Mr. Dyer was born at De Soto, Wis. 5/5/1864. Shipped on his first boat, the steamer Ruby, in 1881. Laid up his last boat, the steamer Juanita, 10/15/1902. Was a mate on nine different boats; linesman on 40 different boats.
Mr. Merrick, while he didn't actually work on the river for much more than six years, is quite an Mississippi riverman