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Joseph Josiah Dyches was born June 15, 1800 in Abbeville district, South Carolina. He was the son of Josiah Dyches and Lucinda Taliaferro. He married Elizabeth Lewis July 25, 1833 in Texas. She was born about 1819 in Mississippi. Josiah came to Texas in 1832 from Washington Parish, Louisiana along with his mother, Lucinda. He Served as a private in Captain Logan's Third Company, Second Volunteer Infantry Regiment for the Republic of Texas in 1836 during the revolution for Texas independence. Elizabeth died in 1862 in Williamson County.
Joseph Josiah Dyches and his wife Elizabeth Lewis Dyches appeared in the Mexican census for Bevil District along with their one year old son, Benjamin Franklin Dyches on May 01, 1835. The Mexican district was named for John Bevil. He is thought to be the first settler in what later became Jasper County and served as a delegate from Bevil to the Consultation, a political convention which was a pre-amble to the war with Mexico. Josiah joined the fight against Mexico in the Texas revolution March 5th, 1836. He served as a private in Captain Logan's Company. On March 19, 1838, Josiah and Elizabeth got married a second time along with his sister, Jerusha, and David Hutcheson McFadin. Both couples were married by Henry Millard, another veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto and chief justice of the newly formed county of Jefferson. The marriages were recorded in Jefferson County Marriage Book A, page 13.
By 1847, he had moved to Milam county and was on the Tax list for that year paying tax of $2.60 on 4 horses, 170 head of cattle and a yoke of oxen valued at $880. In 1848, Williamson county was formed using part of Milam county. This made him a resident of Williamson County for the rest of his life. The county was formed when the Texas legislature acted upon a petition signed by 107 of the estimated 250 settlers who complained that they needed a seat of government closer than Milam County's.
He married Mary Henry May September 10, 1863. She was born about 1828 in probably Grenada County, Mississippi. She was formerly married to William may and had a daughter, Tabitha from that marriage. Josiah Dyches died in December 1883. Mary died May 7, 1894 in Williamson County, TX
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DYCHES | b. March 17, 1835 in Newton County, TX. |
| JOYCE ANN DYCHES | b. December 08, 1831 in Jefferson County, TX. |
| CORDELIA LUCINDA DYCHES | b. ABT. 1835 in Jefferson County, Texas. |
| ELIZABETH J. DYCHES | b. Abt. 1840, probably in Jefferson County, TX. |
| JEPTHA DYCHES | b. October 11, 1845 in Jefferson County, TX. |
| ALEXANDER B. DYCHES | b. April 11, 1848 in Williamson County, TX. |
| DANIEL D. DYCHES | b. August 17, 1850 in Williamson County, TX. |
| FELIX DYCHES | b. August 17, 1850 in Williamson County, TX. |
| SHARP DYCHES | b. abt. 1855 in Williamson County, TX. d. before 1860 in Williamson County, TX. |
| WILLIAM DYCHES | b. August 17, 1850 in Williamson County, TX. |