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Zebebadia A Dyer was born in Berne of December 1, 1860, the son of David S. Dyer and Louisa Bell. His siblings were:
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Zebebadia A. Dyer was born in Berne of December 1, 1860, the son of David S. Dyer and Louisa Bell. His siblings were:
 
*Bradbury Dyer
 
*Bradbury Dyer
 
*Adelaide Dyer
 
*Adelaide Dyer
 
*Calvin S Dyer
 
*Calvin S Dyer
  
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Zebebadia Dyer received a common school education  in that town (Berne) and in Albany, learned the trade of cigarmaker and was graduated  from the Albany State Normal School in 1882. He then taught school in Berne and  Guilderland and meantime read law in Albany with John B. O'Malley, and was  graduated from the Albany Law School and admitted to the bar in 1885.
  
 
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Zeb Dyer at  once began active practice in the office of Isben Hess, then collector of internal  revenue, and in May, 1893, formed a copartnership with Henry S. McCall, which  still continues. He is a leading Democrat, a member of the Democratic General  County Committee and has been a delegate to several political conventions, including the judicial convention of 1891 which nominated Hon. D. Cady Herrick for justice of the Supreme Court. He is a member of Ancient City Lodge, Temple Chapter and De Witt Clinton Council of Masons; past noble grand of Friendly Union Lodge No. 381, 1. O. O. F., of Slingerlands; a member of New York Encampment,  I. O. O. F., and of the Albany Press and Acacia Clubs; and a charter member of the  Albany Club.
  
 
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Revision as of 20:01, 3 March 2013

Birth

Zebebadia A. Dyer was born in Berne of December 1, 1860, the son of David S. Dyer and Louisa Bell. His siblings were:

  • Bradbury Dyer
  • Adelaide Dyer
  • Calvin S Dyer

Education

Zebebadia Dyer received a common school education in that town (Berne) and in Albany, learned the trade of cigarmaker and was graduated from the Albany State Normal School in 1882. He then taught school in Berne and Guilderland and meantime read law in Albany with John B. O'Malley, and was graduated from the Albany Law School and admitted to the bar in 1885.

Occupation

Marriage & Children

Zeb Dyer married in 1889 Jessie L. Adams, daughter of John R. Adams, of Delmar, Albany county. Their son is:

  • John Adams Dyer

Death

Obituary

Zeb Dyer at once began active practice in the office of Isben Hess, then collector of internal revenue, and in May, 1893, formed a copartnership with Henry S. McCall, which still continues. He is a leading Democrat, a member of the Democratic General County Committee and has been a delegate to several political conventions, including the judicial convention of 1891 which nominated Hon. D. Cady Herrick for justice of the Supreme Court. He is a member of Ancient City Lodge, Temple Chapter and De Witt Clinton Council of Masons; past noble grand of Friendly Union Lodge No. 381, 1. O. O. F., of Slingerlands; a member of New York Encampment, I. O. O. F., and of the Albany Press and Acacia Clubs; and a charter member of the Albany Club.

Additional Media

Dyer, Zeb A., is a son of David S., a grandson of Bradbury, and a great-grandson of James Dyer, an Albany county farmer and a Revolutionary soldier.

His mother was Louisa Bell. The family were early settlers of Berne, Albany county, where Zeb A. Dyer was born December 1, 1860. He received a common school education in that town and in Albany, learned the trade of cigarmaker and was graduated from the Albany State Normal School in 1882. He then taught school in Berne and Guilderland and meantime read law in Albany with John B. O'Malley, and was graduated from the Albany Law School and admitted to the bar in 1885. He at once began active practice in the office of Isben Hess, then collector of internal revenue, and in May, 1893, formed a copartnership with Henry S. McCall, which still continues. He is a leading Democrat, a member of the Democratic General County Committee and has been a delegate to several political conventions, including the judicial convention of 1891 which nominated Hon. D. Cady Herrick for justice of the Supreme Court. He is a member of Ancient City Lodge, Temple Chapter and De Witt Clinton Council of Masons; past noble grand of Friendly Union Lodge No. 381, 1. O. O. F., of Slingerlands; a member of New York Encampment, I. O. O. F., and of the Albany Press and Acacia Clubs; and a charter member of the Albany Club. In 1889 he married Jessie L., daughter of John R. Adams, of Delmar, Albany county, and they have one son, John Adams Dyer.

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