His death certificate records Miles A. Dyer, age 84 years 25 days, born 22 Dec 1838 in Louisville, Ky, died 16 Jan 1923 in Higgonsville, Lafayette Co., Missouri, widowed, farmer, father Manoah Dyer, born in Ky, mother’s maiden name don’t know, born in Ky, cause of death apoplexy, informant Walter A. Dyer, Higginsville, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Johnson Co., Missouri marriage books record the marriage on 25 March 1867 of Miles A. Dyer and Miss Emily C. Hoffman, by J. H. Houx.

1870 census of Lafayette Co., Missouri, Freedom township, enumerated 30 June, lists on p. 52 as household #328/335:
Dyer, Miles A., 31, farmer, b. Ky; Emily, 30, b. Mo; Lucinda, 6, b. Mo; Lydia, 1, b. Mo; Nettie, 4/12, b. Mo; Downing, William T., 19, farmer, b. Ky.

William T. Downing would later, in 1875, marry Mary Alice Cleveland, daughter of Miles’ sister Emma Jane Dyer.