchant, and he employed at least one white domestic servant. He died of heart disease in Woodstock, Vermont, on August 10, 1894.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2312) | Dyer, Clarence H. | 1832-07-21 | 1894-08-10 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Captain
- Rank out: Major
- Rank highest: Major
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4460) [writer] ~ Clarence H. Dyer to John W. McClure, 29 April 1865
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com; Chicago (IL) Tribune, 12 August 1894.
