Early Life and Education
Dyer was born near Warrenton in Warren County, Missouri, the son of James Coleman Dyer and Martha E. (Camp) Dyer. His father's family had roots in Virginia, where his uncle David Patterson Dyer was born; he was elected as a Republican Congressman from Missouri (1869–71).
Leonidas attended common schools and Central Wesleyan College. He studied law at Washington University in St. Louis and was admitted to the bar in 1893.
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