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1847 - 1906 (58 years)

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Name	John Watkins Toland [1]
Suffix	D.D.
Birth	22 Oct 1847	He was born in a farm house near, Carrollton, Carroll, Ohio, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Military-Begin	28 May 1862	88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co G, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA [3]
Military-End	26 Sep 1862	Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA [3]
Military-Begin	16 Jun 1863	129th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co. B, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA [3]
	; regiment mustered in 10 Aug 1863
Military-End	5 Mar 1864	129th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co. B., Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA [3]
Military-Begin	2 May 1864	161st Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co. D, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA [3]
	; regiment mustered in 9 May 1864 at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio.
Military-End	2 Sep 1864	161st Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co. D, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA [3]
	; at Canp Chase. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I5118] John Watkins TOLAND
Military-Begin	14 Oct 1864	32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Unassigned, Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA [3]
	; a substitute for William Lashley, of Beaver Twp, Noble County, 16 District.
Note	6 May 1865	United States
	a member of four different Ohio regiments during the Civil War, here is a link to his full military and pension files: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZxRfO5ZNLiqlWIxoPzRisvMCkSLuydaheVk Witness Role: Principal 2 [I5118] John Watkins Toland
Military-End	11 May 1865	32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co. B, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA [3]
	; at Tod Barracks. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I5118] John Watkins TOLAND
Occupation	Between 1870 and 1906	Ohio, USA [2]
	He was an ordaned Methodist minister for 36 years, from 1870 until his death in 1906.
	was an ordaned Methodist minister for 36 years, from 1870 until his death in 1906. He received a doctor of divinity degree from Mt. Union College.
Death	17 Jan 1906	Parsonage, Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio, USA [1]
Burial	Abt 19 Jan 1906	South Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, USA [2]
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	Benjamin Toland, b. Abt 1790 (Grandfather) Juliana McCreary, b. 1805, Maryland, USA d. 11 Oct 1873, Ohio, USA (Age 68 years) (Grandmother)
Person ID	I5118	Hillbillies & Vikings
Last Modified	4 May 2026

Father	Thomas Denbow Toland, b. Sep 1823, Maryland, USA d. 1907, Stone Creek, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)
Mother	Susanna Sharp, b. Abt 1828, Harrison, Ohio, USA d. 22 Apr 1897, Beaver Dam Valley, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 69 years)
Marriage	2 Oct 1845	Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA [4]
	Witness Role: Bride: [I17] Susan A. SHARP Witness Role: Groom: [I4338] Thomas Denbow TOLAND
Family ID	F563	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Susan M. Fribley, b. 1849 d. 1913, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, USA (Age 64 years)

Marriage 21 Mar 1872 New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA [2]

MC: Toland & Fribley

Children

+	1. Frank F. Toland, b. Abt 1874
+	2. Allie Toland, b. Abt 1878 ▻ Thaddeus Montgomery m. Abt 1898

Family ID F1491 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 6 Jun 2022

Photos

John Watkins Toland, D.D., tombstone

Documents

John W. Toland Graves Registration (1906)

Headstones

John W. Toland Tombstone

Histories » Slide Show		John W. Toland Noble Record as Minister (first column) Scan of J. W. Toland Eulogy/Obituary in East Liverpool, Ohio, newspaper
		John W. Toland Noble Record as Minister (second column) J. W. Toland Eulogy/Obituary in East Liverpool, Ohio,
		John W. Toland Noble Record as Minister (full article, new scan) Full article scan of J. W. Toland Eulogy/Obituary in East Liverpool, Ohio, newspaper

Obituaries » Slide Show		Dr. JW Toland obit (1906).pdf Caption Note: Transcript of J. W. Toland Eulogy/Obituary in East Liverpool, Ohio, newspaper
		John Wesley Toland Obit (1906) Caption Note: Brief obit from Marysville, Ohio, paper, which incorrectly reports death in Wellston, Ohio, rather than Wellsville, Ohio. Also, incorrectly reports his middle name as "Wesley" when it its actually "Watkins."
		Story about John W. Toland's funeral services and his record of service to the Methodist Church.

Reference Carl Jón Denbow. "John Watkins Toland, D.D.". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I5118&tree=tree1 (accessed May 18, 2026).

Sources

[S171] Mark Fletcher, The research of Mark Fletcher.
[S331] East Liverpool Evening Review.
[S333] John Watkins Toland (1847-1906) Civil War Military Record.
[S180] Tuscarawas County Probate Court, MC Thomas Denbow Toland-Susan A. Sharp.