Family Card - Person Sheet
Birth4 Apr 1863, Northumberland, Northumberland, PA
Death24 Jan 1935, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL25
Burial25 Jan 1935, Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL26
Death24 Jan 1935, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL27
Burial25 Jan 1935, Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL28
FatherMajor Harry Toulmin (1813-1870)
MotherFrances Biddle Priestley (1829-1916)
Spouses
Birth13 May 1870, Milton, Albemarle Co., Va.
Death28 Apr 1911, Birmingham, Jefferson, Ala.
BurialSo. Plains Ch., Keswick, Albemarle Co., Va.
FatherJohn William Chewning (1813-1895)
MotherMary Elizabeth Strange (1829-1899)
Marriage11 Oct 1892, "Island Home", Albemarle Co., VA
ChildrenPriestley (1893-1969)
Birth29 Aug 1889, Tchula, , Mississippi
Death26 Nov 1974, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL
BurialElmwood Cem., Birmingham, Jefferson, AL
Marriage19 Jan 1915, , Birmingham, Jefferson, AL
Notes for Priestley Toulmin
UPDATE: 1995-05-21
!BIRTH: Death cert.; cemetery stone
!DEATH: Certificate; obits in Birmingham newspapers
Educated at Bethelem (Pa.) Prep and Lehigh. Mining engineer and business executive. Came to Alabama after graduation from college, worked as engineer on Dauphin Island RR bridge project, then for Sloss Co. at Brookwood Mine, becoming Superintendent. Met his first wife when she was visiting her sister, Major E.M. Tutwiler's wife, at Coalburg. When Sloss Co. turned down coal lands he had evaluated in Blount Co., Ala., he bought them and set up Lehigh Coal Co. with backing from J. A. Rutherfurd, one of the Sloss directors. Engaged in mining and other business activities with his brother-in-law, Major Tutwiler.
!BIRTH: Death cert.; cemetery stone
!DEATH: Certificate; obits in Birmingham newspapers
Educated at Bethelem (Pa.) Prep and Lehigh. Mining engineer and business executive. Came to Alabama after graduation from college, worked as engineer on Dauphin Island RR bridge project, then for Sloss Co. at Brookwood Mine, becoming Superintendent. Met his first wife when she was visiting her sister, Major E.M. Tutwiler's wife, at Coalburg. When Sloss Co. turned down coal lands he had evaluated in Blount Co., Ala., he bought them and set up Lehigh Coal Co. with backing from J. A. Rutherfurd, one of the Sloss directors. Engaged in mining and other business activities with his brother-in-law, Major Tutwiler.