TREMLET V. TONEY, MIDN, USN
Tremlet Toney '83
Tremlet Vivian Toney was admitted to the Naval Academy from Illinois on June 11, 1879 at age 17 years 8 months.
Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1883 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.
Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.
Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1883 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.
Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.
Loss
Tremlet died on December 29, 1884 of typhoid fever while aboard USS Trenton, near Yokohama, Japan.
Other Information
From Find A Grave:
He entered the school on June 11, 1879 and graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1883.
At the time Toney graduated, naval cadets (as they were then called) took a six-year course.
After completing four years at the Academy, they had to complete two years at sea. Tremlet died on his annual cruise with typhoid fever.
According to the writings of his brother, Luther, and information received from the Academy, Tremlet was a Naval Cadet serving on board the U.S.S. Trenton near Yokahama at the time of his death.
From researcher Kathy Franz:
At graduation exercises in June 1883, Tremlet and classmate Patrick Philbin engaged in individual assaults in fencing. The two also excelled in sword practice.
Tremlet was ordered to the Trenton on September 1, 1883.
His father Elijah was a doctor. In 1898, his brother Luther, a renowned doctor, named his son Charles Tremlet Toney in Bisbee, Arizona. In 1902, his brother Harry named his son Tremlet Clark Toney in St. Louis, Missouri. Tremlet lived to the age of 81 and died in October 1979 in Los Angeles.
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Tremlet is one of 4 members of the Class of 1883 on Virtual Memorial Hall.
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