1813–1882

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 15, 1813, Ab­ing­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Au­gust 22, 1882, Shrews­bu­ry, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Mount­ain View Ce­me­te­ry, Shrews­bu­ry, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

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The Child’s Keepsake, 1850

Biography

Porter was the son of Chris­to­pher Dy­er and Bet­sey Por­ter, and hus­band of Es­ther Ann Hough (mar­ried De­cem­ber 2, 1838, Can­ter­bu­ry, Con­nec­ti­cut).

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.

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