Dorothy Mae Van Dyke, daughter of James Clinton Van Dyke and Ella Lafever Harnish, was born on 14 January 1932 at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois.¹

     Dorothy married Marion Eugene McDonald on 13 June 1954, at Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois.³

     Dorsey Clinton Van Dyke, son of James Ward Van Dyke and Jennette Peters, was born on 16 March 1881 at Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois.¹

     Dorsey married Jennie Ware, daughter of Winfield Scott Ware and Malinda Alice Sears, on 19 October 1903, at Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois.

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Dorsey filled out a draft card for World War I on 12 September 1918 (at age 37), while living at Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois. He was employed as signal fireman and described as height, medium and medium build with blue eyes and light hair..²

     Dorsey died on 27 January 1936, at age 54,³ and was buried at Greenup Cemetery, Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois.⁴

     Earl L. Van Dyke, son of Dorsey Clinton Van Dyke and Jennie Ware, was born on 18 June 1911 at Illinois.^1,2

     Earl married Betty J. Lindley DeMotte circa 1931.

     Earl died on 1 August 2003, at Marion General Hospital, Marion, Grant, Indiana, at age 92; Earl's cause of death was listed as cardiac arrest - inferior wall myocardial infarction^3,4 and was buried at Grant Memorial Park, Marion, Grant, Indiana.³

     Edgar Van Dyke, son of James Ward Van Dyke and Jennette Peters, was born on 24 December 1894 at Illinois.^1,2

     Edgar died on 27 September 1912, at age 17.^2,3

     Edgar was posted:

Edgar Van Dyke, 17 years old son of James W. and Nettie Van Dyke, was killed while performing his duties at the Grant Park, Illinois train yards in a position he had held for just a short time. He was working on the track beside a train and did not hear the approaching passenger train on a parallel track which struck and killed him instantly. His older Dorsey was a witness to the accident but could not warn him in time. Fault was given to the foreman who should have known about the approaching passenger train. The body was taken to Chicago then brought to Greenup by way of Terre Haute, Indiana. Edgar was born and raised in Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois . His father and mother along with seven brothers and two sisters survive to mourn his sad, untimely death.
The surviving brothers are Dorsey, Ike, James, Frank, Russell, Dewey and Walter. Two sisters are Mrs. Pearl Shoe and Miss Golda Van Dyke.
The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church having started from the family residence in rural Greenup. The body was taken to the Greenup Cemetery and there laid to its last resting place until the resurrection morn.⁴

and was buried at Greenup Cemetery, Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois.⁴