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from Bolivar. I dialed and made contact. Benton and I talked for about fifteen minutes. He verified for me that his grandparents had come to Missouri from Ohio. He also supplied me with other info, such as the names and number of children of Richard and Lucy and then of his own father’s family.
Further verification was from Sally Dwyer Keyser of Sperryville who had in her possession a letter from Lucy Compton Dwyer of Bolivar, Missouri to Sally’s aunt Berthenia Dwyer. That would be Lucy’s niece. This letter describes in beautiful detail the sad event of Richard Dwyer’s death.
Richard B. Dwyer had left Virginia when twenty-two years of age. He had gone to Ohio where in 1850 he was married in Cochoctan County to Lucy Ann Compton. They had migrated still further west to Polk County, Missouri, arriving there in 1859, settling in Bolivar. Their house was located where the bank now stands across the street from Town Square. I was privileged to see a picture of this house, taken the day of a family gathering. A beautiful two story structure with a large front porch and a big old willow tree in the front yard.
Thomas Benton Dwyer, known in Bolivar as “Ben,” is 79 years of age, having been born Oct. 13, 1913. He is the only surviving person in that area with the name of Dwyer and only one of two surviving grandchildren of Richard and Lucy Compton Dwyer. The other grandchild, William “Bill” Roberts, is 95. He and his wife, Irma Jones Roberts, who is 89, live on North Water Street. Bill Roberts was a son of James and Florence Dwyer Roberts. Ben was a son of John Thomas and Effie Spitz
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