Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Albert A. DYE

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 885, 886

Albert A. Dye, M. D., son of R. K. and Rumina (Swift) Dye, was born in 
Waukesha, Wis., November 27, 1845.  The father, R. K. Dye, is a native of 
Johnstown, N. Y., of English-French descent, and the mother originally from 
Rushford, Alleghany County, N. Y., and of English Ancestry.  After marriage 
they moved to Wisconsin (1841), and here the father followed the occupation 
of a mechanic and farmer.  Both he and wife are enthusiastic Regular 
Baptists.  Their family consisted of six children, four sons and two 
daughters, all now living and in a healthy, prosperous condition.  Mrs. Dye
is a blood relative of Commodore Perry.  Dr. Albert A. Dye, the second child
of the above mentioned family, received his education in the High School of 
Fond du Lac, Wis.  In February, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, U. S. Service, and was in the battle of Cold 
Harbor and Petersburg, and his regiment was the first to enter the mine 
after the explosion.  He was also at Reams' Station, siege of Petersburg, 
when the town was taken, and assisted in the capture of Lee's army.  After 
this he was on patrol duty at Washington to capture Booth.  While at the 
assault on Petersburg, he was wounded by a piece of shell striking him on 
the head, inflicting a lasting injury.  He enlisted as a private, and was 
second lieutenant when mustered out.  He commanded his company when all 
were killed or missing but eight, and he, although only a sergeant, was the 
ranking officer.  He was discharged at Delany House, D. C., March 26, 1865, 
and the next year graduated from the Fond du Lac high School.  He then 
studied medicine with Drs. Wiley & Carey, of Fond du Lac, Wis., entered 
Rush Medical College at Chicago, and graduated from the same in 1871.  
Previous to this, in 1868, he came to Missouri, locating at Lamar when there
was but one physician in town, and here he has practiced ever since in a 
very successful manner, having taken a special course on the eye and ear at 
the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he graduated in 1871.  
He was on the school board of Lamar for eight years, and is a Knight Templar
in Masonry.  In 1877 he married Miss Bettie Smith, a naïve of Howard County,
Mo., who bore him two children: Daisy R. and Rose I.  Dr Dye is a Republican
in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln.  
He is a member of Barton County Medical Society, the National Association 
of Railway Surgeons, and the Missouri State Medical Association, and has 
been a very successful physician.  Perhaps no man in Southwest Missouri has 
had a more extensive practice in the last twenty years than he.  He has been
examining surgeon for the government at Lamar for seventeen years, and 
president of the board of examiners since 1884.

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