William Christopher (Billy) Dyess was the son of Elizabeth Everett and George W. Dyess and the husband of Martha Croaker.
He built a bridge across the Buckatuna, Creak in Wayne County about 1866. It was a toll bridge that settlers used when they were going west to Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The bridge did not have a metal nail in the structure.
It has been noted by Tim Burgess that Wm. Christopher was a member of Co. A. 1st Mississippi Cavalry Reserves, C.S.A. All five brothers were in Confederate Service. Brother John was killed in Battle.
He built a bridge across the Buckatuna, Creak in Wayne County about 1866. It was a toll bridge that settlers used when they were going west to Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The bridge did not have a metal nail in the structure.
It has been noted by Tim Burgess that Wm. Christopher was a member of Co. A. 1st Mississippi Cavalry Reserves, C.S.A. All five brothers were in Confederate Service. Brother John was killed in Battle.
William Christopher (Billy) Dyess was the son of Elizabeth Everett and George W. Dyess and the husband of Martha Croaker.
He built a bridge across the Buckatuna, Creak in Wayne County about 1866. It was a toll bridge that settlers used when they were going west to Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The bridge did not have a metal nail in the structure.
It has been noted by Tim Burgess that Wm. Christopher was a member of Co. A. 1st Mississippi Cavalry Reserves, C.S.A. All five brothers were in Confederate Service. Brother John was killed in Battle.
He built a bridge across the Buckatuna, Creak in Wayne County about 1866. It was a toll bridge that settlers used when they were going west to Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The bridge did not have a metal nail in the structure.
It has been noted by Tim Burgess that Wm. Christopher was a member of Co. A. 1st Mississippi Cavalry Reserves, C.S.A. All five brothers were in Confederate Service. Brother John was killed in Battle.
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