Frank Dwyer
(1860-1947) drew up a list of his parents, uncles, and aunts so
that his daughter Cuyler could create a family tree. These
are the 10 children he listed for James and Mary Price Dwyer:
Thomas - born 1806, marriage
application 1828 to marry Elizabeth Duvall in Montgomery County,
MD. He was a stonemason. He enlisted in the U.S. Army
as a volunteer on 25 April 1846 to fight in the Mexican War,
Company A, 11th Infantry, under Capt. Campbell. Died in
Sermia, Mexico on April 11, 1848.
| Child | Ages estimated from census |
| Louisa Anna |
1834 Married 1859 to William M Mathias, a machinist Lived in Washington, DC, at 714 4th St. SE Children Ada May (1860), William T. (1863-1888), Mary E. (1867), Cornelia (1870), and Harry Guy (1872-1906) Died 23 Mar 1913 in Gaithersburg, MD Buried in Congressional Cemetery, R 5/35 |
| Lycurgus | 1837 Shipped on a Whaling vessel some time after 1852, was shipwrecked US Navy 1858-1860 -- No records found for this Civil War Service - Co. G, First California Regiment Married to Mary Ann McNamee 12 August 1865 in Washington, DC Moved to Omaha, Nebraska, after the war but returned to live in Baltimore and work as a carpenter. Died 7 Sep 1895 in Baltimore, MD |
| Edward A. |
1842 Civil War Service: Rank: Private. Date of enlistment: May 27, 1861 Date of discharge: July 2, 1865 Veteran; transfd from Co. A; wounded May 30, 1864, front of Petersburg, Va. Married to Marietta McAfee of Ohio on 4 July 1872. Lived in Coolville, Ohio, and in Granite City, Oklahoma Worked as a shoemaker and a stonemason Nine children including Elizabeth P., Charles E, Mary I, Samuel T, Kenneth V., Victoria E., Francis A., Cecile, Evangeline |
| William E. |
1843 Born 22 July 1943 in Ellicotts Mills, MD Married to Rachel Deborah Musgrove in Washington, DC, Dec. 24 1866. Enlisted as a Private on 10 May 1861 at the age of 19 Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment Maryland on 10 May 1861. POW on 23 May 1862 at Front Royal, VA (Paroled) Paroled on 13 September 1862 at Aiken's Landing, VA Promoted to Full Corporal on 02 December 1862 Reenlisted on 20 February 1864 from company A to company I Reenlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment Maryland on 20 February 1864 Wounded on 19 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA -- hand injury Transferred Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment Maryland on 27 April 1865 Transfered in on 27 April 1865. Died 12 Aug 1917; buried in Laytonsville Cemetery along with Rachel Dwyer (4 June 1850 - 20 Feb 1934) Children: Ella, Josephine, George, Carrie, Herman, William, Lycurgus, Annie, Dorothy, Mary, Marion, unnamed boy |
William E.
Dwyer's application for a Civil War pension presents a family history.
William says that his father, Thomas Dwyer, was a soldier in the
Mexican War, 1846-48, and was killed in that war. After
that, his mother, Elizabeth Duvall Dwyer, took her four children
and moved to Cross Street in Baltimore. She died there in
1852. William lived at the Manual Labor School for three
years, then with Duvall relatives in Howard County, with his
cousin John W. Dwyer in Brighton, and then worked for Henry
Stabler near Brookeville until he was 18. Edward A. and
William E. Dwyer both enlisted in Company A, 1st Maryland
Volunteer Infantry, in 1861. William became a shoemaker.
This Thomas Dwyer may be the Thomas Dwyer in either of these two Montgomery County land records:
Mercy Ann - Born 1807, married
Henry Walker August 15, 1872 in Howard County, MD. Widowed
by October, 1894, when she died.
Mercy and Mary lived with their father until his death and then
moved into Laytonsville near their brother Richard. They
lied about their ages consistently on the census! When asked
directly about their ages by townspeople, they always said that a
lady would not tell and a gentleman would not ask.
Mary A. - born 1808,
unmarried, died Dec. 13, 1893 in Rockville, MD.
See Richard Dwyer for information
about her death and the ensuing lawsuit.
Eliza - born 1810, marriage
application January 7 1843 in Montgomery County to marry Joseph
Knode. They lived in Urbana. In 1880 they were living
with her sister Ellen (Dwyer) Griffen and brother-in-law Caleb
Griffen in Urbana, MD. Alive and living in Prince Georges
County, MD, during the lawsuit in the 1890s.
| Child | Ages estimated from census |
| Albert | 1844 |
BS 11/474
Joseph Knode sells to James Dwyer for $500 1 brown mare with a
ball face (sic), 1 simil. mare, 1 bay horse, 5 head cattle, 6
sheep, 3 feather beds, 12 chairs, long list of farm equipment
follows.
John - born
September 25, 1811, marriage application March 7, 1835 in
Montgomery County to marry Jane Elms.
John, trained by his father, became a stone mason. Jane
was a daughter of Joseph Elms, who was originally from Charles
County, MD. Jane was born in Montgomery County and lived
to be 60. John died May 19, 1892. Buried at
Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Sunshine, MD.
| Child | Age estimated from census |
| Anne E | 1836 Married Edward Houck and lived in Laytonsville, MD |
| Alice | 1838 Married Richard E. Harris and lived in Montgomery
County, MD |
| Charles Edward | 1840 Died 3 Sep 1866, aged 23 yr 3 mo 24 day, buried at Mt.Carmel Cemetery |
| William C. | 1843 First Maryland Infantry, fought at Winchester, Shiloh, and Gettysburg; in the government construction corps, retired to Montgomery County and owned a farm in Wheaton. Married Martha Ellen Rannie, children Charles and Annette. |
| Joseph Rudolph | 1846 Died at age 19 |
| John David |
1849 Became a dentist in Unity, MD; died February 1924 |
| Laura F. |
1852 Married Hodgson B. Waddey, moved to Georgetown, DC,
died in 1915; daughter Jennie E. Waddey born 1883 |
| Adelaide | 1856 Married Joseph Fletcher Irving in 1887, moved to
Howard County, MD and later to Washington, DC; daughter
Ida Mae Irving born 1891 |
| Ida | 1859 Unmarried |
| Elmer Ellsworth |
1860 Born May, 1860; died Dec. 1936. Wife Annette
(1864-1920), children Areta and Hobart. Lived in
Washington, DC. Buried Oak
Hill Cemetery, DC. |
James - born
March 18, 1814, married Rachel -, died April 6, 1875,
stone mason.
| Child | Age estimated from census |
| John W. | 1834 married Alcinda Bowman 1855, Montgomery Co., MD, carpenter, later a shoemaker |
| Mary | 1836 Married Theophilus Wilcoxen |
| Cyrus W. | 1839 Married Catherine Francis Sheckells Seward in
Baltimore during the Civil War Moved to Erie County, PA and married Rheuma Hillyer 1884 Civil War Service - Co. A, 1st Maryland Cavalry Wounded in the right shoulder and left disabled |
| Thomas | 1844 |
| Delilah | 1847 |
| Martha E. | 1850 married to John Glenville on 16 May 1869, in Howard County, MD; moved to Norfolk County, VA |
| Unknown daugher |
DISTRESSING EVENT. A most painful
event occured at Triadelphia on Sunday morning last, 9th
inst. A little girl, daughter of James Dwyer, about six
or seven years of age, walked out accompanied by a dog.
After an absence of two or three hours, her parasollette
was found lying on the bridge over the Patuxent river,
and the little dog was observed to be very intently
looking into the river from the bridge. This created
some surprise to the mind of the discoverer of the
parasollette, and upon making search, the body of the
little girl was found in the river. Life was entirely
extinct. It is supposed she accidently fell in, on
crossing the bridge. |
Richard - See the Richard Dwyer
page for his life and children buried in Laytonsville Cemetery
| Child | Ages from family bible |
| William | April 26, 1852 - October 12, 1863 |
| Edward | June 29, 1854 - February 11, 1929, died in Winnipeg, CA,
buried in Laytonsville Cem.
Married Maria Taxis Slaughter, buried in Laytonsville Cem.
Son Willard S. Dwyer buried
in Laytonsville Cem. Daughters Ethel S. Dwyer and Elizabeth E. Dwyer buried in Laytonsville Cem. |
| James | Jan 9, 1857 - drowned at Tridelphia on July 21, 1878, buried in Laytonsville Cem. |
| Emma | May 26,1859 - Died of a fever July 28, 1872, buried in Laytonsville Cem. |
| Franklin | June 13, 1860 - Died 1947 Married Maggie Weeks |
| Fanny | July 10, 1864 - April 10, 1865 |
| Elizabeth | June 5, 1867 - buried
in Laytonsville Cem. Married Tom Clark |
Ellen - born
1816, marriage application April 17, 1843 in
Montgomery County to marry Caleb Griffen, a
painter. They lived at Brighton, Montgomery County, and
eventually moved to Baltimore County.
| Child | Ages estimated from census |
| Mercy Ann Griffen |
1845 |
| Samuel Griffen |
1848 |
| Elizabeth E. Griffen |
1851 |
| Caleb Cranmer Griffen |
1853 |
| James H. Griffen |
1855 |
William - born May 8, 1819, marriage application
April 13, 1846 in Montgomery County to marry Sarah Jane Crooms, stone mason, died
October 3, 1906, buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Unity.
| Child | Ages estimated from census |
| Lafayette M. |
5 Mar 1847 - 20 Oct 1832. Married Joanna Nicholson 13 Aug 1874 in Mont. Co. Died 20 Oct 1932. Buried at Mt. Carmel. Lovely stone house at Brighton |
| Virginia | 1849 |
| Alpheus H. |
8 Jul1850 - 9 Feb 1904 Buried at Mt. Carmel. |
| Emily | 1852 |
| Ellen | 1854 |
| Melissa | 1856 |
| Ida | 1857 |
| Eliza | 1859 |
| Joseph | 1862 |
| Sally | 1864 |
| Ella | 1866 |
Henry P. - born 1820, marriage application September 10,
1845 in Montgomery County to marry Catherine Benson, died 1914,
buried in Rockville Cemetery. Mason and pumpmaker.
Catherine Benson lived 1821-1905, also buried at Rockville
Cemetery.
| Child | Ages estimated from census |
| Mary A. | 1848 |
| Lucy | 1850 |
| Henry | 1853 |
| Martha Ellen |
1855 |
| Edward M |
1860 |
| Clara Eva |
1861 |
| George Ernest |
14 Jan 1863 - 7 Jan 1837 |
| Frank R. |
1866 |
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