- Joseph P. Dyer
Joseph Palmer Dyer (
January 29 ,1827 –July 7 ,1891 ) was an Americanpolitician ofCalifornia , mine superintendent and stockbroker.He was born in
Vinalhaven, Maine , the son of George Dyer (1785-1865) and Jane Pendleton (1792-1863). Dyer was themayor ofSacramento, California , in 1857.He was married on
October 4 ,1853 , inRockport, Maine , to Deborah Hatheway Curtis (1829-?) They had the following children, all born in California: Alice C. Dyer (ca. 1855-?); Jennie Dyer (ca. 1857-?); Joseph B. Dyer (ca. 1859-?); Ralph Dyer (January 16 ,1864 -?); Ruth Barstow Dyer (January 16 ,1864 -?); and Mary Stackpole Dyer (April 21 ,1865 -January 14 ,1941 ).While his family lived in
Woburn, Massachusetts , in 1870, Dyer was inMariposa, California , working as a superintendent of a mine. In 1880, they were all together in Oakland, and Dyer was a stockbroker.Joseph P. Dyer died at age 64 in Sacramento.
References
*1860 Sacramento Co., CA, U.S. Federal Census, Sacramento Ward 1, Post Office: Sacramento, sht. 28, p. 27 B, line 25.
External links
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html J. P. Dyer] at the
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