Since I disdain to do research this side of 1850, I am not sure I can answer your question. I do not have Dye family. I am descended from Dyer family of early Pope County Illinois. They are ALL related. Can you not go back any further than you have mentioned? Dee Doyle ---------- > From: Michael J. Bowers <mjbowers@compuserve.com> > To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Dyes > Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 2:58 AM > > Message text written by INTERNET:ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com > >My surnames in the Pope Co., Illinois area are: > Joiner/Joyner, Bird, Terry, Threlkeld, Williamson, Williford, Dye, Glass, > Barnhill.< > > I'm wondering if your Dyes are related to my Dyers and the spelling > difference is just a variant. Can you tell me if you know anything about > these people? > > Joseph Dyer, born 1858, married Martha Paulina Baker, also born 1858. They > had at least two children. One, my great-grandfather, Eddie Dyer, was born > about 1880 and married Mary Bell Sexton, who also was born about 1880. > > They had four children -- Elwood, Curtis, Gladys, Howard. Gladys was my > grandmother. > > Thanks for looking. --Michael Bowers, Palos Hills, Ill.