Mary Haywood (Kay) Dye was born 12 Feb 1829 in Carroll, Chatauqua Co., NY. She was the daughter of Brian Kay and Olive (Wheeler) Kay. She married William Dye, b. OH, on 9 Jan 1850 in Sistersville, Tyler Co., West Virginia. The service was conducted by Rev. B. T. F. Cake. Mary died 29 Dec 1910, Orosi, Tulare Co., CA.
She and William Dye had five children: Hervey Eldridge, Adoniram Judson (A.J.), Harriet Lorilla (Hattie Lily), James Monroe (Monie), Hannah Louella (Ella) Dye. All of the Dye children followed their parents from the Dye home in Monroe Co., OH to IL to IA and finally via train to the Central Valley of California. They moved eastward to the area known Stokes Valley area east of Orosi, CA. Hervey E., Lily, A. J. and Ella also were laid to rest in the Visalia Cemetery. Son James Monroe, known as Monie, is buried with his family in the Reedley Cemetery in Reedley, CA. Hervey married Sarah Hutchinson who lived the the great age of 102. Adoniram Jusdon married Mary Caroline Moyle who died young, and Anna Belle Hausch, all of whom are buried next to his parents. Lily married Herman Beinhorn and upon her death, her younger sister, Ella, married Herman. Monie married Lizzie Wilhelmina Johnson.
After William's death, Mary married James Sexton Boyd, at age 74. Boyd is known for lending his name to Boyd's Grade, a twisting and windy road north of Orosi. This was not a happly marriage and did not last.
Mary was known for stepping in and helping with family when death claimed first her eldest daughter Lily, and then when son James' wife was killed in a runaway buckboard accident. She also took in her youngest brother, James Kay, a Civil War veteran who was broken in body and spirit after being held captive in the Andersonville Prison. He eventually made his way west, unfortunately leaving his family. He lies buried in the Old Soldiers Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Mary spent her life caring for others and was doing so at the time of her death, caring for her grandchildren.
She rests next to her husband, William Dye, in Lot 8, Block 39 of the Visalia Cemetery.
She and William Dye had five children: Hervey Eldridge, Adoniram Judson (A.J.), Harriet Lorilla (Hattie Lily), James Monroe (Monie), Hannah Louella (Ella) Dye. All of the Dye children followed their parents from the Dye home in Monroe Co., OH to IL to IA and finally via train to the Central Valley of California. They moved eastward to the area known Stokes Valley area east of Orosi, CA. Hervey E., Lily, A. J. and Ella also were laid to rest in the Visalia Cemetery. Son James Monroe, known as Monie, is buried with his family in the Reedley Cemetery in Reedley, CA. Hervey married Sarah Hutchinson who lived the the great age of 102. Adoniram Jusdon married Mary Caroline Moyle who died young, and Anna Belle Hausch, all of whom are buried next to his parents. Lily married Herman Beinhorn and upon her death, her younger sister, Ella, married Herman. Monie married Lizzie Wilhelmina Johnson.
After William's death, Mary married James Sexton Boyd, at age 74. Boyd is known for lending his name to Boyd's Grade, a twisting and windy road north of Orosi. This was not a happly marriage and did not last.
Mary was known for stepping in and helping with family when death claimed first her eldest daughter Lily, and then when son James' wife was killed in a runaway buckboard accident. She also took in her youngest brother, James Kay, a Civil War veteran who was broken in body and spirit after being held captive in the Andersonville Prison. He eventually made his way west, unfortunately leaving his family. He lies buried in the Old Soldiers Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Mary spent her life caring for others and was doing so at the time of her death, caring for her grandchildren.
She rests next to her husband, William Dye, in Lot 8, Block 39 of the Visalia Cemetery.
Mary Haywood (Kay) Dye was born 12 Feb 1829 in Carroll, Chatauqua Co., NY. She was the daughter of Brian Kay and Olive (Wheeler) Kay. She married William Dye, b. OH, on 9 Jan 1850 in Sistersville, Tyler Co., West Virginia. The service was conducted by Rev. B. T. F. Cake. Mary died 29 Dec 1910, Orosi, Tulare Co., CA.
She and William Dye had five children: Hervey Eldridge, Adoniram Judson (A.J.), Harriet Lorilla (Hattie Lily), James Monroe (Monie), Hannah Louella (Ella) Dye. All of the Dye children followed their parents from the Dye home in Monroe Co., OH to IL to IA and finally via train to the Central Valley of California. They moved eastward to the area known Stokes Valley area east of Orosi, CA. Hervey E., Lily, A. J. and Ella also were laid to rest in the Visalia Cemetery. Son James Monroe, known as Monie, is buried with his family in the Reedley Cemetery in Reedley, CA. Hervey married Sarah Hutchinson who lived the the great age of 102. Adoniram Jusdon married Mary Caroline Moyle who died young, and Anna Belle Hausch, all of whom are buried next to his parents. Lily married Herman Beinhorn and upon her death, her younger sister, Ella, married Herman. Monie married Lizzie Wilhelmina Johnson.
After William's death, Mary married James Sexton Boyd, at age 74. Boyd is known for lending his name to Boyd's Grade, a twisting and windy road north of Orosi. This was not a happly marriage and did not last.
Mary was known for stepping in and helping with family when death claimed first her eldest daughter Lily, and then when son James' wife was killed in a runaway buckboard accident. She also took in her youngest brother, James Kay, a Civil War veteran who was broken in body and spirit after being held captive in the Andersonville Prison. He eventually made his way west, unfortunately leaving his family. He lies buried in the Old Soldiers Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Mary spent her life caring for others and was doing so at the time of her death, caring for her grandchildren.
She rests next to her husband, William Dye, in Lot 8, Block 39 of the Visalia Cemetery.
She and William Dye had five children: Hervey Eldridge, Adoniram Judson (A.J.), Harriet Lorilla (Hattie Lily), James Monroe (Monie), Hannah Louella (Ella) Dye. All of the Dye children followed their parents from the Dye home in Monroe Co., OH to IL to IA and finally via train to the Central Valley of California. They moved eastward to the area known Stokes Valley area east of Orosi, CA. Hervey E., Lily, A. J. and Ella also were laid to rest in the Visalia Cemetery. Son James Monroe, known as Monie, is buried with his family in the Reedley Cemetery in Reedley, CA. Hervey married Sarah Hutchinson who lived the the great age of 102. Adoniram Jusdon married Mary Caroline Moyle who died young, and Anna Belle Hausch, all of whom are buried next to his parents. Lily married Herman Beinhorn and upon her death, her younger sister, Ella, married Herman. Monie married Lizzie Wilhelmina Johnson.
After William's death, Mary married James Sexton Boyd, at age 74. Boyd is known for lending his name to Boyd's Grade, a twisting and windy road north of Orosi. This was not a happly marriage and did not last.
Mary was known for stepping in and helping with family when death claimed first her eldest daughter Lily, and then when son James' wife was killed in a runaway buckboard accident. She also took in her youngest brother, James Kay, a Civil War veteran who was broken in body and spirit after being held captive in the Andersonville Prison. He eventually made his way west, unfortunately leaving his family. He lies buried in the Old Soldiers Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Mary spent her life caring for others and was doing so at the time of her death, caring for her grandchildren.
She rests next to her husband, William Dye, in Lot 8, Block 39 of the Visalia Cemetery.
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