HI... This came from the Rootsweb page... Thought I would pass it to the DYESS group.... This is good stuff..... Thanks!! kaite... Bio: Henry Dyess, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: shields@eufaula.lib.ok.us (Thelma Shields) Source: Extracted from the Sabine Index of February 28, 1996 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. Extracted from the Sabine Index of February 28, 1996 (article was submitted by Pan Trammel of Texarkana, Texas) "Dyess name can be found for many generations in area" Dyess' name is one that can be found for many generation in the Sabine Parish area. The first time was around 1870 when Henry Dyess and his new wife Tabitha Elizabeth Mixon moved to the Sabine area after the War Between the States. Henry was born on March 10, 1838 in Newton County Mississippi. He married Tabitha on January 7, 1867 in Bienville Parish. Henry Dyess fought in the War Between the States along side five other brothers and he served as a 3rd Sergeant in the 9th Louisiana Infantry at Camp Moore in Monroe. He was injured at Malvern Hill, Virginia when a canon ball struck his head. He also received injuries to his leg which left him disabled for most of his adult life. A grand daughter of Henry Dyess recalled that Henry Dyess was among the men when Stonewall Jackson was brought injured into the camp at Chancellorsville. Henry told his granddaughter that on that day grown men wept. Henry, lost in that war, brothers, Ely Dyess, George Dyess and Thomas Dyess. After the War Between the States, Henry Dyess met and married Tabitha Mixon. Around 1870 he moved his wife and young family to Sabine Parrish, where many of his descendants can be found today. Many of Henry Dyess descendants are alive and still living in Sabine Parish. One of these descendants included Grover Cleveland Dyess (August 23, 1885- February 25, 1973) Grover Dyess was married to Allie Iona Oliff and several children and grandchildren are now living in the Many, Marthaville and Robeline area.