Samuel B. Dyer, was born in New Market, NH, March 21, 1779. When about three yrs of age his parents removed to Pittsfield where he grew up. He was trained from a child to hard work, which contributed to his possessing one of the best physical constitutions. He stood a little less than six feet, had a fine commanding form, with full, expressive eyes, and black hair, and was a fair-looking young man. He gave himself to God under the preaching of Rev. Aaron Buzzell, was baptized by Rev. Benj. Randall in 1798, and from then on he entered into the work of God.

He was married three times:
1) Mrs. Abigail Fogg, on 5th May, 1801. He set up his trade as a clothier, to support his rising family and his aging parents, laboring in his mill from 12 to 14 hrs a day.
On March 7, 1804, he was ordained at Nottingham, and subsequently took charge of the FWB church in that town. He was blessed in this ministry.
He soon became extensively known to the public, and highly esteemed as an able minister, so that calls to funerals, marriages, baptisms, and other work, became so frequent he relinquished his clothing business and purchased a farm.
He was elected three times to the State Legislature. He left that place to devote his time to the ministry. He removed to Loudon in 1822, purchased a good farm and was well supported. He gathered a large church. Notwithstanding, the prosperity, he suffered the loss of hiswife, Abigail, Aug. 9, 1825, the wife of his youth, and the mother of twelve children---eleven who were then living.
He bore it with manly fortitude believing she was one of the most pious, amiable, and industrious women, but was in the end, her eternal gain.

2) On Feb. 21, 1826, he married Mrs Jemima Clough, a woman of good Christian character, benevolence of feeling toward his children, and was a good wife to him. But on the 18 of Nov. 1837, Jemima died, having helped raise nearly all his children. He resolved on visiting his children in Ohio, and declined a second term to state office.

3) After his return, he married Mrs. Betsey Morrill, of Gilmanton, the 12 of Dec. 1838. She was a lady possessing respectable accomplishments, and a good estate. In June 1839, they removed from Loudon to Deerfield, where God blessed his labors.
He was an ordained minister more than forty-two years, in which time he baptized many hundreds, solemnized between 700-1000 marriages and preached nearly 2,000 funeral sermons. He took great interest in the Deerfield/Nottingham QM, and attended for the last time in 1846, prayed at the ordination of two young ministers, which so affected many that it caused them to remark that they "would never hear Mr. Dyer pray again."
He died from typhus fever which ended in quick consumption. Rev. Enoch Place preached his funeral, and the procession then went 18 miles to Loudon to lay him beside two of his wives.

Info taken from "Eminent Preachers" by Selah H. Barrett, printed in 1874.

Son of Samuel B. Dyer & Abigail Fogg; Samuel B. Dyer, Mem. # 121921708, died Feb. 9, 1897 in Hillsdale, Michigan. The source for this is found on Familysearch.org in Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897. The memorial for Samuel B. Dyer Jr. shows his parents as Samuel Dyer, mem. # 121922909, this Samuel Dyer was married to Lucretia Evans, they did have a son named Samuel who died at the age of 2 years.