Melvin Burton Tolliver
and Arminda Baker

Melvin Burton Tolliver Family - Click on the Picture to See Names

Melvin Burton Tolliver (aka Melville Toliver) b 6 Sept 1847 Grayson Co VA d 19 Jan 1941 Millstone, Letcher Co KY, (See 1860 Letcher Co KY Census), s/o Litewell Tolliver and Nancy Privett. Melvin Burton Tolliver m. 4 Feb 1870 Letcher (Rowan)  Co KY to Arminda Baker b 9 Feb 1854 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 2 Mar 1917 Millstone, Letcher Co KY buried Baker Cemetery, Letcher Co KY, d/o Elijah Willis Baker and Mary Polly Yonts. Children of Melvin Burton Tolliver and Arminda Baker;

Elijah Lincoln "Link" Tolliver b 1870 d 26 Oct 1930 Knott Co KY buried Carrs Fork, Knott Co KY m. 10 Feb 1891 Letcher Co KY to Rebecca Cook b 22 Feb 1873 d 29 Aug 1933, d/o Ewans Cook and Mary "Poppy" Collins. Children;

1. Mary A Tolliver b 14 Feb 1903 Knott Co KY.

Elliot Burton "Litewell" Tolliver b 21 Sept 1871 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 22 Dec 1933 buried Thornton, Cemetery, Letcher Co KY m. 12 Jul 1894 Letcher Co KY to Henrietta "Ritter" Wright (Luntz or Lunce) b 21 Sept 1876 Baker, Letcher Co KY d 15 Oct 1961, d/o William S "Bill" Wright (Luntz or Lunce) and Lettishia "Letty" Bates. Children;

1. Female Tolliver m. Male Duncil. Children; Macie Duncil b 1916 m. R C Warf 6 Children.

2. Carrie Tolliver b 1910 Seco, Letcher Co KY d Mar 2004 Williamsburg, Whitley Co KY m. Victor Banks.

3. Verna Tolliver b 1912 d 5 Jan 2005 Whitesburg Appalachian Hospital Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY m. 30 Nov 1932 Wise Co VA to Mayo Holbrook b 1910 d Jul 2006 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, s/o Abbott Holbrook and Clementine "Clemmie" Tolliver. 1 Male Child.

Ulysses S Grant "Dude" Tolliver b 21 Apr 1874 Letcher Co KY d 22 May 1941 Democrat, Letcher Co KY m. 1891 to Martha Cook b 24 Mar 1869 Democrat Letcher Co KY d 2 Sept 1913 Democrat, Letcher Co KY d/o Ewens Cook and Mary "Poppy" Collins. Ulysses S Grant "Dude" Tolliver m. 1916 to Ollie Gibson b Nov 1889 d 11 Sept 1984 Pike Co KY d/o Joseph Gibson and Elizabeth "LIza" Niece.

James D Tolliver b 21 Apr 1876 d 6 May 1922 buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY m. 1898 Florence Quillen.

Sampson Hilliard Tolliver b 9 May 1878 d 1 Sept 1935 buried Haymond, Letcher Co KY m. 31 Jul 1901 to Lizzie Bates; m. 1927 to 2nd Myrtle "Sis" Isaacs b 15 May 1897 d 10 Dec 197? (last digit unreadable on tombstone).

Francis Marion Tolliver b 7 Mar 1880 d 7 Jan 1919 Letcher Co KY buried Kona, Letcher Co KY m. 8 Feb 1899 Letcher Co KY to Sarah Ann Potter b 28 Dec 1884 Letcher Co KY d 19 Feb 1959 Letcher Co KY, d/o William Henry Potter and Diadema Hall.

D Harvey Tolliver b Apr 1882 d 1960 Carrs Fork, Knott Co KY m. 1901 to Mary Polly.

Mary Tolliver b 20 Oct 1883 d 12 Mar 1922 buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY m. 1898 to 1st Ben Craft; m. 15 Dec 1900 to 2nd William Irvin Wright b 16 Feb 1880 Letcher Co KY d 31 Mar 1961 Pike Co KY buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY, s/o Andrew Wright and Mary Matilda "Polly" Collier. William Irvin Wright m. 6 May 1922 to Nanny B Johnson b 19 Apr 1902, d/o Timothy Paul Johnson and Cosby Jane Quillen.

Wiley Vanburen Tolliver b 19 Nov 1885 Letcher Co KY d 6 Jun 1954 Fleming Hospital, Fleming, Letcher Co KY, buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY,  m. 1902 to 1st Flora Quillen.  Wiley Vanburen Tolliver m. 2nd Lonthol Adams.

Henry B Tolliver b 13 Oct 1887 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 3 Jan 1911 Millstone, Letcher Co KY m. 18 Jun 1906 to Elizabeth "Liz" Everidge b 27 Jan 1889 Letcher Co KY d 14 Feb 1964 Isom, Letcher Co KY. Children of Henry B Tolliver and Elizabeth "Liz" Everidge (aka Everage);

1. Charles Tolliver b 25 Oct 1906 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 19 Sept 1990 Waynesville OH m. 1 Oct 1925 to Mary Sergent b 3 Apr 1911 d 9 Nov 1987 d/o Elijah Lincoln Sergent and Jane Craft.

2. Clarence Tolliver

3. Henry "Bud" Tolliver b 1911 d 24 Jun 2008, Colson, KY buried Green Acres Cemetery, Ermine, Letcher Co KY, m. 1st to Della Collins; m. 2nd to Hazel Lee Blair; Children of Henry Bud Tolliver;

I. Clarence Tolliver

II. Henrietta Tolliver m. Male Thomas

Obituary: Henry "Bud" Tolliver:
June 24, 2008 - Henry "Bud" Tolliver, 97, of Colson passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at his residence. "Bud" was the son of the late Henry and Elizabeth Everidge Pigman. "Bud was preceded in death by his 1st wife: Della Collins Tolliver and his 2nd wife: Hazel Lee Blair Tolliver. Surviving are 1 son: Clarence Tolliver of Lima, Ohio; 1 daughter: Henrietta Thomas of Colson; 3 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Funeral: 11:00 O'clock A.M. Friday, June 27, 2008 at the Letcher Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6:00 P.M. Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Letcher Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine, Kentucky.

Julia Belle Tolliver b 10 Aug 1889 d 29 Sept 1967 buried Deane, Letcher Co KY m. 18 Mar 1906 to Howard Lewis "Lute" Hall b 16 Oct 1858 d 10 Jul 1946 s/o John Hall and Margaret Peggy Keene. Howard Lewis "Lute" Hall m. 12 Nov 1884 to Eveline Quillen b Feb 1865 d 2 Sept 1905 buried Hall Cemetery, Coon Hollow, Deane, Letcher Co KY, d/o James Quillen and Elizabeth Hall.

Dock Tolliver

Willie Elcaney Tolliver b 26 Apr 1891 d 3 Nov 1973/75 buried Maying Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY (merchant, Hemphill, Letcher Co KY) m. 26 Jun 1906 to Otilena Ottie Fulton d/o John Fulton and Rosa B "Rosie" Adams. Willie Elcaney Tolliver 2nd Peggy Isaacs b 30 Mar 1893 Floyd Co KY d 1 Oct 1963 Letcher Co KY buried Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY d/o Reuben Isaacs and Nancy Hall.  Peggy Isaacs m. about 1911 to Jefferson Davis Hall b May 1867 Floyd Co KY d 4 Apr 1924 Knott Co KY, s/o John H "Hog John" Hall and Sarah Sally Johnson. Jefferson Davis Hall m. about 1889 to Rosaline Johnson b 30 Dec 1870 Floyd Co KY d 3 Oct 1910 Knott Co KY d/o Pleasant Johnson and Anna Burke. Rosaline Johnson m. 2nd to Jarvis "Jarvey" Burke b Dec 1864 Pike Co KY, s/o Stephen Burke and Bethina Burke.

Julia Tolliver

Rev Willis D Tolliver m. 1913 Lucinda Smith

Emma Alice Tolliver b 10 Feb 1895 d 22 Feb 1899 buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY