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William C. Dyches was born about 1799 in South Carolina, probably in Abbeville District. He was the son of Josiah Dyches and Lucinda Taliaferro. He married Jane ? before 1829 in Louisiana. She was born about 1801 in South Carolina. William Dyches was murdered in Bell County, TX in 1854 by a neighbor, Thomas P. Thompson. Jane lived at least until 1880 as she was enumerated on that years census in Bell County, TX where she lived with her son Elais P. Dyches.
In the 1860 census, Jane is listed with the last name of Meeks, but no husband is listed. This would seem to imply that some time in the six years following William's death, she was marrried again. No record of such a marriage has yet been found; but a will and a deed have been found that show her name as Jane Meek without the "s". The will proclaims that she was formerly "Jane Dyches." It is possible, but highly unlikey, that she reverted to her maiden name after William's death. Otherwise, she was married after 1854 to someone with the last name of Meek and the marriage terminated by death of her husband or some other reason.
| ELIAS PRESTON DYCHES | b. July 1829 in Washington Parish, LA. |
| LAVICA ANN DYCHES | b. December 08, 1831 in Washington Parish, LA; d. January 03, 1910 in Junction, Kimble County, TX. |
| JERUSHA JANE DYCHES | b. ABT. 1835 probably in Jefferson County, Texas. |
| LUCINDA "Lucinderella" DYCHES | b. Abt. 1840, probably in Jefferson County, TX. |
| MARY ELIZABETH DYCHES | b. ABT. 1845, in Jefferson County, TX. |