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     Theda Rose Toland was born on 2 January 1923 at Rices Landing, Greene Co., Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Walter Sherwood Toland and Hazel Frances Holmes. Theda Rose Toland married Harry Richard “Red” Welling on 3 January 1942. Theda Rose Toland died on 17 July 2012 at Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pennsylvania, at age 89.¹ She was buried at Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Twsp., Greene Co., Pennsylvania.¹

     Walter Sherwood Toland was born on 24 May 1895 at Marshall, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. He was the son of James Robert Clark Toland and Bertha Viola Ruder. Walter Sherwood Toland married Hazel Frances Holmes. Walter Sherwood Toland died on 2 June 1943 at Greene County Memorial Hospital, Franklin, Greene Co., Pennsylvania, at age 48. He was buried at Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pennsylvania.²

     Denton G. Tolle was born on 22 October 1824 at Bourbon, Harrison Co., Kentucky.¹ He was the son of Johnathan Tolle and Henrietta Harn.¹ Denton G. Tolle married Nancy Whitaker in 1845.¹ Denton G. Tolle died on 14 May 1876 at Harrison Co., Kentucky, at age 51.¹

     Emily Jane Tolle was born circa 1810 at Kentucky.¹ She was born on 8 April 1817 at Lewis Co., Kentucky.² She was the daughter of Mathias Tolle and Prudence Davis.¹ Emily Jane Tolle married Daniel Redman, son of Daniel Redman Jr. and Prudence Tyler, circa 1836 at Ohio. Emily Jane Tolle died on 9 January 1912 at Adams Co., Ohio, at age 94.² She was buried at Berea Chapel Cemetery, Scioto Co., Ohio.²

     Harriet Amanda Tolle was born on 10 July 1850 at Adams Co., Ohio.¹ She was the daughter of William Fletcher Tolle and Euphamy M. Bunny Ann Davis.¹ Harriet Amanda Tolle married John Newton Hildebrandt.¹ Harriet Amanda Tolle died on 8 November 1922 at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, at age 72.¹

     Henry Tolle was the son of Stephen Tolle and Amelia Harn.¹

     Johnathan Tolle was born in 1779 at Fauquier Co., Virginia.¹ He married Henrietta Harn, daughter of Elijah Harn and Cassandra Davis, in 1807 at Mason Co., Kentucky.¹ Johnathan Tolle died in 1850 at Harrison Co., Kentucky.¹

     Mary Tolle married Elijah Harn, son of John Hearn and Dorcas Davis, on 1 February 1814 at Lewis Co., Kentucky.¹

     Mathias Tolle was born on 11 June 1784 at Virginia. He married Prudence Davis on 10 March 1812 at Kentucky. Mathias Tolle died on 29 March 1860 at Kentucky at age 75.

     Sarah Ellen Tolle was born on 22 September 1853 at Harrison Co., Kentucky.¹ She was the daughter of Denton G. Tolle and Nancy Whitaker.¹ Sarah Ellen Tolle married Daniel Talbott Nichols.¹ Sarah Ellen Tolle died on 8 January 1922 at Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Kentucky, at age 68.¹

     Stephen Tolle was born circa 1785 at Virginia.² He married Amelia Harn, daughter of Elijah Harn and Cassandra Davis, on 14 May 1810 at Mason Co., Kentucky.¹ Stephen Tolle married Rachel Harn, daughter of Elijah Harn and Cassandra Davis, on 15 October 1812 at Lewis Co., Kentucky.¹

     William Fletcher Tolle was born on 12 September 1829 at Kentucky.¹ He was the son of Stephen Tolle and Rachel Harn.¹ William Fletcher Tolle married Euphamy M. Bunny Ann Davis.¹

     SOURCE: Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14. George Tom married Ann Eliza McClintic, daughter of Aaron McClintic and Susannah Aver, on 22 November 1899.¹

     Ruby Aileen Tomlinson was born on 22 June 1921 at Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois.¹ She married Robert Henry Harn, son of John Thomas Harn and Wilma Demy, on 27 August 1939 at New London, Ralls Co., Missouri. Ruby Aileen Tomlinson married John Wilder Barnett on 24 June 1972 at Pekin, Tazewell Co., Illinois. Ruby Aileen Tomlinson died on 1 September 1996 at East Peoria, Tazewell Co., Illinois, at age 75.¹ She was buried at Sugar Grove Cemetery, Schuyler Co., Illinois.¹

     Colton Toney is the son of Mark Evan Toney and Lori Lynn Sanders.

     Conner Lee Toney is the son of Mark Evan Toney and Lori Lynn Sanders.

     Jace Alan Toney is the son of Mark Evan Toney and Lori Lynn Sanders.

     Jenna Lynn Toney is the daughter of Mark Evan Toney and Lori Lynn Sanders.

     Kyla Jane Toney is the daughter of Mark Evan Toney and Lori Lynn Sanders.

     Mark Evan Toney married Lori Lynn Sanders, daughter of Merrill Lyman Sanders and Sharon Jane Warfel, circa 1983.

     Holly Tonkin is the daughter of Loring Lombard Tonkin and Veronica (?)

     Jean Tonkin was born on 24 July 1926 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Loring Lombard Tonkin and Norma Madeline Smith. Jean Tonkin married Dr. George Ross Brinkley Jr. on 25 June 1949 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.^1,2 Jean Tonkin lived in 1957 at Baltimore, Maryland. She lived in March 2006 at New Market, Frederick Co., Maryland.⁴ She died on 26 December 2009 at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Walkersville, Frederick Co., Maryland, at age 83.^5,3

Following is the obituary for Jean Tonkin Brinkley:

Jean Tonkin Brinkley, 83
December 29, 2009

JULY 24, 1926-DEC. 26, 2009

NEW MARKET, Md. - Mrs. Jean Tonkin Brinkley, 83, well-known longtime resident of New Market, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville, Md.

She was the wife of the late Dr. George Ross Brinkley Jr., who died Sept. 11, 1982.

Born in Clarksburg, W.Va., on July 24, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Loring Lombard and Norma Smith Tonkin.

Mrs. Brinkley was a homemaker and for many years, she was a breeder of show ponies. She was one of the founding members of the Frederick Pony Club and the New Market Hounds. She was a very active bridge player and member of the Frederick and Hagerstown Bridge Clubs, and a member of the New Market Garden Club. She was very active in the Frederick and Middletown Women's Republican Clubs.

Mrs. Brinkley was an active member of Grace Episcopal Church in New Market, the church vestry and the Daughters of the King.

Surviving are her four children, Norma Brinkley Staley and husband, Patrick, of Monrovia, Md., Elizabeth Brinkley Sponseller and husband, Michael, Sen. David Ross Brinkley and wife, Sallie, and Dr. Susan Brinkley-Gowl and husband, Wade, all of New Market; one sister, Norma Tonkin Brigham of Williamsburg, Va; 11 grandchildren, D. Gordon Staub and wife, Kelly, J. Christopher Staub and wife, Paula, Ryan P. Staley, H. Luba Staley, P. Ross Brinkley Staley, Lusa A. Staley, Michael Sponseller, Jennifer Sponseller Webster and husband, Chuncey, Margaret T. Brinkley, D. Ross Brinkley Jr. and Erina E. Brinkley; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She will also be remembered by a sister-in-law, Alberta Brinkley Holtz, of Vero Beach, Fla.

She was preceded in death by a brother, John B. Tonkin; three sisters, Margaret Crumrine, Mary Davis and Martha Spelsberg; brother-in-law, Edgar W. Holtz; and her best friend, Mary D. Gove, who died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.

Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, with the family receiving friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, from Grace Episcopal Church, 5740 Green Valley Road, (Md. 75) New Market. The Rev. Mary-Pat Ashby, rector of the church, will officiate. Interment will be in New Market Cemetery.⁵ She was buried at New Market Cemetery, New Market, Frederick Co., Maryland.^5,6,3

     John Tonkin married Margaret Barnett.

     John Barnett Tonkin was born on 16 May 1919 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.^1,2 He was the son of Loring Lombard Tonkin and Norma Madeline Smith. John Barnett Tonkin married Nancy Stewart Sturdevant on 20 October 1945 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.^1,3 John Barnett Tonkin lived in 1962 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia. He married Betty Rolland Preston in November 1995.³ John Barnett Tonkin died on 23 March 2006 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia, at age 86.^3,2

Following obituary was found in The News Press, at Ancestry.com:
John Barnett "Bud" Tonkin went with peace to meet his God on March 23, 2006 at his Clarksburg home following a brief illness. Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on May 16, 1919, Mr. Tonkin was preceded in death by his parents, Loring Lombard Tonkin and Norma Smith Tonkin.
Bud attended Randolph-Macon Academy, Mercersburg Academy, Lehigh University and West Virginia University where he graduated as an engineer. He began his career at Hope Natural Gas Company in 1945 and he retired from Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation as a Division IV Manager in 1981.
Mr. Tonkin served his country during World War II in England with the 8th Air Force, 457th Bomb Group as a First Lieutenant, and was a bombardier/navigator on the B-17 Flying Fortresses. Bud successfully completed 35 combat missions over Nazi Germany and was awarded the distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster, five Air Medals, The Presidential Citation and four Bronze Stars.
Twice married, Mr. Tonkin was preceded in death by his first wife, Nancy Sturdevant, whom he married in 1945. They had three children: son, Loring L. "Tim" Tonkin and wife Veronica and grandchildren Holly and Luke of Charleston, WV; son, John B. Tonkin, Jr. and grandson Jeb of Weston, WV; and daughter, Nancy S. Tonkin of Nitro, WV.
Mr. Tonkin married Betty Rolland Preston in November of 1995. Stepchildren are Sharon A. Ullom and husband John of Bay Village, OH; Layne R. Harper and husband Herb and step-grand daughter Meredith of New Orleans, LA; and David A. Preston, wife Pamela and step-grand children Jason Preston and Jacquelyn Fleece of Clarksburg/Morgantown, WV.
Mr. Tonkin is survived by two sisters: Norma (Dicky) Brigham of Williamsburg, VA; Jean Brinkley of New Market, MD; and several nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by three sisters; Margaret (Tauby) Crumrine of Scottsdale, AZ; Mary (Lindy) Davis of Naples, FL and Martha (Pug) Spelsberg of Baltimore, MD.
Bud was an Episcopalian by faith, and a member of the Christ Episcopal Church in Clarksburg. An avid golfer, he was a member of the Clarksburg Country Club since 1950 and also a member of The Vines Country Club in Ft. Myers, FL where he and Betty were winter residents.
In addition to his passion for golf, Bud loved to play cards, fish the streams of West Virginia, garden and work in his yard.
Friends will be received at the Davis-Weaver Funeral Home, 329 East Main St., Clarksburg from 1-3 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 27, 2006 in the Christ Episcopal Church, 6th and Main Street, Clarksburg with Rev. Michael Jupin presiding. Interment will be in the Bridgeport Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Christ Episcopal Church, 6th and Main St., Clarksburg, WV 26301 or People's Hospice, P. O. Box 1680, Clarksburg, WV 26302.⁴
He was buried at Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co., West Virginia.² His Social Security Number was 233-16-6957, issued in West Virginia before 1951, lists birth as 16 May 1919 and death as 23 Mar 2006, last residence being Clarksburg, West Virginia.

     John Barnett Tonkin Jr. was born on 24 April 1949 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.¹ He was born on 25 April 1949.^2,3 He was the son of John Barnett Tonkin and Nancy Stewart Sturdevant. John Barnett Tonkin Jr. graduated circa 1967 at Washington Irving High School, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia. He married Barbara Romeo. John Barnett Tonkin Jr. graduated at West Virginia Wesleyan College, West Virginia. He died on 6 September 2016 at Homer, Lewis Co., West Virginia, at age 67.³ He was buried at Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co., West Virginia.³

     Loring Lombard Tonkin was born on 22 July 1887 at Tidioute, Warren Co., Pennsylvania.^1,2 He was the son of John Tonkin and Margaret Barnett. Loring Lombard Tonkin graduated circa 1913 at Cornell University, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.² He married Norma Madeline Smith, daughter of Murray Hilton Smith and Mary Sophia Van Kirk, on 18 July 1913 at Trumansburg, Tompkins Co., New York.²
Loring and Norma eloped right after he graduated from Cornell University. He was President and Chairman of the Board of Hope Natural Gas Company (aka Consolidated Natural Gas).² Loring Lombard Tonkin died on 12 December 1953 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia, at age 66.^2,3 He was buried at Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co., West Virginia.³

     Loring Lombard Tonkin was also known as Tim. He was born on 9 August 1946.¹ He was born on 9 August 1946 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He was the son of John Barnett Tonkin and Nancy Stewart Sturdevant. Loring Lombard Tonkin married Veronica (?)⁴ Loring Lombard Tonkin graduated at Fairmont State University, Fairmont, Marion Co., West Virginia, degree in Business. He died on 12 February 2018 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia, at age 71.³ He was buried at Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co., West Virginia.³

     Luke Tonkin is the son of Loring Lombard Tonkin and Veronica (?)

     Margaret Barnett Tonkin was born on 16 May 1914 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Loring Lombard Tonkin and Norma Madeline Smith.
Margaret married William Akins Crumrine on 12 Dec 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (This is a different location than specified by Paul B. Purdy book).¹ Margaret Barnett Tonkin married William Akins Crumrine on 12 December 1933 at Wellsville, Columbiana Co., Ohio.² Margaret Barnett Tonkin lived in 1962 at Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado. Her Social Security Number was 524-60-6493, last residence being Scottsdale, Arizona, lists birth as 16 May 1914 and death as 24 Apr 2004. She died on 24 April 2002 at Scottsdale, Maricopa Co., Arizona, at age 87.^1,3 She was buried at Saint Barnabas on the Desert Memorial Garden, Paradise Valley, Maricopa Co., Arizona.³

     Martha Ann Tonkin was born on 1 December 1920 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.^1,2 She was the daughter of Loring Lombard Tonkin and Norma Madeline Smith. Martha Ann Tonkin married Dr. Walter Karl Spelsburg on 22 August 1942 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.¹ Martha Ann Tonkin died on 6 April 1966 at Baltimore, Maryland, at age 45.²