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Charles Anthony “Scrub” Toms

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Charles Anthony “Scrub” Toms

Birth
Foxville, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
15 Mar 1942 (aged 63)
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Garfield, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
C-52
Memorial ID
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Son of John Hamilton and Celia Alice Ann Wolfe Toms. Husband of Bessie Viola Brown Toms (married 15 April 1906, separated in 1925 and divorced in June 1938). Father of Margaret Edna Simmons, Marshall Paul Toms, Olive Hoffman, Harry Q. Toms and Jessie Louise Toms.

Scrub got his nickname as a young man. One day, without thinking, he spit on a lady's floor. Her name is lost in time and the only things anyone remembers of her is that you did what she said, when she said and she had just finished cleaning that floor. When Scrub spit on it, she got him a bucket of water and a rag. He did the whole floor. The nickname stuck for the rest of his life.

Son of John Hamilton and Celia Alice Ann Wolfe Toms. Husband of Bessie Viola Brown Toms (married 15 April 1906, separated in 1925 and divorced in June 1938). Father of Margaret Edna Simmons, Marshall Paul Toms, Olive Hoffman, Harry Q. Toms and Jessie Louise Toms.

Scrub got his nickname as a young man. One day, without thinking, he spit on a lady's floor. Her name is lost in time and the only things anyone remembers of her is that you did what she said, when she said and she had just finished cleaning that floor. When Scrub spit on it, she got him a bucket of water and a rag. He did the whole floor. The nickname stuck for the rest of his life.



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  • Created by: Lorraine
  • Added: Jan 5, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10280383/charles_anthony-toms: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Anthony “Scrub” Toms (19 Feb 1879–15 Mar 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10280383, citing Mount Bethel Cemetery, Garfield, Frederick County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Lorraine (contributor 46631791).