Wednesday, October 14, 2020

A Heroine of the Civil War

 Dicy A Chiles

Another obituary has been located for Dicy Chiles, the widow of Henry Chiles.  At the time of her death, Dicy was living in Maryville, Missouri at the home of her daughter Sarah Longley.  The obituary talks about the trials Dicy Chiles and her children suffered during and after the hanging of her husband, Henry Chiles.

A Heroine of the Civil War



The obituary was originally from the Maryville Republican newspaper but also posted in The Hancock Democrat newspaper (Greenfield, Indiana) on Thursday, June 8, 1905.  Dicy grew up in Hancock County, Indiana.

Chiles Family Posts:

Chiles Family Account of the Great Hanging

Dicy Chiles Obituary: A Martyr For His Country