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- The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 3,p.364 Dyer, Heman, clergyman, was born in Shaftsbury, Vt., Sept. 24, 1810; sonof Henry and Sarah (Coy) Dyer; grandson of Edward and Elizabeth (Fish) Dyer, and a descendant of William an d Mary Dyre. William Dyre was one of the eighteen original owners of the state of Rhode Island, and his wife was hanged on Boston Common, June 1, 1660, for her Quaker faith. He was graduated from Kenyon college, Ohio, in 1838, and was later ordained a Protestant Episcopal clergyman. In 1840 he became principal of a school in Pittsburg, Pa., resigning in 1843 to accept a chair in the Western university of Pennsylvania, of which institution he became president in 1844. In 1849 he removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he was employed bythe American Sunday school union and soon afterward became secretary andgeneral manager of the Evangelical knowledge society in New York. In 1854 he was made editor of the Episcopal Quarterly Review, and in 1860 declined the bishopric of Kansas. He became a member of the board of missions in 1868, and in 1880 retired from active work. He was married in 1850, to Cornelia Catherine, daughter of Arad Joy. Trinity gave him the degree of D.D. in 1843. He is the author of: Voice of the Lord upon the Waters (1870);Record of an Active Life (1886). He died in New York city, July 29, 1900. ================================================== The Bibliography of Vermont Author: M. D. Gilman Call Number: F49.X1G54 This book contains a list of books and pamphlets relating in anyway tothe state of Vermont. Bibliographic Information: Gilman, M.D. The Bibliography of Vermont. FreePress Association. Burlington. 1897. Dyer, Rev. Heman, D. D.] The Voice of the Lord in the Waters. Motto. NewYork. [1869.] 18mo, pp. 36, Portrait. Is a narrative of the author's wonderful escape from death in a railroadaccident near Hoosick Falls, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1869. Rev. Heman Dyer was born in Shaftsbury, Vt., Sept. 10, 1810. At the ageof six years he removed with his father's family to Manchester. At theage of 17 he was sent to the Academy in Arlington, where he fitted forcollege. In 1829 he went to Keuyon College, Ohio, an iustitution thenrecently founded and presided over by the Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, D. D.In this institution he remained as student or teacher for a little morethan ten years. He was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church in1834, by the Rt. Rev. C. P. McIlvaine, D. D., D. C. L., then Bishop ofthe Diocese of Ohio, and a year after he was ordained by the same Bishopas Presbyter. In 1840 he moved to Pittsburg, Pa., where he had charge of a classicalschool, until he was elected a Professor in the Western University ofPennsylvania. A year later he was elected the Principal or President ofthe same. While there he received the degree of D.D. from TrinityCollege, Hartford, Ct. In 1849 he removed to Philadelphia where for atime he was connected with The American Sunday School Union. In 1852 hevisited Europe. In 1854 he removed to New York and became the GeneralSecretary and editor of the Protestant Episcopal Society for thePromotion of Evangelical Knowledge. He also acted as CorrespondingSecretary of the Am. Ch. Mis. Society, as one of the managers of theAmerican Bible Society, a member of the foreign committee of theEpiscopal Church, a trustee of the Philadelphia Divinity School, of theGeneral Theological Seminary, and a member of the New York HistoricalSociety. In 1868 he made a second visit to Europe. He also visited Mexicoin 1875. He published while in Pittsburg 'Sermon Commemorative of Prof. Daniel S.Stone' 'An Address to his Bible Class,' and while in New York, 'The Voiceof the Lord upon the Waters.' besides numerous Reports upon the work ofthe Evangelical Knowledge Society and the American Church MissionarySociety. Dr. Dyer is at present (1881) Assistant Minister at the Church of theAscension, New York City.
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1810 - 1900 (89 years)