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Samuel DYE

Samuel DYE

Male 1827 - 1856  (~ 29 years)

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  • Name Samuel DYE 
    Born CA 1827  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Wayne Twp, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1850 
    laborer 
    Died 24 Mar 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: fell off horse, drowned in creek 
    Person ID I44271  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2018 

    Father Lytle DYE,   b. 4 Jan 1796, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Eleanor MUNDELL,   b. CA 1797, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F51564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth CUMBERLEDGE,   b. 28 Mar 1823, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1902  (Age 78 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Greene Co, Pennsylvania (Greene Twp), enumerated on Nov 5 1850:
      Samuel Die, 23, b. Pa, laborer, cannot read/write; Elisabeth, 28; Sarah, 3; George, 2.

      1860 Census, Monongalia Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 1 1860:
      Elizabeth Dye, 37, b. Pa, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $125; Elcy Chambers, 18, b. Pa, domestic; Sarah, 13, b. Pa; John, 9, b. Pa; Jacob, 6, b. Pa; Jackson, 3, b. Va.
      NOTE: The surnames of Sarah, John, Jacob and Jackson are incorrectly entered as Chambers rather than Dye.

      1870 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jul 19 1870:
      Wells Underwood, 60, farmer; Elizabeth, 47, b. Pa; John, 19; Notley, 16; Jacob, 15; Jackson, 13; Amanda, 12; Martin, 11 months.
      NOTE: John, Jacob and Jackson were Wells Underwood's stepsons, children of Samuel Dye and Elizabeth Cumberledge. Although entered in the census record as Underwood, their correct surname was Dye,

      1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jun 24/25 1880:
      Wells Underwood, 70, b. WVa, farmer, indicated as being maimed, crippled, bedridden or othewise disabled; wife Elisabeth, 57, b. Pa, cannot read/write; stepson Jackson Dye, 24, b. WVa, farm worker, married during the census year; stepdau (sic) Lucinda J. Dye, 17, married within the census year.
      The next enumerated household was that of Elizabeth's daughter Sarah and her family:
      Oliver Underwood, 32, farmer, b. W.Va; wife Sarah, 34, b. Pa; son Charley, 12; dau Mary A, 11; dau Hannah C, 2.

      1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jun 16/18 1900:
      Jacob Dye, 45, b. Jun 1854 in Pa, farmer, married 27 yrs; wife Nancy Dye, 42, b. Oct 1857 in WVa, married 27 yrs, no children; mother Elizabeth Underwood, 77, b. Mar 1823 in Pa, widowed, mother of 7 children (4 still living); adopted Lenora Weekley, 15, b. May 1885 in WVa. [3]
    Children 
    +1. Sarah DYE,   b. 15 Dec 1846, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1938, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +2. George F. DYE,   b. Sep 1847, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1922  (Age ~ 74 years)
     3. John DYE,   b. Dec 1850, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911  (Age ~ 60 years)
     4. Jacob DYE,   b. 17 Jun 1854, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1926, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     5. Andrew Jackson DYE,   b. 27 Feb 1856, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1891, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F17903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S184] 1850 Census.

    2. [S1596] Newspaper article.

    3. [S1567] Marriage record of son.