The twelve children of William E. and Rachel (Musgrove) Dwyer, as listed on a 1917 declaration for a widow's Civil War pension, document witnessed by Lycurgus Dwyer and William Mathis.

Ella Florence	9 Oct 1867 - 30 Jan 191
Josephine	12 Aug 1869
George Leonard	4 Feb 1871
Carrie	13 Feb 1873
William Charles	30 Jan 1876
Lycurgus	27 Dec 1878
Annie Mabel	24 Nov 1881
Herman	12 Mar 1884 - 26 July 1906
Dorothy May	27 May 1887
Mary	24 May 1890
Marion Mathis	6 Dec 1892
Unnamed baby boy	1 Feb 1875, died same day

The declaration lists William E Dwyer's residences since his discharge from the Army as follows:

Washington, DC	3 years
Brighton	3 years
Tridelphia	10 years
Unity	8 years
Laytonsville	9 years
Woodbine	1 year
Gaithersburg	5 years

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Battle injuries From Weldon Station Railroad, 19 May 1864

Wound #1 - a wound from a musket ball in the right side - surgeon diagnosed it as a bruised back, unimportant

Wound #2 - wound in the left hand, fracture of middle finger metatarsal, division of the extensor tendon so that he cannot entirely open it with the other fingers.