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Joseph Dyer Union Soldier
Birth: 19 FEB 1834 in Morgan co Ky/Morgan Co., KY
Death: 5 SEP 1926 in Kenova, W. Virginia
Burial: 7 SEP 1926 Lakeville, Ky. Capt. Powers Cemetery
Note: Joseph Dyer, was born the son of Francis and Jemima Dyer
in Morgan Co., Ky. . When he was born, Andrew Jackson was
President of the United States.. Joseph was 20 when he married
Lucretia Gullet. They were married June 16, 1854 by William
Coffee. They were married at the county court clerks' office
in West Liberty , Ky., Morgan Co., . When Joseph was 25 years
of age , in the Magoffin Co., census of 1860 it shows Joseph
to be a constable. He is living with his wife Lucretia
(Gullet) 21, they have one child Perlina, she is 3 years old.
Joseph was conscripted into the military , at that time you
either joined or was sent to prison , Josephs' enlistment was
for one year. He was a private in D Company of the 45th
Kentucky Mounted Infantry, he was inducted into service
October 28, 1863, at Covington , Ky. . The 45th Ky. Infantry
was under the command of Colonel John Mason Brown. In the
early part of 1864 the 45th was stationed at Mount Sterling,
this town served as a home base for picketing operations
against Confederate Cavalry units throughout the mountains. In
March of 1864 it's headquarters were moved to Flemings burg,
and then to Irvine , Ky. . In May of 1864 the 45th was placed
in Hobson Cavalry command and marched to Pound Gap on the
Virginia line. When Gen. John Hunt Morgan's Confederate
command moved into Ky. in June 1864 the 45th gave chase. The
regiment fought Morgan at MT. Sterling on June 9, 1864 , and
again at Cynthiana on June 12, 1864, where the Yankees
outnumbered Morgan over 4 to 1. Morgan's command was
scattered. In October 1864, the 45th was a part of the Union
command that moved on the Confederate salt works at Saltville,
Va. . On October 2, 1864, the 45th fought in the Battle of
Saltville where, again , the Union forces outnumbered their
Confederate opponents over 3 to 1 . This time the battle
resulted in a Confederate victory and the 45th fled back to
Kentucky. In November and December the 45th participated in
Stoneman's Raid into Southwest Virginia and fought in several
small skirmishes. Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F were mustered
out of service on December 24, 1864, at Catlettsburg, Ky. ,
while Companies G, H, I, and K were mustered out on February
14, 1865, after their 12 months term expired. During one of
these battles or skirmishes At Ivy Point (just outside of
Salyersville} , Joseph was captured, he was taken prisoner and
sent to Andersonville POW camp in Georgia. He was injured in
the right hip in the line of duty , this injury was very
disabling. He also spent time in a POW camp called Belle Isle,
this information was found in the Maggofin Co., records of
their Union soldiers. Joseph was discharged March 24, 1865 at
Covington , Ky. . His pension certificate number is
198972,which is recorded in Book D, page 611 in the pension
office. he received fifty dollars a month pension,. After the
war of the rebellion ,or Civil War as we know it . in the 1870
Magoffin Co., census, it shows Joseph 35 a farmer, wife
Lucretia Gullet, a daughter Perlina, 13 years old, a son
Evirt, age 10, a son Butler age 8, a daughter Nancy, age 3,
and a lady living in their household , , Nancy Gullet age 70
we assume this is the mother of Lucretia, Nancy Gullet was
born in Georgia. In the 1880 Maggoffin Co. census it shows
Joseph to be 46 and a farmer, wife Lucretia 42, Perlina age
24, Evirt age 20, Butler age 19,daughter Wesiah age 14,
Sheridan age 9, Mary age 7, and Seward age 4. In this census
there is no mention of the child Nancy or the motherinlaw
Nancy Gullet, we assume both are dead. Sheridan who is our
direct link to Joseph was born August 10, 1870. I found no
census for 1890 for Maggoffin Co., Ky. . In the 1900 Maggoffin
Co., Ky. census it shows Joseph Dyer age 66, Lucretia age 61,
Perlina age 43, and Seward age 23 in the household of Joseph
Dyer have been told that Perlina and Seward remained single
all their lives. Sometime between 1900 and 1908 Lucretia died.
Joseph remarried ,Mary Powers on April 1, 1908they were
married by Riley Howard in Maggoffin Co. . Joseph was 74 and
Mary was 22 years of age. In the 1910 Maggoffin Co. census it
shows Joseph 76 and his wife Mary 24 yeas of age. On the
seventh day of May 1920 Joseph Dyer age 86 is now a resident
of Kenova, Wayne county W. Virginia , , applied for a pension
of ninety dollars a month and was approved. Joseph received
this pension until his death on Sept. 5, 1926 in Kenova,
W.Virginia. The cause of death on his death certificate, heart
disease, general difficulty and a thrombosis . In a statement
that Mary made in a general affidavit for a widows pension on
the 24th of May 1927 in Kenova, W.Virginia., she states that
for the last three years of Josephs life , he was so disabled
that she had to dress and feed him like an infant, neighbors
and friends stated that she never left his side or was ever
relieved of his care. Mary did receive a widows pension of
twenty dollars per month, and she received this until her
death April 29, 1930. After Joseph died he was taken to
Maggoffin Co., Ky. and buried in the Captain Powers Cemetery,
later his wife Mary was buried beside him ,the Captain Powers
Cemetery is located on Lakeville Road, Rt. 7, about one mile
outside Salyersville, Ky. .
Father: Francis DYER b: 22 SEP 1794 in he stated in his app
for a pension that he was born sep t 22 in 1794 or 1796 in Va
Mother: Jemima ROBBINS b: ABT. 1798 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Mary POWERS b: 12 MAR 1886 in Magoffin Co. Ky.
Marriage 2 Spouse Unknown
Marriage 3 Lucretia GULLETT b: 5 SEP 1838 in KY
Married: 16 JAN 1854 in county clerk West Liberty KY Morgan
co
Children
Perlina DYER b: 1857
Evirt DYER b: 1859 in Morgan Co. KY.
Butler DYER b: 11 NOV 1861 in Magoffin Co. Ky.
Nancy DYER b: 1867
Sheridan H. DYER b: 10 AUG 1870 in Magoffin Co. Ky.
Mary DYER b: 20 JUL 1873 in Middle Fork Magoffin co Ky
Seward DYER b: 1876
Nora DYER b: NOV 1866
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