Unknown newspaper article (on record at El Dorado County Museum), May 4, 1938.
Wm. L. Toombs Is Called
Pioneer Native of County,
Retired Rancher, Passes
On Monday Afternoon
The funeral services for William L. Toombs, who passed away Monday afternoon at a hospital in Placerville, were held at 10:30 o'clock from Memory Chapel. Rev. Harold Morehouse in charge.
Interment was at the Native Sons' plot at Union Cemetery under the auspices of Placerville Parlor No. 9, N.S.G.W., of which Mr. Toombs was a member.
William Louis Toombs was born on January 19, 1857, in the Texas Hill district of the county. He was engaged in ranching and fruit raising and retired about twenty years ago, after developing a large acreage in the Fruit Ridge district.
In failing health for about a year, Mr. Toombs had been a hospital patient for several months.
He is survived by the following children, Frank Toombs, of Fruit Ridge; Mrs. H. Carty of Hollywood; Mrs. L. Critchlow, of Monterey; Edgar Toombs, of Monterey; and Mrs. J.H. Spence, of Danville, this state. Mrs. Toombs passed on several years ago.
In addition, Mr. Toombs is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Swansborough and Mrs. Sarah Sexton, and by several grandchildren, nephews and nieces.
Family Members
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William Toombs
1824–1892
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Frances Maria Smith Toombs
1825–1892
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Mary Agatha Hassler Toombs
1857–1933
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Ellen Julia Toombs Forbes
1848–1883
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Sarah Frances Toombs Sexton
1852–1944
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Mary Loomis Toombs Swansborough
1855–1941
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Charles Gilbert Toombs
1863–1934
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Charles Francis Toombs
1881–1969
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Coral I. Toombs
1882–1883
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Agnes Eleanor Toombs Spence
1883–1968
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Edgar Harold Toombs
1886–1970
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Ruby Anna Toombs Critchlow
1889–1964
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Mary Louise Toombs Musante
1896–1990
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Thomas William Toombs
1898–1969
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