Elisha Dyer Jr. (jan 1, 1881 – dec 31, 1884)
Description:
Providence, Rhode IslandDates of Service: 1881-1883
Date of Birth: November 29, 1839
Birth Place: Providence, Rhode Island
Education: Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Brown University and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Giessen
Other Offices: State Senate (1877- , 1904); Adjutant General of Rhode Island, Rank of Brigadier General (1882-1895); Governor (May 25, 1897 - May 29, 1900); Mayor of Providence (1905)
Affiliations: Upon his father's death, in 1890, he succeeded to First Class membership in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Dyer was admitted as an hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati in 1898 by right of his descent from Captain William Jones, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was a charter member of the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars in 1897. He joined the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1899 and served as its president from 1903 to 1904.
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Date:
jan 1, 1881
dec 31, 1884
~ 4 years
