from a political family; her grandfather was Governor William Jones and her cousin was Governor William W. Hoppin. Elisha and Anna had seven children, including: Elisha Dyer, Jr. (1839–1906), who also became governor of Rhode Island, serving from 1897 to 1900. Dyer was a member of the Episcopal Church, and attended the Grace Church in Providence. He died on May 17, 1890 and is interred in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island. Legacy Industrialist Daniel Wanton Lyman commissioned a bronze statue "The Falconer" as a memorial to Dyer. The statue was designed by Henry Hudson Kitson and installed in Roger Williams Park in 1893. The Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7 of the Rhode Island Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is named in his and his son's honor. References Further reading Sobel, Robert and John Raimo. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978. Greenwood Press, 1988. 1811 births 1890 deaths Brown University alumni Governors of Rhode Island Rhode Island Republicans Burials at Swan Point Cemetery Republican Party governors of Rhode Island Rhode Island Whigs 19th-century American politicians Dyer family