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Nicholas St. Clair Toland, M.D.

Nicholas St. Clair Toland, M.D.

Male 1832 - 1917  (84 years)


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  • Name Nicholas St. Clair Toland 
    Suffix M.D. 
    Birth 8 Dec 1832  Carroll, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage Groom 1858  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F564] ...of Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND and Rosanna SIMMONS
      Witness Role: Bride: [I4023] Rosanna SIMMONS
      Witness Role: Groom: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Occupation 1858  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Milit-Beg 13 Mar 1865  [1
    Milit-End 2 Oct 1865  [1
    Census 1870  Clay Twp., Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Witness Role: Head of Household: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Residence 1870  Clay Twp., Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence Principal 2 1880  Martinsburg, Clay Twp., Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Witness Role: Principal: [I4023] Rosanna SIMMONS
      Witness Role: Principal 2: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Marriage Groom 23 Jan 1882  Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F1080] ...of Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND and Mary Ellen HAYES
      Witness Role: Bride: [I5112] Mary Ellen HAYES
      Witness Role: Groom: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Marriage Groom 18 Jul 1889  Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F565] ...of Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND and Martha Mozelle EWART
      Witness Role: Bride: [I1794] Martha Mozelle EWART
      Witness Role: Groom: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Residence 1900  Martinsburg, Clay Twp., Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Witness Role: Principal 2: [I1794] Martha Mozelle EWART
    Residence 1910  Clay Twp., Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Death 22 Feb 1917  Martinsburg, Clay Twp., Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Obituary from local paper, as recorded in Thompson Genealogy, p. 2, of Denbow Secton: 'Nicholas St.Clair Toland, the youngest son of Benjamin F. and Martha Denbow Toland, was born in Carrol County, Ohio, December 8, 1832, and after a life of active and noble service of 84 years, 2 months and 14 days duration he was called by the One whom he loved to serve, to that broader and loftier field of service on the evening of February 22, 1917. The deceased was married to Miss Rosanna Simmons in 1858, who together with three daughters, Mrs. Clara Lafever, Mrs. Meda Boyd, and Mrs. Allie Hancock have preceded him to the great beyond. Two daughters, Mrs. Effie Mitchell of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Famella Fry of Mansfield, Ohio, six granchildren and two great grand children survive him. 'In 1889 Dr. Toland married Miss Martha Mozelle Ewart,who has been a loving and devoted companion and who, assisted by the two daughters, has given such constant and tender care during his late illness and now with them mourns their loss. Dr. Toland began active practice as a physician in Bakersville, Coshocton Co., Ohio in the spring of 1858. In the 1864 he removed to Tuscarawas Co. where he recruited a company which became known as Co. E., One Hundred and Ninety Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he did creditable service as First Lieutenant until the close of the war, having been mustered out with that rank. (When he moved to Tuscarawas Co. he moved to Genadenhutten, and practiced medicine for a time.) The Dr. has kept alive his recollections of his experiences of war by membership with the Grand Army of the Republic, he having filled all the (official) chairs in Updyke Post No. 486 of Martinsburg, Ohio, which he has served as post surgeon since its organization. In 1867 he began his professional work in Martinsburg, Ohio, where he has practiced continuously and successfully for 50 years. He will be greatly missed in the homes of this community where he has so often brought relief, comfort, cheer and blessing as well as in the church where he has been an active and faithful member for so many years. He was a man of rare intellect and superior judgment, always interested in the betterment of the community and ready and willing to render his services to this end. In his death the community loses a good and valuable citizen and an obliging neighbor; the church a consecrated member; the wife a devoted husband; and the children a loving father. His work on earth is now ended and we say, At length released from many woes, How sweetly doth thou sleep, How calm and peaceful thy repose, While Christ thy soul doth keep. [There was a written note to this obituary which reads: "He was laid beside his first wife and three children in Martinsbury (Cemetery) on Monday at two o'clock. George Spring and Gary Spring attended the funeral."]

      Thompson copied this obit from an original in the possession of: Miss Dora Spring (daughter of Gary Spring) 467 North Broadway, New Philadelphia, Ohio
    Burial 26 Feb 1917  Martinsburg, Clay Twp., Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4344  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 5 May 2023 

    Father Benjamin Toland,   b. Abt 1790 
    Mother Martha Denbow,   b. 1790, Harford, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1855, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1814  [9
    • Witness Role: Groom: [I4771] Benjamin TOLAND
      Witness Role: Bride: [I1309] Martha DENBOW
    Family ID F979  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rosanna Simmons,   b. 14 Mar 1840, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1880, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 1858  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I4023] Rosanna SIMMONS
      Witness Role: Groom: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Children 
    >1. Clara M. Toland,   b. 16 Jul 1862, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1890, Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    >2. Armeda Toland,   b. 31 Oct 1864, Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1900 (Age 36 years)
    >3. Effie J Toland,   b. Jul 1868, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1952, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
     4. Allie Bell Toland,   b. 1873   d. 1900 (Age 27 years)
    Family ID F564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2022 

    Family 2 Mary Ellen Hayes,   b. Abt 1840, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1882  Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I5112] Mary Ellen HAYES
      Witness Role: Groom: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Children 
    +1. Jamellia Toland,   b. 11 Aug 1882   d. 1954, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F1080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2022 

    Family 3 Martha Mozelle Ewart,   b. 1848, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1934, Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jul 1889  Knox, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I1794] Martha Mozelle EWART
      Witness Role: Groom: [I4344] Nicholas St. Clair TOLAND
    Family ID F565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2022 

  • Reference  Your Name Here. "Nicholas St. Clair Toland, M.D.". Our Family History. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I4344&tree=tree1 (accessed March 14, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S103] American Civil War Research Database.

    2. [S74] 1870 United States Federal Census (Clay Township, Knox County, Ohio).

    3. [S68] 1880 United States Federal Census 1880 United States Census, Martinsburg, Knox, Ohio (Nicholas St. Clair Family).

    4. [S174] Marriage Certificate for Nicholas Toland and Mary Ellen Hayes (Craig); Hayes appears to be a former married name and Craig a maiden name, but this is not clear..

    5. [S175] Marriage Certificate for Nicholas Toland and Martha Mozelle Ewart.

    6. [S178] 1900 United States Federal Census of the Dr. Nicholas St. Clair Toland household.

    7. [S179] 1910 U.S. Federal Census.

    8. [S10] The Thompson Geneology [sic], 2nd Edition.

    9. [S216] Harford County, Maryland Marriage Licenses, 1777-1865.


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