Hugh Toner

Candidate Biography:

Born: Ireland
Married: Mary Ellen (d. 1895), Hannah T.
Children: Grace, Eddie, and Myrtle F.
Died: September 16, 1936 in San Francisco, CA

1884: Primary Candidate for AD-46 (Lost)

• On September 3, 1895, Mrs. Toner "fell from the rear of a second story flat [239 Ritch Street in San Francisco]... while hanging out some washing. She struck the bottom of the basement, about thirty feet below, fracturing her sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae."

Source: "Her Neck Was Broken," San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 96, 4 September 1895