Introduction

Biography

Porter was the son of Chris­to­pher Dy­er and Bet­sey Por­ter. He mar­ried twice, to Es­ther Ann Hough (De­cem­ber 2, 1838, Can­ter­bu­ry, Con­nec­ti­cut), and La­vin­ia C. Gan­nett (Sep­tem­ber 23, 1873).

On No­vem­ber 7, 1867, he was in­stalled as pas­tor of the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Shrews­bu­ry, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Dyer was well known as a po­et and au­thor. He is some­times con­fused with his son, E. Por­ter Dyer (1839–1896), man­ag­ing ed­it­or of the Spring­field Un­ion, Spring­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Works

• The Child’s Keep­sake (New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut: S. Bab­cock, 1850)
• The Young Maid­en’s Mir­ror, 1853
• Bunyan’s Pil­grim’s Pro­gress, in Verse (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Lee and Shep­ard, 1869)