Individual Details

The Dyes had 238 acres in Union township that they lived on and another 80 acres in another part of the township.

1850, James Dye and family lived in District 7, Boone Co., Hh 1327
James Dye, 37, Farmer
Ruth A., 27
James M., 3
William H., 1
Philadelphia Harmon, age 12

1860 Census. Union Twp, Boone, IN, Hh 4
James Dye, 47, farmer, b. Ohio. Ruth Ann, 37, b. IN
James M. 13. William H. 10. Mellissa J. 6. John E. 4. Martha D., age 2.

1870 Census. Union Twp, Boone, IN, Hh 151
James Dye, 57, farmer. Ruthe A., 48
James M., 23. Harvey W., 21. Malissie E. 17. John #. 14. Dilley, age 11.

In 1880, James and Ruth still lived in Boone Co. He was 68, Ruth, age 59.

1900 Census. Union Twp, Boone, IN, Hh 140
James M. Dye, b. Jan 1847, age 52, married 29 years, b. IN, father b. OH, mother b. TN, Farmer
Hannah, wife, b. Aug 1852, age 47, 4 children, b. Ohio, father b. MD, mother b. OH
William C., son, b. Oct 1890, 19, b. IN
James Dye, Father, b. Oct 1812, 87, widow, b. Ohio, parents b. PA

Indianapolis Star 23 Feb 1906
RECALLS THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS CITY
James Dye, Aged Boone County Pioneer, Knew Indianapolis in 1932.
Feels Like a Stranger Now
Spends Washington's Birthday Here visiting Friends
James Dye, a pioneer citizen of Boone County, celebrated Washington's birthday by visiting friends in Indianapolis. He is 93 years old and has lived in Boone County for seventy-four years.
He was born in northern Ohio and com overland to Indiana with his parents. They passed through the village of Indianapolis on April 5, 1832, and Mr. Dye said yesterday that he has been unable to recognize anything in this vicinity that he saw on the first visit, except Fall Creek, which was then quite a distance from the town.
Mr. Dye carried the mail from Indianapolis to Logansport on horseback for several years, it requiring several relays of men and horses for the daily trip. He also made many trip to Indianapolis with his father to bring grain "to Mill".
He was one of ten children and until the youngest was 51 years old, not one had died. There are only three now living. A brother Samuel, lived in Nebraska, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Harmon, in Oklahoma. Mr. Dye has seen neither of these in twenty years.
FOUGHT THE INDIANS
Mr. Dye's father was among the Government troops that fought the Indians in Ohio and he tells of an exciting incident in which the elder Dye almost lost his life in an encouter with the red skins. He was sent out as a scout from a fort which stood near where Columbus is now located. He was accompanied by five picked men and after spending the night in a trapper's cabin they were attacked in the early morning by the Indians
Three of the soldiers were washing at a spring when the red men discovered them. One of the soldiers was shot dead and Mr. Dy was caught by a bullet along the side of his head. He made a dash for the cabin and shot in the thigh just as he reached the place.
The other soldiers returned the fire and the old trapper, whose home it was, was shot dead, falling across the body of Mr. Dye. The arrival of reinforcements from the fort saved the lives of the others....


Indiana Death Certificate
James Dye died 17 Jul 1906, Northfield, Union Twp, Boone Co, IN, of paralysis. He was born 28 Oct 1812 and was married to Ruth Ann Dyer, now dead. He was born in Ohio, 28 Oct 1812. His father was George Dye; his mother Sarah Cobert, both born in PA. The informant was James M. Dye of Zionsville, Buried Little Eagle Creek on July 18th.

Hamilton Ledger,, 20 Jul 1906
James Dye, Sr., died Tuesday at his home near the line between Boone and Hamilton counties, west of Jolietville. He sustained a stroke of paralysis several months age and while rallied from the stroke he never recovered from its effects. He was known over the western part of the county and was one of the oldest residents of that locality. In the early days he carried the mail on horseback between Indianapolis and Logansport. He witnessed the transformation of that community from a wilderness to its present high state of cultivation and had a part in its development. Mr. Dye leaves a family of two sons, James M. and John E., and a daughter Mrs. John Cooney. The funeral occurred Wednesday. Interment in the Little Eagle cemetery south of Eagletown.

The Enterprise, 27 Jul 1906
OLD SETTLER GONE.
For several years James Dye, of Whitestown has been attending the Old Settler's Meeting at Eagletown, and giving a pioneer talk, but age finally told on him and death has claimed another pioneer. He was 93 years and 6 months old. He could tell some very interesting accounts of the hardships of the early settlers.

George Findley has:
Name: James Dye
Sex: M
Birth: 28 OCT 1812 in Morgan Co., Ohio
Death: AUG 1906 in Hamilton Co., In
Burial: Little Eagle Creek Cemetery, Hamilton Co., In.
Father: George W. Dye , Sr. b: 30 JAN 1786 in Green Co., Pa.
Mother: Sarah Calvert b: 12 DEC 1785 in Green Co., Pa.
Marriage 1 Ruth Ann Harmon b: 13 DEC 1821 in Johnson Co., In.
Married: 30 AUG 1846 in Boone Co., In.

Birth	28 Oct 1812	Morgan County, Ohio
Marriage	30 Aug 1846	Boone County, Indiana - Ruth Ann Harmon
Death	17 Jul 1906	Boone County, Indiana

Spouse	Ruth Ann Harmon (1821 - 1889)
Child	James Madison Dye (1847 - 1915)
Child	William Harvey Dye (1849 - 1892)
Child	Sarah Elizabeth Dye (1851 - 1855)
Child	Melissa J. Dye (1854 - 1875)
Child	John Emory Dye (1856 - 1934)
Child	Martha Delia Dye (1858 - 1928)

Father	George W. Dye (1786 - 1847)
Mother	Sarah Hanna Calvert (1786 - 1845)
Sibling	Benjamin Dye (1808 - 1879)
Sibling	Fanny Dye (1809 - 1895)
Sibling	Isaac Dye (1810 - 1898)
Sibling	Jacob Dye (1814 - 1901)
Sibling	George Washington Dye (1816 - 1902)
Sibling	William L. Dye (1818 - 1901)
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth Dye (1820 - 1879)
Sibling	Sarah "Sallie" Dye (1823 - 1911)
Sibling	Samuel Harvey Dye (1828 - 1918)