JULIA'S FAMILY
In 1880 Adair County, Iowa, William Bruer 42 has no occupation listed, Marjett Bruer 38 Wife, Leroy Bruer 18 Son, Elmore E. Bruer 17 Son, Julian Bruer 14 Daughter, Frank Bruer 12 Son, Lucy Bruer 10 Daughter, Emma G. Bruer 6 Daughter, Ruth Bruer 4 Daughter, and Clarisa Bruer 3 Daughter.
James William Brewer BIRTH 23 Jun 1839 Kentucky, DEATH 18 Jul 1920 BURIAL Highland Cemetery Casper, Wyoming, PLOT Block 55, Lot 9, Grave 1 MEMORIAL ID 156709743.
Marietta 'Mary E.' Phillips Brewer BIRTH 1 Apr 1842 DEATH 11 Jun 1928 BURIAL Highland Cemetery Casper, Wyoming, MEMORIAL ID 67959531.
"Surviving her are six sons and six daughters. They are: Mrs. Sam W. Conwell, Mrs. A. J. Joung, Mrs. George C. Davis and Mrs. W. R. Holcomb, all of Casper; Mrs. Julia A. "Lobie", Sterling, Colo.; Mrs. Emma Dowell, Adena, Colo.; Leroy Brewer, Burwell, Neb.; Elmer E. Brewer, Bruch, Colo.; Frank Brewer, Waldron, Colo.; John Brewer of Orchard, Colo.; Horace Brewer, Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Joseph T. Brewer, Harthington, Neb."
WILLIAM'S FAMILY
His father George A. Toby 36 is in Providence, Rhode Island in 1850, Ann M. Toby 35, Franklin Toby 14. Stephen W. Toby 12 , Charles Toby 9, Henry Toby 6, Anna Toby 4, and Mary Toby 0,
Ann M. Whipple was born at North Providence November 13, 1814, and died in 1853.
She was the daughter of Stephen Whipple 1790-1871 and Mary Allen 1791-1836.
GEORGE'S SECOND WIFE
Joseph Barney Birth: 23 October 1797 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, Death: estimated 1827 and
Prudence Peck Birth: 26 September 1801 Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, Death: AFT 1870 Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, had
Sylvania B. Barney about 1826.
Likely Prudence married Samuel Potter, and in 1850 Bristol, Samuel is 63, a housewright, Prudence 58.
In 1870 Warren, Bristol County, Samuel is 74, Prudence 68.
Sylvania B. Barney and Albert K. Briggs married in Providence, Rhode Island on November 21, 1847.
George A. Tobey, 42, son of Archibald and Sarah, married "Syloua Briggs", 32, daughter of Joseph and PPrudence Barney, on July 31, 1857 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
In 1860 Whiteside County, Illinois, Geo. A. Toby is 45, born in Massachusetts, Sylvina Toby 34, Stephen Toby 22, Anna Toby 14, Mary Toby 11, Caroline Toby 8, Taylor Bregys 11, born in Rhode Island, Fillmore Bregys 11, and Wm. A. Toby 1 .
In 1880 Butler County, Nebraska, A. George Tobey is 67, Sylvania Tobey 53 Wife, A. William Tobey 21 Son, a farm laborer, Samuel Tobey 18 Son, and Philip Briggs 31 Stepson, a hotel clerk, married but no spouse.
Next household is Henry Tobey, 29 farming, Aville 34, Henry A. 11, George 9, Elwin 4, Nellie 2, and Daniel 1.
In 1885, on the same page as George and Sylvania, Henry is farming, 42, Adell 39 Wisconsin, Allen 16, George 14, both born in Iowa, Nellie 11, Daniel 5, Anna 4, and Willis 1, all four born in Nebraska.
Aville's father was in Butler County, too "If Chauncey Ludden lives until May 18, 1891, he will be 77 years of age. He was born May 18, 1814, in Herkimer County, New York. His father was a shoemaker in Columbia, New York. On arriving at an age to attend school, he was given a fair education for those days, attending the best schools until he was 10 years old, when he went to live with an uncle in the town of Winfield. Here he did not attend school much, because he was kept busy, his relatives believing in not allowing even the children to be unnecessarily idle. At the age of 15, he was apprenticed to his uncle to learn the carpenter's trade, and he worked at this place seven years. After serving his apprenticeship, he taught school for a while in Otsego, NY. He moved to Missouri in 183_(?), where he was married in 1845 to Miss Louisa Washburn.
Twenty years of married life was spent in Missouri, when they moved to Iowa. After five years residence in Iowa, they moved to Butler County 19 years ago, and have been honored residents of this section ever since.
Mr. and Mrs. Ludden have been blessed with nine children, eight of whom are now living. They are: Mrs. Henry Tobey, Ulysses, Neb.; F. W. Ludden of Surprise; W. M. Ludden, Marquis, Iowa; Keene Ludden, Wayland, Polk County, Nebraska, and now one of the sergeants-at-arms of the legislature; C. P. Ludden, Sioux City, Iowa; C. W. Ludden, Surprise, Nebraska; Anna Salsbury, Ulysses, Nebraska, and S. E. Ludden, Surprise, Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Ludden are both in the enjoyment of good health and strength. They, of course, have had a great deal of the "ups an downs" of life, but are now going down the hill of life together, hand in hand and are certainly in the fullest possession of life's blessings now a ripe old age and the love, honor and respect of all their neighbors. Their descendants, children and grandchildren, number 39, and when they have a family reunion, it takes a big house to hold them all."
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"Jimmy Lennon Sr. is a worthy addition to the roster of luminaries enshrined in the IBHOF. However, the ring announcer that he supplanted, the long forgotten Dan Tobey, had a career that was no less noteworthy.
Born in 1878 in the little town of Ulysses, Nebraska, near Lincoln, Dan Tobey (pictured) began announcing at Naud's Junction, an arena in Los Angeles that took its name from the informal name of the streetcar stop. Several internationally important fights were staged at Naud's Junction, which opened in 1905 and closed in 1913. Tobey also worked at the Vernon Arena which opened in 1908 and housed numerous shows during California's 4-round era (1915-1924) when the state law dictated that all matches be conducted under amateur rules.
Before this onerous law took effect, Vernon, an independent municipality five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, was the site of many big fights. None aroused as much debate as the July 4, 1912 scrap between Ad Wolgast and Mexican Joe Rivers, a lightweight title match that ended with simultaneous knockout punches in the 13th round. Tobey would call this the most exciting fight with which he was ever involved."
Writing in 1925, Damon Runyon observed that Hollywood was so thick with celebrities that farmers absent-mindedly hitched their horses to them. Dan Tobey, it would be written, introduced more famous people than any person in history. In addition to all the movie stars, the list included such notables as Gen. John J. Pershing, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, and Babe Ruth.
Of all the famous people that he introduced, none gave him a warmer feeling than the legendary baseball manager Connie Mack. ' I've always been daffy over baseball,' said Tobey, explaining his choice.
Tobey's workload increased when the Olympic Auditorium opened in 1925. The Olympic ran shows on Wednesdays, the Hollywood Legion on Fridays, and Tobey worked both venues. The Olympic Auditorium attracted a different crowd than Hollywood Legion Stadium – far more blue-collar, somewhat more rowdy, and eventually overwhelmingly Mexican – but Tobey was comfortable in both worlds.
Los Angeles Times sportswriter Steve Springer made an interesting observation about old-time ring announcers. ' (They) sounded like auctioneers,' he wrote, ' like the old newspaper vendors who yelled out headlines from street corners.' Dan Tobey was like that, which didn't make him inferior to any of the current practitioners, merely different. He was well-equipped for his role, a role he assumed before the advent of electronic voice amplification. Dan Tobey, someone said, was born with a megaphone in his lungs.
Snippets from old movies (check out Tobey playing himself in ' The Prizefighter and the Lady,' the 1935 MGM release starring Max Baer and Myrna Loy) reveal another facet of Tobey's announcing style that sets him apart from the moderns. He was more animated; he didn't stand in one spot.
Tobey wasn't nearly as svelte as the Lennons – the first digit of Tobey's waist size was undoubtedly a ' 4' – but he was very light on his feet. He had a bounce in his step and when he welcomed a dignitary into the ring to take a bow, he had a rather fiendish expression on his face that said there was no other place in the whole wide world that he would rather be at that moment.
Of course, the top ring announcers today have no choice but to stand rigidly as they rattle off the particulars. They are on TV and must look into the camera, even if that means facing only one quadrant of the audience.
Dan Tobey didn't customarily wear a tuxedo (Jimmy Lennon Sr. would be erroneously credited with starting this practice). At times Tobey was pictured inside the ropes in a gray business suit, at other times wearing a dark suit jacket with white slacks, but finding nice duds was never a problem. During the daytime hours, he was the floor manager of a high-end men's clothing store.
Dan Tobey was 74 years old when he retired in 1952. On Jan. 23, 1953, he was feted at a banquet arranged by California sportswriters. The highlight of the evening was the reading of a telegram from Connie Mack who had retired following the 1950 season after a 50-year run as the manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. Mack complimented Tobey on his outstanding body of work.
The master of ceremonies that evening was Jimmy Lennon. Somewhere – perhaps buried in a trove of old Lennon family photos – there must be a photograph of Jimmy the Elder and Dan Tobey standing or seated side-by-side. If such a photo exists, it would be a remarkable artifact. Between the two of them, they brightened the southern California boxing scene for an uninterrupted span of almost 90 years!
Jimmy Lennon was a pip, a worthy addition to the IBHOF, but let's not forget Dan Tobey."
In 1885 Butler County, George 72 is farming, and "Sylvina" B. 57, have William Tobey 26, also a farmer.
George A. Tobey BIRTH ABOUT 1813 Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, DEATH AFTER 1885 Nebraska.
George F. Tobey BIRTH 1836 DEATH Mar 1888 BURIAL Ulysses Cemetery Ulysses, Butler County, Nebraska, PLOT Block 6: Lot 17 MEMORIAL ID 122380405.
Cemetery records have "C.F." Tobey "Pvt. Co. 13 13 ILL Inf. Civil War"
Sylvania B. Barney BIRTH ABOUT 1826 Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Butler County, Nebraska "HIRAM H. MILLER grain and stock dealer, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, November 11, 1840; came to Nebraska in 1878, and located at Seward, where he followed various occupations until he came to Ulysses and engaged at his present business. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Anna Tobey, of Providence, R. I., who is now proprietress of the Ulysses millinery establishment and dress-making. Mr. M. was a soldier in the late war of the rebellion, enlisting September 1, 1862, in the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and served until July 22, 1865; was slightly wounded at the battle of Beverly Ford June 9, 1863 and again October 11, 1864 while in an engagement with the guerrillas at White Plains, Va."
Mary Elizabeth Tobey Teats BIRTH 1849 Rhode Island, DEATH 1924 BURIAL Hope Cemetery Hope, Dickinson County, Kansas, MEMORIAL ID 121795145.
Hope, Kansas, September 17, 1926 "Old friends, young friends and friends from a distance gathered Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Tobey home, where they had been many times before to visit, but this time they came to pay their last respects to one that will long be remembered for his cheerful, jovial, kindhearted manner, "Steve" Tobey. Stephen W. Tobey celebrated his 89th birthday on Aug. 20, when he made his usual daily trip down town for the mail, a chat with the "boys," and continued going until the morning of Aug. 80, when he was stricken with a slight paralytic stroke and fell while down town. He was brought home in an auto by kind friends and his firm, strong vigor seemed to assist him to regain his usual health, but a second and then a third stroke stilled the body that once was so lithe and strong, and Tuesday morning, Sept. 7, about five o'clock he passed away.
Mr. Tobey was an excellent black smith and worked at his trade in the shop on the back of the lot, up to last fall. Many of his farmer friends thot no one but "Steve" could do their blacksmith work right. On August third Mr. Tobey served as usual on the election board and remained with the much younger men, counting votes until well towards midnight. He always had taken an interest in civic affairs and other activities of the community. During his residence in Erie, I11., he served for years on the city council and while living here was street commissioner for some time. His keen interest in the home base ball team never lagged and the day before ha became ill he went with Ed. Westrup to see the game. They had attended the games together for years.
Stephen Whipple Tobey was born in Providence, Rhode Island on Aug. 20, 1837 and died Sept 7, 1926. When a young man he moved with his parents to Erie, where he was married to Miss Josephine Teats on September 26, 1864.
To this union five children were born, Wallace of Abilene, Warren of Pasadena, Mrs. Winifred M. Hawley of Hope, Wyman and Josephine, all of whom survive him, except the latter two. A sister, Callie Crisman and half-brother, S. A. Tobey, who reside in Gresham, also survive, as well as several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Ed. Westrup is a niece and she assisted faithfully in the care of her uncle.
In 1873 the family came to Kansas and homesteaded in Ridge township, on the farm known now as the Abe Book place, but later moved back to Illinois for a period of 13 years. In 1886 they again returned to Kansas and settled in Hope, where they have lived for the past 40 years in the same residence. Had Mr. Tobey lived, he and his wife would have celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on Sept. 26. She is about 84 years of age, and like him, is still quite active and takes a keen interest in her friends and things about her. Their daughter, Mrs. Hawley, has resided with her parents and assisted in making their home very comfortable in their advanced days.
The Masonic order, of which he was a member, had charge of the funeral service at the house and also at the grave, assisted by Rev. E. B. Whitney of the Presbyterian church, and they marched to the home and to the cemetery in a body. Byron Oliver of Herington, acting W. also assisted the Masons in their beautiful ritualistic work, quartet composed of Messrs. McPherson, M. Palmer, Hibbs and Bearnes sang "Building for Eternity" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Messrs. Ryan, Weidemann, Rumold, Potter, Peterson and Merl Palmer were the pall bearers. Every business house in Hope was closed for an hour during the funeral service in respect to the deceased."
Caroline L. Tobey Crisman BIRTH 1853 Rhode Island, DEATH 4 Jan 1935 BURIAL Grand Island Cemetery Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, PLOT GAR 178 - No Marker MEMORIAL ID 120890824.
Samuel A. Tobey BIRTH May 1861 DEATH 21 Mar 1930 BURIAL Cedar Lawn Cemetery Gresham, York County, Nebraska, PLOT 183-2 MEMORIAL ID 79680242.
WILLIAM AND JULIA
William A. Tobey and Julia A. "Brown" married in Butler County, Nebraska on 22 Dec 1886.
However, the Columbus, Nebraska news
In 1895 Osage County, Kansas, W. A. Tobey is 34, Julia A. Tobey 27, Jessie Tobey 7, Blanch Tobey 5, Vania Tobey 4, and Nona Tobey 2 .
In 1900 Butler County, Nebraska, William 'Toby' is a railroad section hand, born May 1859 in Illinois, Julia Toby 39 Wife, Jessie Toby 12 Daughter (This must be a son, Jesse Earl Tobey ), Blanch Toby 11 Daughter, Sylvania Toby 9 Daughter, Nona Toby 6 Daughter, Georgie Toby 4 Daughter, and Peter Christenson 28 Boarder.
June 9, 1909 Sterling marriage license " Wm. L. Smith to Blanche E. Tobey. "
In 1910 Fort Morgan, William A. Tobey 50 is a farm laborer, Julia A. Tobey 45 Wife, Nona R. Tobey 16 Daughter, Georgia M. Tobey 14 Daughter, William E. Tobey 7 Son, Gertrude M. Tobey 4 Daughter, and Ernest E. Henderson 27 Boarder.
William claimed forty acres in section 6, 8N 52W, Logan County, Colorado, in 1915.
October 1917 Sterling "Earl Tobey, seven years old, was struck by a motor truck while riding on his bicycle near the Farmers' elevator yesterday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock and sustained minor bruises in the shock. The boy is said to have been riding with another lad on the left hand side of the street. When they were turning the corner near the elevator, a truck belonging to the elevator company attempted to turn at the same time. In endeavoring to avoid one of the boys, the driver came too close to the other and the fender of the car struck him from his bicycle. The boy's nose was bruised and one of his hands was scratched, but he will be able to be in school again within a few days. "
In 1920 Sterling, William Tobey 60, born in Illinois, a laborer, Julia A. Tobey 54 Wife, and Gertrude Tobey 13 Daughter.
August 1920 Lafayette, Colorado " Mrs. W. A. Tobey, of Sterling, returned home Monday after a week's visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. L Smith. "
January 1933
