James Wilson Dyer
Born: November 22, 1841, son of William Wilson Dyer and Phoebe Woods Taylor
Died: May 9, 1889 47 years
Married: First wife was Mary E. Perrigo; married second wife Hattie Gowett or Gowette May 9, 1886.
Children: With Mary Perrigo: Ella Mary Dyer Cochran, George Dyer, Frank Dyer, Herbert Royal Dyer, Mason Sidney Dyer, Annie Phoebe Dyer Whitman, Orville Leslie Dyer; and with Hattie Gowette: James W. Dyer Jr.
James Wilson Dyer was a Civil War Veteran. He has a DAR marker on his grave in Union Cemetery, Franklin, New York, served with the 118th NY Co. A.
Malone Palladium, Thursday, March 28, 1889
Vermontville and Vicinity
James W. Dyer, an old veteran and comrade in the G. A. R., is very sick with Bright's disease. No hopes are entertained of his recovery.