Thomas Dye was born in 1776 in New Jersey and died in 1858 in Washington Co., Ohio (?). Sherry Rathbun Neff (Sherneff44@aol.com) shared the following information about Thomas. "Dye Data informs us that at age 18, Thomas settled near Baltimore, MD, hauling goods from Baltimore to Pittsburg, Pa and to Marietta, Ohio (see map to the right) in a freight wagon called "The Old Penn Wagon".
Thomas Dye married Jane Mankin. It is believed that Thomas settled in Williamstown, West Virginia, across the Ohio River from Marietta prior to 1806. Thomas then moved his family to Belleville (red dot on the map above) in Wood County, West Virginia near Parkersburg, when his son Martin was 12 years old -- 1813. Around 1819 he moved into Meigs Co., Ohio. "
In the name of the benevolent Father of all I Thomas DYE of the Co. of Meigs, & State of Ohio do make and publish this my last will & testament.
Item, 1st. I give and devise to my beloved Wife Elizabeth DYE, all the household furniture, such as beds & bedding of all kinds, kitchen & cupboard ware of every description including everything that pertain to household goods, that I have or may have at the time of my decease.
Item 2 = I give and divise to my said wife, the cow which I now own.
Item 3 = I also give and device to my said wife, all the money due, debts & demands of every description that I may have in my possession at my demise or that may be due to me at the time aforesaid. she my said wife paying all my just debts at the time of my decease.
Item 4. I do herby nominate & appoint L.S. Towsen executor of my last will &^ testament hereby authorizing & empowering hime to compromise, adjust release & discharge in such manner as he may seem proper the debts & claims that may be due me.
I hereby reovke all former wills by me made in tesimory where I have her in to set my hand and (seal). This 10th day of Aug A.D. 1834.
Sealed and acknowledged by said Thomas DYE as this my last will and testament in our presence & signed lby us in his presence.
L.S. Townsend
John Wilson
The State of Ohio Meigs C. SS We Leonard Townsend & John Wilson being duly sworn in open court this 3d. day of Nov. A.D. 1858 depese & say that we were present at the last will & testament of Thomas DYE, here into amexed that we saw the said testator subscribe said will & heard him publish & declare the same to be his last will & testament. & that the said testator at the time of executing the same, was of full age & of sound mind & memory & not under any restraints, & that we signed the same as witnesses at his request & his presence & in the presence, & each other, & has since deceased.
In the 1810 Census, Thomas Dye is given as the head of a household in Wood County, (Belleville) with 1 male under 10, 1 male between 10 and 16, 1 male between 26 and 45 (Thomas Dye), 4 females under 10 and 1 female between 26 and 45 (most likely his wife). [Thanks to Carlisle Bowling - zavron@aol.com for the lookup.] There is transfer of deed recorded on December 23, 1819 in which Ephram Cutler and wife sold 649 acres in Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio to Thomas Dye.
Thomas is listed in the 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850 U.S. Federal Census Meigs County reports. They apparently traveled in the "Old Penn Wagon". [Wood County is directly across the Ohio River from Meigs County, Ohio.]
There is a town of Dyesville in Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio. The role that Thomas Dye and his family may have played in establishing this town is currently being researched. When Furman Dye attempted to give this name the Dyes Settlement in Nobel County in the mid 1850s, his petition was denied due to the existence of the Dyesville in Meigs County.
Milton Crum
Joyce provided the following information. "In response to your query posted on the Meigs Co., OH web page
concerning Dyesvilles. According to the Meigs Co., history Book, Volume
1,
"Dyesville is located in Southeastern Columbia township on Leading
Creek. It was named for (Joseph) Seldon and Margaret DYE, parents of Electa DYE
Vale who earlier supplied this information.
The DYE's gave the land where Dyesville Community Church now stands, for
a church to be built on in 1883.
A flour mill at Dyesville was owned by Nathan Vale and was later sold to
White's Mill in Athens, OH.
An elementary school and a 2 year high school operated in Dyesville for
many years on tax money provided by the railroad company."
Mary(Bradfield) Dye, along with
Martin's second wife, Mary Riggs, are remembered as being some of the first
settlers in Scipio Township. A W. H. Dye is named as a superintendent at the then Cumberland Presbyterian
school in Harrisonville, and a Mrs.. Martha Dye listed as an instructor at
the same school. The Dye name does not show up in any of the personal histories in the book."
In Hardesty's historical and geographical index for Meigs county (1867, Thomas Shultz) the Dyes appear in Scipio Township list J. Dye on section 9+26, Martin Dye on section 9+19 and T&Z Dye on sections 19.
Thomas Dye and Jane Mankin Dye had 7 children:
Martin Dye had 12 children: (Laura L. Myers)
Thomas Dye, son of Martin and Margaret Bradfield Dye, was born at the
Farmhouse at Harrisonville on the 18th day of August, 1834. He and Zack
Dye were twins. Thomas was born cripple (sic) and was not able to work on
the farm as the others were, so he was given an education and taught his
first term of school in Sub District ____ in
Scipio Twp, a summer term of 3 months in 1856, a winter
term of 4 mo beginning Nov. 1856 to March 1861. - taught 7 terms of 2 -
3 - 4 mo in Scipio Twp in 1861. He and his twin brother Zack and his
wife made a trip to Mo in a covered wagon to visit George Howell, who was
a brother to Mrs. Zack Dye. While in Missouri he taught a 3 mo term of school
at Eetna (sic),Scotland Co, Missouri then 1 mo at the same
place, then came home and a 2 mo term of school in Bedford Twp.
He attended Starling Medical College at Columbus in 1863
and 64. He began Practicing in Harrisonville - 1864. The first name on
his Ledger was Perry Wise l was on Aug. 11 64.
This handwritten family account of the twins and their children was written
by Gusta E. Wolfe , the only child of Thomas Dye.
Zachariah and Thomas were twins.Zack's early life was spent in helping to clear 600 acres of land which his
father owned in Scipio Twp. He helped to clear the path or road over the
horner hill from Harrisonville to Pomeroy.
Andrew Dye above was a soldier of the Civil War in 2d W.Va. Cavalry Co. A.
Andrew saw Lee's surrender at Appromatix (sic) Court House. While riding
along the road he saw soldier who was sick and stopped to give aid and found
that the sick man was his brother W.H. (Tippy) [William Henry Dye] and he gave him water and
assisted to get him to hospital and he recovered and lived to very old age.
and these two brothers were very great friends. Tipp always said that
his brother saved his life.
While at Cedar Creek Andrew was getting off his horse and the horse was shot
down, Andrew kept looking for transportation and a last caught a mule and
saddled him and the Captain ordered him to halt as he did so the captain
came up and told him to get off in the altercation the mule kicked the
Captain and Andrew got to keep his mule.
Andrew came home on furlough and rode his own horse back to war and also he
took a pair of saddle bags off a southern soldier and loaned them to his
brother Thomas who was ___. and they were there in possesion of Tom's
daughter Gusta Wolfe until Aug, 1936 and then they were returned to Andrew's
daughter Nelle Boothe who has them now.
John Dye (via Jayne Dye) has added a postscript here: " The horse he rode to war was the
one shot from under him and the Gov. paid him 160.00 for it several years
after the War was over. He did not bring any horse home with him.
When Thomas's daughter Violena and her husband, James Riggs, died in Iowa
leaving several small children, Thomas hired George Downing to go to Iowa and
bring the children to his home in OH.
The children were all born in OH.
Jane Mankin Dye, died 7, April, 1847. Thomas married Elizabeth Wilson
prior to the 1850 census. She was born ~ 1784 in Pennsylvania. Thomas died 8, April, 1858 and Elizabeth died 1, Mar,
1860 -- both died in
in Meigs County, Ohio.
This family left OH and migrated west to Clark Co, MO about 1840, where John
earned his livelihood as a farmer.
John died in 1856 in Luray, Clark Co, MO and is buried in Eldorado, Clark Co,
MO.
Eliza Dye Howell died in 1882 Luray , Clark Co, MO..buried in Eldorado,
Clark, MO.