Orlando Dyarman - G.A.R., Bishop Post

Orlando Dyarman (Dyerman) grew up in Wayne County, Ohio, in a large family consisting of his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth and siblings (in 1860) - Joseph, Nettie, Sarah, James, George, Ebena (?), Emma, and Horace.  

In 1860, Orlando was 19, and by the next year, he was enlisted in Company E, 4th Ohio Infantry for a three month stint, from April 16 - June 4, 1861.  This group, recruited in Wooster, was known as Given Guards, in honor of Judge William Given of Wooster.  At the end of that term, Orlando reenlisted and served until his final discharge, as a sergeant, on June 4, 1864.



For a good summary of the 4th experiences, check out this article written for the Wooster Daily News by Paul Locher.  

Orlando's pension card also notes his service in the Veteran Reserve Corps (once known as the Invalid Corps) - 6th Regiment, Company F.  Soldiers who had some partial disability or other issue were given light duty in this corp, usually guard duty for railroads or prisoners of war, or they may have served as escorts or messengers.  The 6th Regiment was formed in D.C. and served in March and April, 1865.  So Orlando's service spanned the entire war.

In 1872, Orlando married Frances P. Wright in Seneca County Ohio, on June 5th.
A search in the 1870 census did not locate him, but he and Frances were found in 1880, living at 319 Jefferson Street in Defiance.  Orlando was a merchant, and he and his wife had three children: Mary, 7; Ora, 5 (dtr.) and Walter, 2 and a servant, Ella Heller, 18.

In 1887, Orlando, then quartermaster of the Bishop Post, received a correspondence inviting him and members of the 4th to the dedication of monuments in Gettysburg honoring their service.
No evidence was found that he did or did not attend the celebration on September 14, 1887.

Orlando was enumerated in the veterans schedule of the 1890 census, but some time after that, he and his wife moved to Georgia for his health.  It was there he passed away on May 7, 1905 at about the age of 65.

In an ironic and interesting side note, the Defiance Democrat reported this of his funeral:
"May 19, 1905.  BLUE AND GRAY.
A Georgia paper gives an interesting account of the funeral obsequies of Orlando Dyarman at Jefferson, Georgia.  The paper says that six ex-Confederate soldiers acted as pall bearers and a colonel who served in the Confederate army accompanied the remains to Tiffin, Ohio, for burial.  It would appear that the blue and the gray had buried their differences in a most amicable manner down south.  Mr. Dyarman was a union veteran of the late war."

Orlando Dyarman was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.
 

Mrs. Dyarman stayed in the north and in the censuses of 1910 - 1930 was enumerated with her son, William, a grocery merchant in Paulding County.  Also with them for those years were Frances' sister, Mary, and in 1910, a single aunt.
When William married, he named his son, Orlando, after the boy's very patriotic and loyal grandfather.

(This is part of a series on Civil War veterans of Defiance County who were part of the G.A.R., Bishop Post, that headquartered in the city.  Formed in 1879, the post was named after a local man, Captain William Bishop, Company D, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Army who died as a result of wounds received in battle.  The veterans' photos are part of a composite photo of members that has survived.  If you have other information or corrections to add to the soldiers' stories, please add to the comments!)