Elder Carey Tony House

 

The Virginia Settlement
 or The Four Mile 
Church of the Brethren

 

        By Rev. Merle C. Rummel

 

  TONEY

T1

WILLIAM TONEY            1/m                     ?Moss

b. c1727    Buckingham Co. VA

d. 12/1810  Franklin Co. VA

bur: Toney farm          2/m                      ?

                         3/m           Margaret Sutherland

                                       b. c1731        VA

                                       d. c1812  Franklin Co. VA

                                       f. Philemon Sutherland

1773 ‑Franklin Co. VA  Blackwater River, slope of Cahas Mt.

6 sons fought in Revolution

1794 ‑Indian massacre hit Toney 'Sang Camp in Kanawha Co. VA

     now Coal River, Boone Co. WVA

6 children to Four Mile

ch:  Littleberry (    ‑c1798) m.      Elizabeth Callaway  Anderson Co SC

     Elizabeth (c1755‑c1800)  m. c1773, Isaac Bates Jr.   Franklin Co MO

     Mary  (c1756‑1820)      1/m c1773, Jesse Woodson     Franklin Co VA

                             2/m 1809,  Dudley Street

     John  (1758‑1832)        m. c1780, Mary Toney        Giles Co. VA

     William (   ‑1811)       m. 1782,  Leah Gatliff      Cabell Co. WVA

T162 Avirilla (c1760‑c1845)   m. 1783,  William Thompson  Boone Co. WVA

T17  Edmund  (c1760‑c1821)    m. 1795,  Malinda Chastain  Preble Co. OH

L14  Susannah (c1762‑1822)   nm                           Wayne Co. IN

T19  Carey  (1769‑1859)       m. 1789,  Betsy Doran       Preble Co. OH

     Poindexter (1769‑1835)  1/m 1788,  Mary Rawson       Kanawha Co WVA

                             2/m 1797,  Jane Lilly

     Rebecca (c1774‑c1794)    m. 1792,  Joshua Ferguson   Boone Co. WVA

     James  (1776‑1861)       m. 1806,  Mildred Doran     Franklin Co VA

T1D  Jesse  (1780‑c1839)      m. 1806,  Froney Sink       LaPorte Co. IN

     Hannah  (    ‑1832)      m.        Matthew Peters    Preble Co. OH

            both died in 1832 cholera epidemic, no records of family

 

T17

EDMUND TONEY              m. 1/12/1795    Malinda Chasteen

b. c1760  Buckingham Co. VA               b. c1770             VA

d. c1821  Preble Co. OH                   d. c1855  Martin Co. IN

f. William Toney                          f. William Chastain

m. Margaret Sutherland                    m. Sary

                          m. Franklin Co. VA

fought in Revolutionary War               to Chastain kin, Martin Co

to Preble Co. OH                              after Edmund's death

died in Cholera Epidemic

ch:  James  (1798‑1891)    1/m 1822, Martha Thorton     Willamette V. OR

                           2/m 1870, Mary Minor

     William (c1800‑1860)  1/m 1824, Polly Toney        Martin Co. IN

                           2/m 1826, Sarah Chastain

                           3/m 1835, Elizabeth Tucker

     Susannah (1807‑1876)   m. 1823, Flemming Chastain  Martin Co. IN

     Elizabeth (c1810‑      m. 1827, John Chastain

     Sarah  (1812‑1882)     m. 1831, Pleasant Stark     St. Clair Co. MO

 

T19

CAREY TONEY               m. 8/27/1789    Elizabeth Doran (Betsy)

b. 10/3/1763  Buckingham Co. VA           b. 7/4/1767              VA

d. 9/6/1859   Preble Co. OH               d. 7/13/1865  Preble Co. OH

bur: Lybrook Cemetery                     bur: Lybrook Cemetery

f. William Toney                          f. Hartman Doran

m. Elizabeth Sutherland                   m. Mary

                          m. Franklin Co. VA

1781 ‑Yorktown, Revolutionary War

     Bedford Co. Militia, Col. Lynch Regiment, Capt. Thomas Arthur

1784‑94  Ginseng Camps  Virginia Mountains (West Virginia ‑Coal River)

1807 ‑Coal River, Kanawha Co. VA (Boone Co. W. VA)

1819 ‑Preble Co. OH, Dixon Twp, east of state line c 3/4 mile

Milk Fever ‑so bad, John F. returned to WVA mountains

     lived Union Co. 1825‑1830

Charter member, Concord Christian Church

 

(T19 Carey Toney, cont)

ch:   Poindexter (1790‑1834) m. 1818, Catherine Lybrook (A32) Preble Co.

      John F  (1792‑1857)   1/m 1809, Mary Ferguson (A5C1) Boone Co. WVA

                            2/m 1845, Mary Hager

T193  Jesse  (1793‑1878)    1/m 1818, Eve Lybrook       Newton Co. MO

                            2/m 1835, Marilla Doran

T194  William  (1795‑1871)   m.       Sarah Keene       Wisconsin

T195  James  (1798‑1884)     m. 1820, Sarah Lybrook     Cass Co. IN

T196  Archibald (1800‑1891) 1/m 1825, Dorcas White      Preble Co. IN

                            2/m 1851, Catherine Whitesell

T197  Frances  (1804‑1873)   m. 1829, Jacob Niccum      Preble Co. IN

T198  Jonathan  (1807‑1880)  m. 1836, Mary Toney        Preble Co. IN

T199  Harmon  (1808‑1895)    m. 1837, Fanny Kingery     Preble Co. IN

T19A  Squire  (1814‑1868)    m.       Sarah Beck        Cass Co. IN

 

T1D

JESSE TONEY               m. 12/16/1806   Frony Sink

b. c1789  Franklin Co. VA                 b. c1780             VA

d. c1839  LaPorte Co. IN                  d.         Greene Co. IN

 

f. William Toney                          f. Stephen Sink

m. Margeret Sutherland

to Preble Co. OH

   Union Co. IN

   LaPorte Co. IN

ch:  Sebert  (1808‑1886)  1/m 1840, June Ryan           Oelwein, IA

                          2/m 1842, Adaline Douthert

                          3/m 1853, Jane Clements

     Stephen  (    ‑1844)  m.       Eveline McCoy       Cedar Co. IA

     Jesse  (1823‑         m.       Anna                Santa Clara, CA

     Allen  (    ‑1889)    m. 1844, Mary Walker         Cass Co. MI

     Aaron  (1813‑1905)   1/m 1847, Mary A Everding     Dowagiac, MI

                          2/m 1876, Anna Abbott

     Susannah (c1806‑      m. 1826, Joseph Neff         ?Randolph Co. IN

     Frances  (1818‑1842)  m. 1836, George Bosserman    Salem, IN

     Mary                 1/m       John Hinks          ?Philadelphia PA

                          2/m 1827, Peter Deardorff

 

T193

JESSE TONEY              1/m 5/11/1818    Eve Lybrook             (L1A)

b. 3/24/1793  Kanawha Co. VA              b. 9/3/1797   Franklin Co. VA

d. 5/11/1869  Newton Co. MO               d. c1832      Union Co. IN

bur: Hornet Cemetery

f. Carey Toney                            f. Philip Lybrook

m. Elizabeth Doran                        m. Anna Miller

                                          ?died ‑Cholera Epidemic

                          m. Wayne Co. IN

                         2/m 4/11/1835    Anna Marilla Doran

                                          b. 1/27/1815  Franklin Co. VA

                                          d. 6/28/1881  Newton Co. MO

                                          bur: Hornet Cemetery

                                          "cousin" ‑ through mother

1840s ‑Fulton Co. IL "split rails with Abe Lincoln"

1849 ‑headed for California, stopped in Missouri, death of son

ch:

     Elias  (1819‑        m. 1838, Malinda Toney        Sonoma Co. CA

     Phoebe  (1820‑1914) 1/m               Mullis       Johnson Co. TX

                         2/m 1853, Otis Witham

     Elizabeth (1827‑    1/m       Elias Weaver         Woodland, CA

                         2/m       Daniel A. High

     Ann      

     Barbara             1/m       Charles Gibson       ?Prague, OK

                         2/m       Lynn Gable

     Franklin  (1843‑1863)

     Matilda  (1846‑1931) m. 1868, Perry A. Burgess     Copan, OK

     John W.  (1851‑1903) m. 1872, Delilia Moser        Newton Co. MO

     Emmaline (1846‑1949) m. 1877, Tilman A S Howard    Copan, OK

     Fanny                m.       William Hoadley

 

T194

WILLIAM TONEY             m.              Sarah Keene

b. 5/2/1794         VA                    b. c1795           VA

d. 5/12/1871  Crawford Co. WI             d. c1847  Preble Co. OH

f. Carey Toney

m. Elizabeth Doran

1855 ‑Crawford Co. WI, stop in Illinois on way

     letters to nephew Elder Carey Toney: indicate hardship conditions

ch:   Eliza  (1810‑1914)     nm                         Boas, WI

T1742 Elizabeth (c1819‑      m. 1843, James Riley       Preble Co. OH

      John  (c1825‑c1830)

      Jesse  (1828‑1910)     m. 1851, Mary E. Way       Richland Co. WI

      Rhoda  (c1825‑         m. 1851, Isaac Wright

      Mary Jane (1836‑c1860) m.       Charles Rinehart

      Squire  (1838‑1910)    m. 1860  Catherine Whitaker Crawford Co. WI

      James  (1838‑                                      West Fork, WI

 

T195

JAMES TONEY               m. 10/28/1820   Sarah Lybrook (Sally)   (L1C)

b. 10/29/1798         VA                  b. 5/6/1803   Franklin Co. VA

d. 12/3/1884   Cass Co. IN                d. 2/24/1874  Cass Co. IN

bur: Hoover Snyder Cemetery               bur: Hoover Snyder Cemetery

f. Carey Toney                            f. Philip Lybrook

m. Elizabeth Doran                        m. Anna Miller

                          m. Wayne Co. IN

farmer, 1 mile So of Four Mile Church, on Nine Mile Road

aged, kept by children, son "Preacher Bill" Toney, to Cass Co.

     with hired house keeper, Mary Moss (A4154) -Sarah crippled

ch:   Barbara  (1821‑1823)

      Susan  (1824‑1907)     m. 1848, Thomas A E McMeans  Cass Co. IN

R25   Elizabeth (1824‑1906)  m. 1849, Abraham Rinehart    Cass Co. IN

      Katherine (1825‑1907)  m. 1844, John Webster        Cass Co. IN

      Poindexter (1826‑1877) m. 1849, Amanda J. Newport   Cass Co. IN

      Philip  (1827‑1848)

      Jonathan  (1831‑1849)

      Harmon  (1836‑1854)

T1959 William  (1837‑1911)   m. 1871, Mary Moss           Cass Co. IN

      Carey  (d. inf)

 

T196

ARCHIBALD TONEY          1/m 3/29/1825    Dorcas White

b. 3/4/1800            VA                 b. 1802

d. 1891      Preble Co. OH                d. 2/15/1850   Preble Co. OH

bur: Concord Church Cemetery              bur: Lybrook Cemetery

f. Carey Toney

m. Elizabeth Doran

                         2/m 6/9/1851     Catherine Whitesell

                                          b. 1821

                                          d. 1900

                                          bur: Concord Church Cemetery

ch:  James  (1828‑1901)     m.      Clara Jordan

     Elizabeth (1832‑1917)  m.      Elisha Spencer

     Carey  (1835‑1918)     m.      Sarah Mann

     Mary  (1838‑1906)      nm

     Francis                m.      John Miner

     Levi  (1853‑1938)      m.      Jennie Ryder

     Simeon  (8154‑1906)    nm

     Fremont  (1856‑1950)   m.      Marian Ryder

     Lincoln  (1858‑1911)   nm

     Sarah J  (1858‑1942)   nm

     Malinda  (1859‑1920)   nm

     Theodore  (1861‑1930)  nm

     David  (1863‑1930)     m.      Jennie Bright

 

T197

FRANCES TONEY             m. 4/16/1839    Jacob Niccum

b. 9/17/1804          VA                  b. 2/11/1797   Garrard Co. KY

d. 9/9/1873   Preble Co. OH               d. 11/26/1879  Preble Co. OH

bur:  Concord Church Cemetery             bur:  Concord Church Cemetery

f. Carey Toney                            f. John Niccum

m. Elizabeth Doran                        m. Chloe Lambert

miller ‑Middle Four Mile, below Concord Church

Note by dau Chleo (c1880) concerning family, started whole research

ch:  Elizabeth (1831‑1898)  m.      Elias Spencer

     Mary Ann  (1834‑1873)  nm

     Carey  (1835‑          nm

     William  (1837‑1865)   nm

     Chloe  (1839‑1918)     nm

     Henry  (1841‑1873)     nm

     Elvira Jane (1843‑1927) nm

     Isaac  (1846‑1851)     nm

 

T198

JONATHAN TONEY            m.              Mary Toney            (T111)

b. 2/3/1807    ?Boone Co. WVA             b. 8/2/1814    Giles Co. VA

d. 11/24/1890  Preble Co. OH              d. 2/27/1893   Preble Co. OH

bur: Concord Church Cemetery              bur: Concord Church Cemetery

f. Carey Toney                            f. Jonathan Toney

m. Elizabeth Doran                        m. Elizabeth Caperton

lived north of Carey/Harmon on Jackson twp line, full section land

   (estate inheritance thro Mary from Virginia lands)

ch:  Oliver  (    ‑1932)  1/m       Nancy Feasel         Muncie, IN

                          2/m       Cassandra Wolting

     Mary  (1838‑1875)     m.       Thomas Brannon       Preble Co. IN

     Melissa (1847‑1932)   m. 1873, William H Evans MD   Boston, IN

     Anderson  (1849‑      m.       Lucy Drayer          Dayton, OH

 

T199

HARMON TONEY              m.              Fanny Kingery           (K159)

b. 3/2/1808    Franklin Co. VA            b. 2/23/1818   Wayne Co. IN

d. 5/16/1895   Preble Co. OH              d. 10/18/1856  Preble Co. OH

bur: Lybrook Cemetery                     bur: Lybrook Cemetery

f. Carey Toney                            f. Jacob Kingery

m. Elizabeth Doran                        m. Barbara Lybrook

farmed home farm ‑Preble Co. Dixon Twp

Carey and Elizabeth Toney and Barbara Kingery all lived with in old age

Fanny not well, Chloe Niccum tended house (Toney Family Note)

ch:

      William  (1838‑1925)  m. 1859, Margaret Witt      Union Co. IN

T1992 Carey  (1842‑1926)   1/m 1863, Sarah Moss         Preble Co. OH

      Jacob  (1842‑1845)

      Jonathan (1845‑1878)  m. 1866, Mary Witt          Preble Co. OH

      Samuel  (1848‑1849)

      James  (1850‑1936)    m. 18175, Lucinda Hutchinson

 

T19A

SQUIRE TONEY              m.              Sarah Beck

b. 9/8/1814  Kanawha Co. VA               b. 11/13/1817

d. 9/1/1868  Cass Co. IN                  d. 2/9/1859   Wayne Co. IN

bur: Miller Cemetery                      bur: Boston Cemetery

f. Carey Toney                            f. Samuel Beck

m. Elizabeth Doran                        m. Mary

1830 ‑Boston, IN

1866 ‑Cass Co. IN

ch:   Mary  (1837‑          m.       John Babb

      Samuel  (1842‑        m.       Caroline Miller

      Harriet  (1844‑1929)  m. 1866, Robert Evans MD    Boston, IN

      Sarah  (1848‑1942)    m. 1865, Bartley Swafford   Cass Co. IN

      Frances  (1847‑1866)

      William  (1851‑       m.       Emma Lewellen

      Martha  (1855‑1861)

      Indiana  (1856‑       m. 1877, John Babb

 

T1942

ELIZABETH TONEY           m. 1843         James Riley

b. 1820    Preble Co. OH                  b. 1813             VA

f. William Toney

m. Sarah Keene

lived Preble Co. OH, Dixon twp

ch:  Charles  (1844‑

     Eliza  (1846‑

     William  (1848‑

     Elizabeth  (1850‑

     Amanda  (1852‑

     James  (1855‑

     John  (1859‑

 

T1959

WILLIAM SMITH TONEY       m. 8/25/1871    Mary Moss              (M3154)

b. 8/19/1837   Union Co. IN               b. 10/6/1842   Carroll Co. IN

d. 9/25/1911   Cass Co. IN                d. 2/7/1920    Cass Co. IN

bur: Hoover Snyder Cemetery               bur: Hoover Snyder Cemetery

f. James Toney                            f. Edmun Moss

m. Sarah Lybrook                          m. Susannah Rinehart

"Preacher Bill"  ‑Lower Deer Creek Church, Cass Co. IN

teacher/farmer, with parents to Cass Co.

Mary was raised by her grandparents, David Rinehart, after the death of

her mother.  She was employed as housekeeper for the ailing elderly

couple, James and Sarah Toney, and their son at home, Bill.

ch:  Franklin (1872‑1894)     d. measles

     Elma  (1873‑1894)        d. measles

     Effie M  (1877‑1967)   m. 1902, Owen A. Dutchess   Walton, IN

     Charles  (1879‑1938)   m. 1903, Maud Pierson       Walton, IN

     Ida  (1881‑1945)       m. 1904, Clarence Bowman    So Bend, IN

     Wilmer  (1883‑1918)    m. 1912, Lillian Fleming    Missoula, MT

 

T1992

CAREY TONEY              1/m 10/27/1863   Sarah Moss             (M3158)

b. 4/29/1842   Preble Co. OH              b. 11/4/1846   Carroll Co. IN

d. 3/2/1926    College Corner, OH         d. 8/10/1887   Preble Co. OH

bur: Concord Cemetery                     bur: Concord Cemetery

f. Harmon Toney                           f. Edmun Moss

m. Fanny Kingery                          m. Susannah Rinehart

Elder/Four Mile Church                    sis. of Mary (A5959)

                         2/m 9/8/1891     Hanna Petro Riley

                                          d. 10/17/1922 College Corner

                                          bur: Springersville Cemetery

                                                  Fayette Co. IN

                                          f. John Petro

                                          m. Mary

                                          1/h  George E. Riley

                                           buried with 1st husband

Carey preached at all four meeting houses of the Four Mile Church:  He

originally lived in the upper district (Preble Co), but late in his life

he moved to College Corner in the lower (Cottage Grove Church). Meetings

were held about once a month at Florence, OH. east of Boston, and at the

Bethel Church, in Waterloo twp, Fayette Co. (where he met Hannah).

ch:  Lawrence  (1864‑1872)

     Mary  (1866‑1872)

     Almeeta  (1871‑1944)   m. 1890, Josiah Rinehart    Preble Co. OH

     Minnie  (1874‑1880)

     Stella  (1877‑1880)

     Emma L  (1879‑1915)    m. 1898, Cornelius C Petry  Union Co. IN

     John  (1883‑1967)      m. 1906, Mary McCray        College Corner

     Harmon  (1898‑1937)   1/m 1913, Frances Easley     College Corner

                           2/m       Doris West

 

T1B2

SQUIRE THOMPSON           m. 12/22/1814   Charity Florea

b. 2/25/1785  Bedford Co. VA              b. 8/7/1791   Frederic Co. MD

d. 11/19/1850 Sacramento, CA              d. 9/19/1849  Cass Co. MI

bur: Pioneers Cemetery                    bur: Sumnerville Cemetery

f. William Thompson                       f. Albright Florea

m. Avirilla Toney                         m. Ruth

                          m. Adams Co. OH  (off the "Quaker Trace")

to Preble Co. OH

1823 ‑Niles, MI  (old French Fort, first settler, Michigan Territory)

1826 ‑Cass Co. MI

1849 ‑California Gold Rush (after death of wife) died of Cholera on

     arrival in California, wagon train across plains

ch:

     William  (1817‑c1865) 1/m 1844, Marian Grant

                           2/m       Emily Myers

     Ruth  (1819‑           m. 1838, William Clyborn

     Squire Jr (1820‑1898) 1/m 1848, Sarah Sullivan (W1122)  Knox, IN

                           2/m       Rachel Tener

     Isaac  (1823‑1913)    1/m 1855, Anna Smith         Santa Clara, CA

                           2/m 1874, Emily Flora Kauffman

     Rachel  (1825‑1904)    m. 1844, William Weed       Missouri

     Charity  (1827‑1833)

     Albert  (1830‑1899)   nm            Goldfields     Santa Clara, CA

     Benjamin  (1831‑1898)  m. 1861, Emma Kauffman      Santa Clara, CA

     Mary E  (1834‑1835)