Toone, older brother of James T. Toone, attended RMC for one year, 1853-54 and appears to have left and then returned as he is listed in the 1856-57 catalog under the category of "irregulars." He graduated fromt he Medical College of Virginia in March 1860 and is listed in the 1860 Mecklenburg County, VA census as a doctor. Toone enlisted on July 8, 1861 as 2nd lieutenant in Co. I of the 38th VA Infantry. In April, 1862 he was demoted to Jr. 2nd lieutenant when he failed to be reelected to his rank. In November 1861, he was granted leave due to the scarcity of physicians to attend "a very ill young lady" in Prince William County, VA.
During the war in 1864, brothers Edward H. and James T. Toone married two sisters, Ruth D. and Harriet(t) S. Sheppard in Richmond, VA. Edward H, Toone died sometime before 1872, when his widow remarried.
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