Henry Montgomery Dye

I have already mentioned Mr. Henry M Dye in the post related to his daughter Madora Ellen and her husband Jackson Harrison Bowman. However, since he was the first doctor and one of the early settlers of Plano, Texas he deserves more than a note in another article.

Henry Montgomery Dye is credited for naming the city of Plano (the name related to the Spanish word "llano" = plain).

Henry Montgomery Dye, the eldest child of Thomas Dye and Mary Duey, was born on 30 September 1830 in Wood County, Virginia. In 1848, Henry moved to Plano. The 20-year-old physician was registered by the clerk of 1850 Census at the household of Mr. Joseph Klepper (1).

At the same time, Henry's parents and siblings lived in Dallas County, Texas. Mr. Thomas Dye was a carpenter, Henry's younger brother John ran a farm (2).

When Henry was 24, he married Miss Sarah Skiles (b. 28 Feb. 1834 in Three Springs, Warren, Kentucky). The ceremony took place on 27 April 1854. Henry's spouse was the daughter of Mr. Jacob Clemens Skiles and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Alice Moore.

During the Civil War, Dr. Henry Dye served as the Confederate Army surgeon in Little Rock and Camden, Arkansas.

Fort Southerland area, Camden, Arkansas

In 1870, Henry, Sarah, and their children were recorded during the census. The family lived in Plano, Precinct #5, Collin, Texas. Sarah's parents lived with them as well (3).

Household

Henry Dye, Male, age 39, born West Virginia
Sarah Dye, Female, age 36, born Kentucky
Dora Dye, Female, age15, born Texas
Henry Dye, Male, age 13, born Texas
Euphemia Dye, Female, age 11, born Texas
Belle Dye, Female, age 9, born Texas
Adie Dye, Female, age 6, born Texas
Mary Dye, Female, age 1, born Texas
Luria Dye, Female, age 0, born Texas
Jacob Skiles, Male, age 65, born Kentucky
Sarah Skiles, Female, age 55, born Kentucky
Clement Patton, Male, age 31, born Alabama (physician)

Dr. H. M. Dye was also one of the main founders of the Presbyterian Church in Plano (1871).

Henry and Sarah Dye had nine children - 2 sons and 7 girls:

• Madora Ellen,

• Henry Montgomery Jr.  (b. 30 Nov. 1857/d. 10 March 1927) married Caroline Phillipena Lehmann,

• Euphemia Priscilla (b. 17 May 1859/d. 20 Feb. 1926) married William G Keyser,

• Eliza Belle (b. 21 March 1861/d. 9 Dec. 1891) married Andrew Benjamin Angel, our 2nd cousin twice removed, on 9 Dec. 1880 (4),

• Addie Lee (b. 23 June 1866/d. 5 Jan. 1930) married John Wesley Brown on 9 Dec. 1880 (5),

• Minnie M. born in about 1868 married probably Mr. Andrew Keyser * (?) abt. 1885,

• Lura P. (b. 16 March 1870/d. 5 March 1941) married Robert H Coleman on 20 Feb. 1890 (6),

• Mary Elizabeth (b. 20 Feb. 1873/d. 9 Feb. 1957) married Joel Lively Aldridge on 19 Dec. 1890 (7),

• Thomas Clemens (b. 29 Feb. 1876/d. 18 August 1952), a physician, married Emma L McKamey on 7 March 1906 (8).

Henry got ill and the family moved to Mason County with the hope that it would help the father of the family recover. However, it was his wife Sarah Elizabeth who left this world first, on 6 March 1878. After that, Henry came back to Plano. His health gradually deteriorated. He died of TB on 10 August 1878 in Plano.

There are three indirect family lines which connect us to Mr. Henry M Dye of Plano.

#1 mentioned above

⇒ his daughter Eliza Belle

⇒ her husband Andrew Benjamin Angel (b. 6 June 1853, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 31 May 1928, Birdville, Tarrant, TX), our 2nd cousin twice removed

⇒ his mother Elizabeth Sarah (Gant) Angel (b. 8 August 1834, Sumner, TN/d. 22 August 1891), our 1st cousin 3 times removed + husband James Henry Anglea (b. 16 Dec. 1822, Sumner, TN/d. about 1865), they married on 25 Sept. 1851, in Sumner, TN

⇒ her father Benjamin Thomas Gant (b. 1812, Orange, NC/d. 1865, Sumner, TN)

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

# 2 via Elbert Marshal Skiles (b. 28 August 1904, Richardson, Dallas, TX/d. Oct. 1993, Dallas, Dallas, TX) - grandson of Sarah Skiles Dye's brother Charles William Skiles (b. 13 Oct. 1831 in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky).

Elbert Marshal was married to Miss Iva Pearl Rippy, our 3rd cousin once removed.

⇒ Iva Pearl (Rippy) Skiles (b. 19 Sept. 1904, Sumner, TN/d. 4 Nov. 1994, Plano, Collin, TX) - Iva and Elbert married in Richardson, TX on 28 Oct 1922

⇒ her mother Mary Frances (Rippy) Gant (b. 1 Jan. 1866, Sumner, TN/d. 8 March 1943, Richardson, Dallas, TX) + husband Robert Sydney Rippy (b. 14 March 1866), they married on 1 August 1888 in Sumner, TN (9)

⇒ her father Jacob Mason Gant (b. 1 Dec. 1849, Sumner, TN/d. 8 Feb. 1914, Richardson, Dallas, TX - 1st cousin 3 times removed - wife Mary Jane Graves (b. 24 July 1850, Allen, Kentucky) = they married on 19 Jan. 1868 in Sumner, TN (10)

⇒ his father Benjamin Thomas Gant

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

#3 via the Brown family

Henry Montgomery Dye

⇒ his daughter Addie Lee (Dye) Brown

⇒ her husband John Wesley Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1858, Sumner, TN/d. 21 March 1934, Plano, Collin, TX)

⇒ his brother Robert Jefferson Davis Brown (b. 11 Sept. 1860, Sumner, TN/d. 23 May 1890, Bethany, Collin County, TX)

⇒ his wife Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother

* UPDATE

Additional info regarding Minnie Dye and the name of her husband was kindly provided by a reader of this post. See the comment below the text.

Resources:
1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-1LX : 12 April 2016), Henry Dye in household of Jos Clepper, Collin county, part of, Collin, Texas, United States; citing family 275, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-B51 : 12 April 2016), John Dye in household of Thomas Dye, Dallas county, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing family 419, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGG-F8P : 12 April 2016), Henry Dye, Texas, United States; citing p. 2, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,078.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-N6M : 10 December 2017), Andrew Angel and Belle Dye, 09 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,596.
5. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-N6S : 10 December 2017), John W Brown and Addie Dye, 09 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,596.
6. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-LFB : 10 December 2017), R H Coleman and Lura P Dye, 20 Feb 1890; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,597.
7. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-L1V : 10 December 2017), J L Aldridge and Lizzie M Dye, 19 Dec 1890; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,597.
8. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-CF7 : 10 December 2017), T C Dye and Emma L Mckamey Or Mckarney, 07 Mar 1906; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,601.
9. "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNZ1-727 : 4 December 2014), R S Rippy and M F Gant, 01 Aug 1888; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 122, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
10. "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQP-N5Q: 11 February 2018), J. M. Gant and Mary J. Graves, 19 Jan 1868; citing Sumner,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 969,853.

• Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey. A History of Collin County, Texas, book, 1958; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/: accessed May 29, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;.
• Collin County History
• History of Plano

Photo: Fort Southerland, Camden, Arkansas: By Brandonrush - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32847810
Photo of gravestone: Courtesy of Mr. Ed Elam