Picture is 1½ x 2 in a paper "frame". On reverse it has handwritten: "Wm Dyer Groome, TX." In different hand it has written "Billie and Doris Great Grandfather of Tennessee during slave days."

James P. Dyer

b. 18 October 1841, Jackson Co., TN
d. 20 November 1917, Putnam Co., TN
Wives: Sally Jane (Pippin) Dyer & Elizabeth (Smith) Dyer.
Father: William Riley Dyer (1818-1897)
Mother: Mahala Carr Harper
Buried: Bloomington Springs Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN
See Bloomington Springs Cemetery

At Rest Loving Father