Joseph Palmer Dyer was an American

United States

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 politician

Politician

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 of California

California

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, mine superintendent and stockbroker.

He was born in Vinalhaven, Maine

Vinalhaven, Maine

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, the son of George Dyer (1785–1865) and Jane Pendleton (1792–1863). Dyer was the mayor

Mayor

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 of Sacramento, California

Sacramento, California

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, in 1857.

He was married on October 4, 1853, in Rockport, Maine

Rockport, Maine

Rockport is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,209 at the 2000 census. Rockport is a popular tourist destination and art colony.-History:...

, 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

Woburn, Massachusetts

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, in 1870, Dyer was in Mariposa, California

Mariposa, California

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, working as a superintendent of a mine. In 1880, they were all together in Oakland

Oakland, California

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, and Dyer was a stockbroker.

Joseph P. Dyer died at age 64 in Sacramento.

External links

• J. P. Dyer at the Political Graveyard