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Continued: Robert Dials, also known as Robert Diles, drowned to death in the Tug
River Valley while working in the timber/logging business about 1909.
1870 Letcher Co., KY (section later became Knott Co., KY) census Aug. 22
Precinct No. 4
#75 Visey Thacker 32 (consort or common-law wife of Dr. Jasper Byrd
Stewart)
Nancy Thacker 72 [maiden name Cook, mother of Visey, Sarah, Elizabeth]
Sarah Thacker 50 [daughter of William Diles/Dial(s)/Dyals & Nancy (Cook)]
James Thacker 18 (son of Sarah)
Andrew 13 (son of Sarah)
Nancy 13 (daughter of Vicy)
Henry 10 (son of Vicy)
Robert 9 (son of Vicy)
Elizabeth 6 (daughter of Vicy)
Lena 1 (daughter of Vicy)
Malishey 22 (daughter of Sarah)
#76 Elizabeth Diles 29 (maiden name Sparkman, widow of Robert)
Visy 9 [daughter of Robert Dials/Diles and Elizabeth (Sparkman)]
Robert 5 [son of Robert Dials/Diles and Elizabeth (Sparkman)]
Luvenia 2 [daughter of Robert Dials/Diles and Elizabeth (Sparkman)]
Eizabeth Diles 42 [daughter of William Dial(s)/Diles/Dyals and Nancy
(Cook)]
1880 Letcher Co., KY census June 25
Voting Precinct No. 8
#486 Dials, Elizabeth 38 KY NC NC [Elizabeth Sparkman, dau. of William
"Greasy Bill" Sparkman & Jerusha (Yearly)]
Levicia 19 daughter KY x3
Robert R. 14 son KY x3
Vina 12 daughter KY x3
Drusilla 10 daughter KY x3
Margaret 7 daughter KY x3
Samuel G. 3 son KY x3
Robert's future wife was Octavia Jane Maynard who was listed on the same
census in household #466 living with Benjamin Richmond. Octavia was the
daughter of James Maynard and Nancy "Nannie" (Parsley). James was listed
as a close neighbor in household #484 living with Gustavus Childers.
James also married Elizabeth (Sparkman) Dials' daughter Levisa "Vicy"
Dials.
1900 Martin Co., KY census June 27
3rd Magisterial District
#226 Dials, Robert L. head Mar. 1865 35 m 16 KY UN UN
Octava wife June 1869 3 m 16 6 6 KY x3
James son June 1884 15 KY x3
William T. son Apr. 1887 13 KY x3
Elizabeth daughter Aug. 1888 KY x3
Hopper son Sept. 1892 7 KY x3
George son Oct. 1894 5 KY x3
Vicy daughter May 1898 2 KY x3
One of Robert Dials' closest neighbors in household #224 was his father
in law James Maynard who married Robert's sister Levisa "Vicy" Diles or
Dials.
Robert's widow Octavia Jane (Maynard) Dials was listed on the 1910 census
as shown below:
1910 Mingo Co., WV census April 27
Hardee District
#241 Dials, Octava head 40 wd 9 8 KY x3
James son 25 KY x3
Elizabeth daughter 20 KY x3
Holbert son 16 KY x3
George son 14 KY x3
Vicey daughter 12 KY x3
Polly A. daughter 10 WV KY KY
Robert son 6 WV KY KY
Ira son 9/12 WV KY KY
Octavia (Maynard) Dials' nearest neighbors are
#239 Maynard, Harmon 29 m1 8 WV, KY, KY
Elizabeth wife 28 m1 8 WV, WV, OH
Lyddia dau. 4 WV, WV, WV
Comfort dau. 2 WV, WV, WV
#240 Maynard, Horace P. 27 m1 24 WV, KY, KY
Fannie wife 19 m1 4 2/2 WV, WV, WV
Samuel son 3 WV, WV, WV
John H. son 2 WV, WV, WV
John H. Sr. father 81 m1 54 KY, KY, KY
Comfrey (Comfort) mother 78 m1 54 14/7 KY, WV, KY
White, Lewis nephew 13 WV, WV, WV
Ssource: http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/mingo/census/1910/145-15a.gif
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