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Tolliver, Remington Winston

Male 1854 - 1928  (74 years)

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  • Name Tolliver, Remington Winston 
    Birth 13 Mar 1854  Ashe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Christy Creek, Rowan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • The household was enumerated as follows:
      Self: Remington Toliver, M, 28, b. Kentucky, United States
      Wife: Ellen Toliver, F, 21, b. Kentucky, United States
      Son: James M. Toliver, M, 2, b. Kentucky, United States
    Census 1900  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Magisterial District 2 
    Census 1920  Quincy, Lewis, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The census entry records that Remington Tolliver, 65, born in North Carolina, was a widower, and that Piety Wilson, a widow aged 40 and born in Kentucky, were living in the same household.
    Death 11 Aug 1928  Quincy, Lewis, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Burial Lewis, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8214  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2017 

    Father Tolliver, Lyttle Henry Burton,   b. 15 Apr 1827, Ashe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1883, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Privett, Nancy Arnette Coretta,   b. 5 Mar 1826, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1900, Rowan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1846 
    Family ID F2575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Stamper, Ellen D.,   b. 1859, Morgan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Mar 1884 (Age > 25 years) 
    Marriage 1878  Rowan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Tolliver, James Melvin,   b. 3 Mar 1878, Rowan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1969, Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +2. Tolliver, Charles Garfield,   b. 27 Mar 1881, Rowan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1943, Quincy, Lewis, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +3. Tolliver, Ida May,   b. 16 Mar 1882, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1974, Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F3522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Adkins, Piety Virginia,   b. May 1867, Elliott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1930, Elliott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)  [6
    Marriage 1 Sep 1884  Rowan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Toliver, Rosa Ellen,   b. Nov 1885, Elliott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1966, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
    +2. Tolliver, Elisha Melvin Burton,   b. 25 Dec 1887, Rowan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1930, Scioto, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F12492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

    Family 3 Bentley, Manerva,   b. 11 Dec 1853, Rockhouse, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1917, Rockhouse, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1891  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Book #9.
    Children 
    +1. Tolliver, Clementine,   b. 2 Mar 1891, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1953, Seco, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +2. Tolliver, Amanda,   b. 13 Feb 1893   d. 2 Feb 1952, Jenkins, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. Tolliver, Rufus K.,   b. 30 Jun 1898, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1953, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F3521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Mar 1854 - Ashe, North Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1878 - Rowan, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Christy Creek, Rowan, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Sep 1884 - Rowan, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Sep 1891 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Address:
    Magisterial District 2 - 1900 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Quincy, Lewis, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Aug 1928 - Quincy, Lewis, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Lewis, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Remington W. 'Long Bud' Tolliver, as young man
    Remington W. "Long Bud" Tolliver, as young man
    Remington 'Long Bud' Tolliver, in later years
    Remington "Long Bud" Tolliver, in later years

  • Sources 
    1. [S23310] Remington W Toliver, "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999".

    2. [S23309] Remington Toliver, "United States Census, 1880".

    3. [S23308] Remington Toliver, "United States Census, 1900".

    4. [S322] KY Death Records RootsWeb, Vol. 042, Cert. #20570, Deathvol. 1928, hv.

    5. [S797] FamSch Ky Statewide Deaths 1911-1955, /MM9.1.1/N9B2-WN5; 10 July 2013; Remington W. Toliver, 1928.

    6. [S38074] Piety Adkins, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979".