TOONE John

1813 - 1893  (80 years)

• Name	TOONE John  [1]
  Birth	10 Apr 1813	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Aug 1893	Croydon, Morgan, Utah   [1]
  Burial	3 Sep 1893	Croydon, Morgan, Utah   [1]
  Notes	[Hollingg.ged] On John's family group sheet it states that he was endowed 3 feb 1854-31 Jan 1863. John came to Utah October 1852, Captain Howell company -- Missionary to England 1854. Played an instrument in the first orchestra in the Salt Lake Theatre. Guard on the pioneer mail routes.--- Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 1216. John is listed with the Edward Martin Handcart Company (fifth) which left Iowa on July 28, 1856 and arrived in Salt Lake City November 30, 1856. John was 43 years old when he made the trip. John was listed as part of the Handcart 6th Company with Captain Israel Evans in 1857. Also listed in this company were his future wives - Hannah Wardle and Jemima Cook. An Enduring Legacy An Enduring Legacy: Volume Eleven Early Mormon Settlements Compiled Brief History of Croydon, Morgan County, Utah In 1874 the settlers reported a good harvest but expressed concern about a possible smallpox epidemic. Nearly all school children were vaccinated. John Toone, painter, royal musician, and community doctor, obtained vaccine in the following manner: when his young son, Richard, got smallpox, John took the pox germ and inoculated a calf, from which he made vaccine. He inoculated sixty persons, thus helping to end the epidemic. An Enduring Legacy An Enduring Legacy: Volume Eleven Early Mormon Settlements Compiled Brief History of Croydon, Morgan County, Utah In that same year (1874) the Croydon-Morgan road was repaired after being out of condition for two years. An Enduring Legacy An Enduring Legacy: Volume Eleven Early Mormon Settlements Compiled Brief History of Croydon, Morgan County, Utah In 1877 grasshoppers again threatened to destroy crops, but Croydon had its own little miracle of the gulls. Seagulls descended to eat vast hordes of the insect pests. There were then 173 inhabitants in Croydon, about sixty students in public school, four stores, a restaurant, a sawmill, and a very rich coal mine. This must have been the "golden age" of Croydon.
  Person ID	I0867	Lane, Crisp, Downs, Naylor
  Last Modified	20 Oct 1999

  
  

  Father	TOONE John,   b. 14 Jun 1787, Mount-Nad, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. 13 Mar 1875, Leamington, Warwickshire, England (Age 87 years)
  Mother	READING Elizabeth,   b. 10 May 1785, Bishops, Tachbrook, Warwickshire, England d. 8 Nov 1873, Leamington, Warwickshire, England (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	4 May 1812	Leamington, Warwick, England   [1]
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	PROSSER Emma,   b. 26 Apr 1819, Peterchurch, Hereford, England d. 17 Apr 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1836	Leamington, Warwick, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. TOONE William Henry,   b. 4 Mar 1842, Leamington, Warwickshire, England d. 25 Dec 1923, Croyden, Morgan, Utah (Age 81 years)   2. TOONE Charles Jabez,   b. 17 Mar 1844, Leamington, Warwick, England d. 11 Aug 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 78 years) + 3. TOONE John PROSSER,   b. 19 Feb 1854, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT d. 10 Aug 1923, Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, ID (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	COOK Jemima,   b. 10 Mar 1828, Davonport, Devon, England d. 3 Jan 1907, Croydon, Morgan, Utah (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1857	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. TOONE Lyon Lemuel,   c. 6 Mar 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah d. 20 May 1933, Croydon, Morgan, Utah (Age ~ 75 years) + 2. TOONE Felix Pico,   b. 25 Aug 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah d. 17 Feb 1937, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 77 years)   3. TOONE Emma Jemima,   b. 15 Nov 1865, Croydon, Morgan, Utah d. 7 Apr 1944, Preston, Franklin, Idaho (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S01924] Pat Holling, Hollingg.ged. Date of Import: 4 Jan 2003