sentences:  Of Dias, he wrote that though Dias did not come from an aristocratic family, he served his people and his country well.He also wrote that Dias was not very polished in his manners and etiquette but the good of his people was always uppermost in his mind.Dias married Maria Veronica da Silva and had eight children Victor Manuel Dias, Luis Gonzaga Bismarck Dias, Alvaro Jose Maria da Silva Dias, Antonio Francisco Dias, Ernesto Dias, Albertina Lavinia Escolastica Dias e Afonso, Aurea Dias e Lobo and Alice Leonor Brigida Dias e Fialho.