George Dye, Sr.

GEORGE DYE, SR.

This grand old pioneer was born in Green County, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1786; was married to Sarah Calvert January 7, 1807. She was also born in the same county and state, December 7, 1785. One year after their marriage, Benjamin, their first child, was born, January, 1808, died May 18, 1879, at his home in Hamilton County, Indiana, on Little Eagle Creek, where he is buried. This was the first death in this large family, when the youngest was fifty-one years old. About the year 1808, Mr. George Dye, Sr., moved to Morgan County, Ohio, where nine children were born to them, as follows: Isaac, born 1809, lives near Northfield; Fanny, married to Jacob Stonking, she was born December 16, 1810, resides in Zionsville; James, born October 28, 1812, resides in Northfield; Jacob, born August 14, 1814, resides at Zionsville; George W., born October 3, 1816, resides in Oregon; William, born October 18, 1818, lives one mile north of Zionsville; Elizabeth, born September 13, 1820, married to John Ford, moved to Iowa and died there; Sallie, born January 12, 1823, married Robert J. Harmon, resides in Kansas; Samuel H., born November 11, 1828, married Malissa Hage, resides in Dakota. In 1830 Mr. Dye moved to Miami County, Ohio, remained there until the year 1833, when he came to Eagle Creek, Boone County, where he lived until his death at Lebanon, March 3, 1847. Mrs. Dye died July 8, 1845, in the house now occupied by William Dye. Both are buried at the cemetery in Eagle Village. Mr. Dye was in the war of 1812, and was wounded by the Indians. He was hotly pursued by the Indians and had several hand-to-hand encounters with them in Ohio. He was one of the best men that ever lived in the county. Was a Methodist, and a devoted member and public speaker. He was a great hunter, a very large, strong man, six feet one inch high, well made. He was one of the best men that ever lived on Eagle Creek. He built the Dye mills on the creek soon after his arrival in the county. Mr. Dye entered and bought 640 acres of choice land on the creek. George Dye will be remembered as a bold, fearless pioneer of Boone County.
 

Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - June 11, 2007
Source: "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana," Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind., May, 1887, pp 260-261.