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BENJAMIN E. DYER, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, son of Joseph and Mary (Hally) Dyer, was born in Henry County, Va., December 23, 1839; his parents were of Irish descent. He left home at the early age of sixteen years and engaged as bill poster for Robinson’s Circus, in which he traveled for two and one-half years; came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1859, and to Brown County in 1860. He was married, May 3, 1861, to Jane, oldest daughter of Henry and Louisa Addinbrook, who were natives of England. Four children are the fruits of this marriage — Joseph A., Mary Lou, Thomas A. and Hattie. Mr. Dyer’s systematic business capacity will be best illustrated by a statement of the businesses he has been engaged in for the past twenty-years, viz.: Manufacturing tobacco in 1864; selling goods in Mt. Oreb in 1865; with Mann’s Company, shoe business, eighteen months; in the horse trade East, 1867-68; selling goods in Mt. Oreb, 1879, engaged on the public works in Brown, Highland, Clinton, Fayette, Adams, Clermont and Hamilton Counties from 1870 to 1878; served as Warden of Ohio Penitentiary from December 7, 1879, to May 6, 1880, and during this time ran his well-cultivated farm of 330 acres. He was the Democratic nominee for Sheriff of Brown County in 1874, but was defeated. In 1881. he was elected Treasurer of the county. He is an honorable member of Locust Ridge Lodge, No. 618, I. O. O. F.