Dade County, Missouri Biographies-J. W. TOLIVER

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889; 
Published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 843, 844

J. W. Toliver, merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, also dealer in stock at 
Dadeville, Mo., is a native of Lawrence County, Mo., born in 1855, and the
son of John H. and Ann (Laster) Toliver.  John H. Toliver was born in 
Tennessee in 1813, and came with his parents, John H., Sr., and Polly 
Toliver, to Lawrence County, Mo.  He was a farmer, and was also a mule 
trader by occupation.  He held the rank of captain in the Confederate
Army, and died in 1862.  His mother, Polly Toliver, died at the age of 
ninety-two years in Lawrence County, Mo.  Ann (Laster) Toliver was born 
in Tennessee in 1817, is now living, and is the mother of ten children, 
eight now living, J. W. Toliver being the ninth child in order of birth.  
He remained with his mother until twenty-one years of age, and in 1877 
married Miss Amanda A. Watkins, a native of Dade County, Mo., born in 1861,
and the daughter of George and Lydia Watkins, who were among the earliest 
settlers of the last mentioned county.  To Mr. and Mrs. Toliver were born 
two children: George and Effie.  Mrs. Toliver died in October, 1883, and 
on January 15, 1885, Mr. Toliver married Miss Marrillena (Clopton) White, 
daughter of R. G. and Elizabeth Clopton.  Mrs. Toliver was born in Dade 
County, Mo., December 27, 1850, and was the mother of three children by 
her first husband: Elmer R., born June 28, 1871; Clyde C., born July 2, 
1873; and T. H. White, born September 4, 1875.  January 6, 1886, Mr. 
Toliver was appointed postmaster of Dadeville, and is still acting in 
that capacity.  He has a general store in connection with the postoffice,
and carries a stock of goods valued at $5,000.  He is a Democrat in his 
politics,and is an enterprising, industrious business man.  He has 160 
acres of land in Kansas, and 400 acres in Misssouri, which he keeps well 
stocked.  Mrs. Toliver is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 
Mr. Toliver's maternal grandfather, Canon Laster, died in Dade County, 
at the age of ninety-two years.

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