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Albert A. Dye, M. D., son of R. K. and Rumina (Swift) Dye, was born in Waukesha, Wis., November 27, 1845. The father, R. K. Dye, is a native of Johnstown, N. Y., of English-French descent, and the mother originally from Rushford, Alleghany County, N. Y., and of English ancestry. After marriage they moved to Wisconsin (1841), and here the father followed the occupation of a mechanic and farmer. Both he and wife are enthusiastic Regular Baptists. Their family consisted of six children, four sons and two daughters, all now living and in a healthy, prosperous condition. Mrs. Dye is a blood relative of Commodore Perry. Dr. Albert A. Dye, the second child of the above mentioned family, received his education in the High School of Fond du Lac, Wis. In February, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, U. S. Service, and was in the battle of Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and his regiment was the first to enter the mine after the explosion. He was also at Reams’ Station, siege of Petersburg, when the town was taken, and assisted in the capture of Lee’s army. After this he was on patrol duty at Washington to capture Booth. While at the assault on Petersburg, he was wounded by a piece of shell striking him on the head, inflicting a lasting injury. He enlisted as a private, and was second lieutenant when mustered out. He commanded his company when all were killed or missing but eight, and he, although only a sergeant, was the ranking officer. He was discharged at Delany House, D. C., March 26, 1865, and the next year graduated from the Fond du Lac High School. He then studied medicine with Drs. Wiley & Carey, of Fond du Lac, Wis., entered Rush Medical College at Chicago, and graduated from the same in 1871. Previous to this, in 1868, he came to Missouri, locating at Lamar when there was but one physician in town, and here he has practiced ever since in a very successful manner, having taken a special course on the eye and ear at the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he graduated in 1871. He was on the school board of Lamar for eight years, and is a Knight Templar in Masonry. In 1877 he married Miss Bettie Smith, a native of Howard County, Mo., who bore him two children: Daisy R. and Rose I. Dr. Dye is a Republican in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln. He is a member of Barton County Medical Society, the National Association of Railway Surgeons, and the Missouri State Medical Association, and has been a very successful physician. Perhaps no man in Southwest Missouri has had a more extensive practice in the last twenty years than he. He has been examining surgeon for the government at Lamar for seventeen years, and president of the board of examiners since 1884.