William Edward Toll
American bishop
About William Edward Toll
Lived 1843 – 1915 (aged 71). William Edward Toll was a religious person.
The Right Reverend William Edward Toll (November 29, 1843 – June 27, 1915) was Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago.
Biography William Edward Toll was born in Bedford, England on 29 November 1843, the son of John and Mary Toll, and christened at St Peter's Church, Bedford, on 31 December 1843. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.
Toll emigrated to the United States at the age of 21. He was ordained in 1871 and initially served as curate in the Grace Episcopal church until called to a pastorate in Cleveland, Ohio.
Toll died of a heart attack on 27 June 1915 when ascending steps at a train station. He was survived by a wife, two daughters and a son.
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