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Finding Aid for the Isaac Toot Papers
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Isaac Toot papers
Collection Summary
Title
Isaac Toot papers
Date
1862-1865, 2012
Extent
2 folders
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MCG 1020-ITP
Processed by: Nicole Pye, 2012; Finding aid created by Nicole Pye, 2012
Name of Creator
Toot, Isaac
Biographical History
Isaac Toot was born June 25, 1838 in Jefferson County, Ohio. At the age of 23, he enlisted as a Private
into the E Company of the 52nd Ohio Infantry on August 11, 1862. Toot mustered out of the 52nd
Infantry on June 12, 1865 in Columbus, Ohio. Toot moved to Platte County, Missouri after his Civil War
service and became a farmer. He married Martha Evaline Norris on September 19, 1867 in Platte
County. They had three children and the family lived in the area around Weston, Missouri. Isaac Toot
died at the age of 42 on October 10, 1880 in Camden Point, Missouri.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the diary, war record, and muster-out roll of Civil War soldier Isaac Toot. Also
included are a transcription of the diary, family chart for Martha Magdalene Toot, letters, and
background history on Isaac Toot. The majority of this collection is from 1862-1865. The background
history was obtained August 2012.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Series 1, Civil War documents
Item 1, Isaac Toot’s Civil War record, 1862-65
Item 2, Transcription of Diary of Isaac Toot (1863-1864), undated
Item 3, Muster-out roll, 1865 – (encapsulated)
Item 4, Letter regarding Toot’s service from Capt. Seth M. Barber, undated
Item 5, Letter regarding Toot’s service from Col. J.A. Wilcox, undated
Item 6, Background history on Toot’s service, 2012
Series 2, Biographical information
Item 1, Family chart, undated
Item 2, Copy of Civil War Pension (filed by Toot), 1865
Item 3, Copy of 1870 Federal Census, 1870
Item 4, Copy of Civil War Pension (filed by Toot’s widow), 1884
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders. Originals not available due to fragility and
photocopies are provided to researchers. Muster-out roll is encapsulated.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Martha Toot in October 1997.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
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Related Materials
Toot Family Genealogy/929.2 T619
On The Banks of Turkey Creek/Martha Toot/B T619DC
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. “1870 United States Federal Census.” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
Ancestry.com. “Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2011.” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations,
Inc., 2012.
National Archives and Records Administration. “U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension
Files, 1861-1934.” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000.
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