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m. 28 Jul 1850
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m. 30 Aug 1888
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For 92 of her 93 years, "Aunt Matt" has lived continuously in Crawford county. At the age of 18, in 1884, she joined the Missionary Baptist Church at Cain School house. For 75 years she has been a true Missionary. She married Frank Dyer, August 31, 1888. They set up housekeeping at Graphic where he was the newly appointed postmaster. Frank and Martha Jane Meadors Dyer had four children. Three girls and one boy: 1. Elmira Dyer who married Luther Creekmore, lived in Mountainburg Arkansas 2. George Dyer who died at the age of 16 months 3. Ethel Dyer who was burned to death when a small child. 4. Flossie Dyer married __? Young, and lives in California. There are six grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren, that's 5 living generations in 1959. Aunt Matt lives alone in her house, next door to her daughter and son-in-law, the Luther Creekmores. |