STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
Papers consist of 83 letters written by or to Absalom Roby Dyson (1832-1864) and his wife, Louisa Johnson Dyson (1833-1898). Dyson was a postmaster, school teacher, and farmer in Franklin County, Missouri. He served with the 5th Missouri Volunteers, Confederate States of America until his death in 1864. Letters describe camp life, military battles, medical conditions, and prisoner of war experiences. Also includes photographs; business, employment, and school papers; and family genealogy.
FOLDER LIST
1. Biographical data , including brief biography and explanatory statement by
descendent, G. V. Sans Souci; photocopy of Dyson's military record , compiled by
the United Daughters of the Confereracy-Missouri division; and geneological data.
2. Photographs, Louisa Johnson Dyson and Cornelia Dyson
3. Envelopes
4. Correspondence, Ellis G. Evans(schoolmate at Steelville Academy) to Dyson,
8 letters, 1855-1860
5. Correspondence, Mahala A. and Jessie Evans (Mother and Sister of Ellis G.
Evans) to Dyson, 2 letters, 1856-1859
6. Correspondence, W. H. Ferguson (Schoolmate at Steelville Academy) to Dyson, 9
letters, 1855-1861
7. Correspondence, John Peter Hitchcock(Schoolmate at Steelville Academy) to
Dyson, 5 letters, 1855-1856
8. Correspondence, William Hudspath to Dyson, 1 letter, nd.
9. Correspondence, Rebecca McMeehan to Louisa Dyson, 3 letters, 1858-1859
10. Correspondence, J. Smith to Dyson, 1 letter, 1856
11. Correspondence, Absalom Dyson to Louisa Dyson, 18 letters, 1862-1864
12. Correspondence, Absalom Dyson to Mrs. Amanda W. F. Robertson (Mrs. Robertson
of Raymond, Mississippi, took care of Dyson in her home when he was wounded in
the Civil War) 6 letters, 1863-1864
13. Correspondence, Mahala Johnson (Louisa Dyson's Sister) to Louisa Dyson, 1
letter, 1876
14. Correspondence, Mrs. Amanda Robertson to Louisa Dyson, 7 letters, 1865-1868
15. Business affairs, land deeds, rents, affidavit, 5 items, 1858-1859
16. Election results lists, nd.
17. Dyson's Post Office employment records, 2 items, nd.
18. Dyson's School employment records, 11 items, 1845-1859
19. Dyson's School Excercise papers, 12 items, 1855
20. Steelville Baptist Church Covenant, nd.
21. Union Literary Society of Steelville Academy Farewell Address, nd.
INDEX
Civil War, f.11
Crawford County, MO, f. 1
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