Notes for Howard Sherman Dye
The Family of Howard Sherman Dye & Nellie Goodin
Sarah Dye thought birth date was March 27.
1870 census Carroll Twp., Vermilion Co., IL
Household
313/303
John Fisher, head, age 35, farmer, b. IL
Lou, age 34, keeping house,
b. IL
Everett, age 8, b. IL
Charles, age 6
Eddie, age 4, b. IL
Milia,
age 2, b. IL
Mattie, age 2 months, b. IL
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Household 314/304
John
Dye, age 46, farmer, b. KY
Hattie, age 38, keeping house, b. KY
John, age
12, farm labor, b. IL
Laura, age 11, b. IL
Lucy, age 9, b. IL
Annie,
age 7, b. IL
George, age 5, b. IL
Willie., age 2, b. IL
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Note
- Mary Lucy "Lou" Fisher was the sister of John Samuel Dye who married
Mahettable Gerrard. Although they are living next door to each other, the above
John & Hattie Dye info is not consistent with the ages & children they
should have at that time. I do not find them anywhere else in 1870, so it may
be them with lots of census taker error. The family should be:
John Dye, age
32, b. KY
Mahettable, age 32, b. OH
Malinda (Lena), age 10
Thea Etta
(Ettie), age 9
Ida, age 4
Howard Sherman, age 3
Bertha, age 1
Mahettable
Gerrard Dye did have younger siblings with some of those names - but in 1870 her
younger siblings would be ages:
John Gerrard, age 31
Benjamin Gerrard, age
28
Ellen Gerrard, age 24
Joseph Gerrard, age 21
Lucy Gerrard, age 19
George
Gerrard, age 17
1880 Census Carrol Twp., Vermilion Co., IL Page Number 237B
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Hetta DYE Self M Female W 43 OH Keeping House
OH OH
Howard S. DYE Son S Male W 13 IL KY OH Works In Brick Yard
Bertha
L. DYE Dau S Female W 11 IL KY OH
Eura A. DYE Dau S Female W 9 IL KY OH
Flora B. DYE Dau S Female W 7 IL KY OH
Jennie E. DYE Dau S Female W 5 IL
KY OH
February 18, 1896 - Howard married Mary Ellen "Nellie"
Goodin
November 22, 1896 - son Thomas born
September 05, 1899 - son Lester
born
1900 census Creswell, Cowley Co., KS June 19, 1900 page 6B
#116/121
Howard
S. Drye, head, Mar 1867, age 32, md 4 yrs, IL/Blank/Blank, farmer
Nellie, wife,
Sept 1879, age 20, md 4 yrs, 2 births, 2 surviving children, MO/MO/MO
Thomas
E. son, Nov 1896, age 3, KS/IL/MO
Lester A., son, Sept 1899, age 8 months,
KS/IL/MO
Places & positions H.S. Dye held as a minister in Kansas in
the Free Methodist Church:
1900 Caldwell & Argonia
1901 McPherson
1904
Halstead, Patterson, Newton
1905 state census Halstead, Harvey Co., Kansas
#2,
starts on line 14
H. S. Dye, age 38, b. Illinois, came to Kansas from Illinois
Nellie
Dye, age 25, b. Missouri, came to Kansas from Missouri
Thomy Dye, age 8, b.
Kansas
Lester Dye, age 5, b. Kansas
Places & positions H.S. Dye held
as a minister in Kansas in the Free Methodist Church:
1905-6 Kansas City
1907
Vassar and Michigan Valley
1908 Evangelist
1909 Girard, Roseland, and Wild
Cat Schoolhouse
April 29, 1906 - daughter Pearl born
1910 Census Girard
City, Crawford Co., KS.
143 No. Osage Household 143/144
Howard S. Dye, head,
age 43, md 14 yrs, IL/KY/OH, minister, church
Nellie E., wife, age 31, md 14
yrs, 4 births, 3 surviving children, MO/MO/MO
Thomas E. son, KS/IL/MO
Lester
A. son, age 10, KS/IL/MO
Howard S. Jr., son, age 1, KS/IL/MO
1910-11
Iola & Bronson
1912-14 Manhattan & Keats
1915 State Census Manhattan,
Riley Co., Kansas
#112/119, starts on line 2
Ida A. Dye, age 6, b. Vermont,
came to Kansas from Vermont, Housewife (who is this?)
Dennis Williams, age
17, b. Kansas
Ellen Williams, age 11, b. Kansas
#288/351, starts on line
15
Howard S. Dye, age 47, b. Illinois, came to Kansas from Illinois, Clergyman
Nellie E. Dye, age 35, b. Missouri, came to Kansas from Missouri
Thomas
E. Dye, age18, b. Missouri, came to Kansas from Missouri, Student - -
Lester
A. Dye, age 15, b. Missouri, came to Kansas from Missouri, Student - -
Howard
S. Dye Jr., age 6, b. Kansas
1915-16 Emporia. He was ordained Elder in
1915.
1917-21 Superintendent Solomon & Manhattan Districts.
1920
Census McPherson, McPherson Co, KS
1413 Walnut St., household #132
Howard
S. Dye, head, age 52, IL/IL/US, Clergyman, church
Nellie E., wife, age 40,
MO/MO/MO
Thomas E., son, age 23, KS/IL/MO, Postal clerk, office
Howard S.,
son, age 11, KS/IL/MO
Eldon N., son, age 4, KS/IL/MO
Louis D., son, age
7 months, KS/IL/MO
1922 Superintendent Emporia & Wichita Districts.
1923-24
Salina
He was dropped from membership at the conference in 1925. Rumored that he traveled a lot, was having an affair with another woman and Nellie divorced him. After that he was asked to leave the church because of the divorce. He had a grocery store for a while and also had a truck garden and sold produce.
1930
census McPherson, McPherson Co., KS
318 North Ash St. Household #77/152, sheet
4B
Nellie E. Dye, head, age 50, widowed, MO/MO/MO, saleslady, retail dresses
Eldon,
son, age 14
Lewis, son, age 10
4 "roomers"
610 East Marlin
St. page 120, sheet 14A
Howard S. Dye, roomer in household of Emily A. Wray,
age 63, divorced, IL/OH/OH, Retail Grocer, grocery
April 1, 1935 - McPherson, McPherson, Kansas (source: 1940 census)
1940 census McPherson, McPherson,
Kansas
874 North Grimes Street Household #626
H. S. Dye, head, age 73, divorced,
b. Illinois, Laborer, Anywhere
AND
512 No. Main St. Household #462
Nellie
Dye, head, age 59, divorced, b. Missouri, Sales Lady, House to House
Estes
Hutson, lodger, age 80, widowed, b. Ohio, Old Age Assistance
Ira B. Michael,
lodger, age 84, widowed, b. Ohio, Old Age Assistance
Ralph Helsel writes "My memory of him always brings to mind a cheerful & pleasant man. I stayed in McPherson as a freshman in High School attending Central Academy & College. I stayed half the year with B.F. Harmon and his wife. He was a business partner with my father (S.F. Helsel) and owed dad some in the closeout of the business. My board and room were payment for that debt. H.S. Dye would often come over, and he and Mr. Harmon would play dominoes. I could tell they were both very sharp at that game."
McPherson Daily Republican:
May 19, 1941
Howard
Dye, 74, Is Dead
Howard Sherman Dye, 74, 512 North Main, died at his home
at 5:30 o'clock yesterday morning. He had been ill since the first of the year.
Mr. Dye came here from Emporia 25 years ago and was a minister.
He was born
in Danville, Ill., March 26, 1867. He was married to Nellie Dye on Feb. 18, 1896
in Arkansas City. He was a member of the Nazarene church.
Mr. Dye is survived
by the widow; five sons Thomas E., Hawaiian Islands; Lester A., Central City,
Nebr.; Howard S., Washington D.C.; Eldon N., McPherson, and Lewis O., Oklahoma
City and by three sisters, Mrs. Flora Kleffman, Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. B.L. Sellers,
Danville, Ill., and Mrs. Ida Bone, Xenia, Ohio.
Funeral services were held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon fro the Quiring Funeral Home, Rev. A.W. Hands of the
Nazarene church officiating. Interment was in McPherson cemetery. Pallbearers
for the service were Fred Wegley, W.F. Campbell, A.A. Schaad, Frank McGraw, Melvin
Johnson and Clarence Willison.
Sept. 4, 1958
Hospitals: Admitted Sept.
3, Mrs. Nellie Dye, McPherson
Friday, September 5, 1958
Hospitals: Deaths
Sept. 4, Mrs. Nellie Dye, 505 North Cedar
Nellie Dye, 78, Dies At Hospital
Mrs. Nellie Dye, 78, 512 North Main Street, died at 6:30 o'clock Thursday evening
at the McPherson hospital following two years of failing health.
Mrs. Dye
was born on Sept. 23, 1879 at Princeton, Mo., daughter of Thomas and Evaline Wiggins
(note from K: this should have said daughter of Thomas and Evaline Wiggins Goodin).
She was married on Feb. 18, 1896 to Howard Sherman Dye of Arkansas City. Mr. Dye
died on May 18, 1941. She was a member of the Methodist church and had lived in
McPherson for 42 years.
Survivors include five sons, Thomas E. Dye, Honolulu;
Lester A. Dye, Denver; Howard S. Dye Jr., Orlando Fla; Eldon N. Dye, Wichita;
and Lewis N. Dye, Duncan, Okla; one sister, Jennie Dimmick, Independence, Kas.;
15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dye
will be held Monday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. at the Quiring Chapel with Rev. Paul Matthaei
of the Methodist Church officiating. Friends may call at Quirings on Sunday from
3 to 5 p.m. Burial will be in McPherson cemetery.
I (Kari Northup) went to the cemetery in Dec. 1998 and took a picture of their headstone - they are buried together and their is a note in the cemetery records that Howard Sherman's grave was moved from a different location in the cemetery at some point so assume it was done so that Nellie could be buried beside him.
