Biography of A. J. Toney, 1902, Baker Co., Oregon: Surnames: Toney, Long, Hudson, Willis, Young, Carter.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page  324

A. J. Toney (Andrew Jackson Toney, per other sources)

Mr. Toney was born in Jefferson county, Illinois, on July 7, 1845, his parents
being John and Martha (Hudson) Toney. He resided under the shelter of the
parental roof until he became eighteen years old, acquiring a good common
school education. When the time arrived for him to sever family ties and to
begin life's battle on his own account, he removed to Virginia City, Montana,
where he followed mining and teaming for two years, coming then to Baker
county, Oregon, in 1866. Soon he had acquired a start in the stock business,
and to that he has given the major portion of his time and energy since,
though he does some general farming, owning a fine farm of two hundred acres.
In 1892, he drove a band of four hundred horses to South Dakota and exchanged
them for a valuable farm there, which he still owns. He is quite extensively
engaged in the business of raising and shipping horses, and is achieving a
very enviable success therein.

On December 3, 1871, our subject married Miss Hannah R., daughter of A. J. and
Martha Ann Brown, who crossed the plains in 1864, and to their union ten
children have been born, namely: Effie B., wife of A. J. Willis; Ida E., wife
of I. G. Young; Etta E., now Mrs. Joseph Carter; Daisy., wife of John R. Long;
Eva G., a dressmaker in Baker City; Alta R.; Edna A.; Carlie; and Ocie and
Emmit, twins.