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Robert Toney (abt. 1836 - abt. 1919)

Robert Toney
Born about in Alum Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 9 Sep 1854 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 83 in West Virginia, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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This profile is part of the Forks of Coal, West Virginia One Place Study.

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Biography

Robert Toney (age 20) married Martha Hutson (sic) (age 19) in Kanawha County, Virginia in September of 1854. Unfortuntately the Register of Marriages only gives the date of license (8 Sept 1854) and not the date of the actual marriage.. [1]

Census

The Cary Toney family appears on the 1850 U. S. Census, Kanawha, rural, what whas to become the Washington Magisterial District. They live three houses down from Preston Turley at Forks of Coal.[2]

Cary Toney, male, age 44, farmer with $1260 in real estate
Letitha Toney, female, age 4
Robert Toney, male, age 16
Fanny Toney, female, age 13
Dolly Toney, female, age 14
Hannah Toney, female, age 10
Martha Toney, female, age 6
Olivia Toney, female, age 5.

The Robert Toney family appears on the 1860 U. S. Census, Kanawha, Forks of Coal community.[3] Robert is living next door to George Washington Turley, three doors away from John Hudson, and four doors down from his parents Cary and Litha. His is now married and has been 6 years.

Robert Toney, age 23, laborer, no land, value of personal estate $25
Martha Toney, age 22
Emily Toney, age 3
William Toney, age 2

The Robert Toney family appears on the 1870 U. S. Census, Washington Magisterial District, Kanawha, West Virginia, Coalsmouth Post Office.[4] Robert is now living adjacent to Jenier Hill, fellow witness in the Trial of Preston Turley and fellow member of the WV 7th Cavalry, USA.

Robert Toney, age 28, Farmer, value of real estate $400, personal wealth $200.
Martha Toney, age 25 (spouse), keeping house
Emily Toney, age 15, keeping house
William Toney, age 13
John Toney, age 11
Robert Toney, age 7

The Robert Toney family appears on the 1880 U. S. Census, Washington Magisterial District, Kanawha, WV.[5]

Robert Toney, age 44, farmer
Martha J. Toney, age 43, keeping house
John Toney, age 20 at home
Robert Toney, age 17, at home

Robert Toney appears on the 1890 U. S. Special Census of Civil War Veterans, page 1, 2nd Supervisor's district, E. D. 68, Washington District, Kanawha, WV, line 2.[6] He was marked as a Reinlisted Veteran. By the time of this census Toney had a Spring Hill P. O. address, as well as chronic disease of the back and kidneys. With Robert on the page is his cousin Levi Toney of Boone County, son of Cary's younger brother Harvey.

Toney, Robert, private, WV 7th Cavalry, Company C; served from 1 Sept 1861 to 1 August 1865 (three years, eleven months, zero days.)

The Robert Toney family is on the 1900 U. S. Census, Washington District, Kanawha, WV, E.D. 62, Forks of Coal general neighborhood. He and Martha have been married 46 years.[7]

Robert Toney, head, born March 1833, age 66, farmer
Martha Toney, wife, born February 1835, age 65, keeping home.

Trial of Preston Turley

Robert Toney, for a time a next-door neighbor to Preston Turley, was called to the stand as a witness for the defence, although it's a given that his testimony was not compelling.

Toney, who at the time of the trial was about 22 years of age, testified as follows: that he had known Preston for several years and had seen the accused at a time when he (Toney) thought that Turley "was not exactly right. I wouldn't call him crazy, but he would talk and act foolish. Talk as if he hadn't got good sense."

At the heart of the defense strategy was the notion that Turley had recieved a head injury which clouded his judgement and changed his behavior. The event in question was the falling of timbers during a house deconstruction. Two men where present besides Preston, and one of them was Robert Toney. Said Toney on the stand: "Sometime last fall some timbers fell on Preston's head. It was a from a small shanty we were tearing down. Two of us pulled the timbers off of him and he seemed badly hurt; his head appeared hurt the most."

When pressed under cross-examination, Toney admitted that they did not send for a doctor, and that at their next meeting Preston seemed to have returned to normal. Also, Toney admitted that Preston drank "right smart," and insinuated that Turley may have been drinking just before the timber fall.[8]

Research

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 November 2018), memorial page for Robert Toney, Sr (1834–1919), Find A Grave Memorial no. 157084533, citing Hudson Family Cemetery, Alum Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Anjlyn Gillispie (contributor 48730243) Served in Civil War. Farmer.

Henning, Elma & Merle Rummel, The Toney Family History, 1979, Gateway Press, pg 304

Sources

  1. http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12677669&Type=Marriage
  2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DBB7-QWY?cc=1401638&wc=95RQ-6TG%3A1031351901%2C1032510201%2C1032516501 : 9 April 2016), Virginia > Kanawha > Kanawha county, part of > image 45 of 272; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSF-94Y4?cc=1473181&wc=7QY4-SJ5%3A1589436503%2C1589437144%2C1589422206 : 24 March 2017), Virginia > Kanawha > Not Stated > image 21 of 325; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYCX-1R?cc=1438024&wc=KLRT-6TL%3A518656501%2C518789201%2C518685301 : 12 June 2019), West Virginia > Kanawha > Washington > image 17 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MHN9-2ZM : 15 January 2022), Household of Robert Toney, Washington District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 56, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,405.
  6. "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-51PQ-X?cc=1877095&wc=M62Z-XMW%3A174322901%2C174390401%2C174320903 : 22 May 2014), West Virginia > Kanawha > All > image 202 of 240; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QMC-CF?cc=1325221&wc=9B7Y-YH6%3A1032173901%2C1032984701%2C1033095201 : 5 August 2014), West Virginia > Kanawha > ED 62 Washington district > image 2 of 37; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  8. The Trial, Conviction, Confession and etc. of Preston Turley, Kanawha Star, 1858.

Acknowledgements

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G.Morris, extended profile and connection to Forks of Coal OPS.





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